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ISLAM: THE RELIGION OF EASE

in destiny, that everything is inscribed in the Mother of the Book
(Lawh Mahfuz) in the Sight of Allah, and that they are followers
of destiny like everyone else. They never forget that the events
Allah creates for them will always end in a positive way and that
the destiny of pious subjects of Allah is ordained in the most
wise and most beneficial way.
The majority of people know about destiny, but they have a
deficient understanding of it. For example, they think that cer-
tain things such as a person's hair color, height and parentage
are written in that person's destiny, but in other respects they
think that they can alter their destiny if they try hard enough
and show perseverance. However, the reality is this: a person's
every moment, all his life, every incident he has faced and will
face, every word uttered, every look, every voice is in his des-
tiny. For example, it is already written in a person's destiny that
he will be reading the lines of this book at this hour, of this day.
Allah knew of this moment millions of years before you were
even created. Maybe a person has experienced many events be-
fore reading this book. Maybe just as he was about to read this
book the doorbell rang and his friend came over, thus delaying
his reading for three hours. Even before you live these events,
that is, just when you pick up this book to read it the doorbell
rings, you open the door and your friend's smiling face says
"Hello," your reading this book is delayed for three hours,—all
these are engraved in Allah's memory word for word, and your,
this book's, and your friend's destiny have all already been de-
termined. Allah tells this topic in one of His verses as:
You shall not engage in any matter or recite any verse of
the Qur'an or do any action without Our witnessing you
while you are occupied with it. Not even the smallest

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