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BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

are calling a Hearer, One very close by; the One Who you are
calling is closer to each one of you."(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

As He is with you at every moment, Allah is with you as
you are reading this book; He sees what you are doing and
knows what you are thinking. This fact is related in the
Qur'an as follows:
Do you not see that Allah knows what is in the heavens
and on the earth? Three men cannot confer together

secretly without Him being the fourth of them, or five
without Him being the sixth of them, or fewer than that
or more without Him being with them wherever they
are. Then He will inform them on the Day of
Resurrection of what they did. Allah has knowledge of
all things. (Surat al-Mujadala: 7)

ALLAH CREATED EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO

A FIXED DECREE

We have created all things according to a fixed decree.
(Surat al-Qamar: 49)
Destiny is part of Allah's perfect creation and all events,
past and future, are known to Him as in a timeless "single

moment."
It is Allah Who created matter. What we call time is the
motion of matter. Time is a dimension which is relative only
to man. Only man perceives the passage of time; a human

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