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9. The claim that 'he can defeat destiny–may God

forbid-' in Masnavi

..though my wings are gone, when Thou art kind to me the
heavenly sphere [destiny] lessens its play (slackens the speed
of its revolution in amazement) at my play (swift and sportive
flight). (The Mathnawi of Jalau'ddin Rumi, Translation and Commentary
by Reynold A. Nicholson, Book 1& II, Couplet 345)

Everything is predestined

Indeed, all things We created with predestination. (Qur'an, 54:49)

Certainly there is no hidden thing in either heaven or earth which
is not in a Clear Book. (Qur'an, 27:75)

He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again
ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the
way you measure. (Qur'an, 32:5)

Everything they did is in the Books. Everything is recorded, big or
small. (54:52-53)

There is no creature on the earth which is not dependent upon
God for its provision. He knows where it lives and where it dies.
They are all in a Clear Book. (Qur'an, 11:6)

Nothing takes place without God willing; there is no
one to change God's destiny

The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them
but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls
without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the