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In the Name of Allah,
The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

Everything Is Recorded in Destiny

The fact that one’s life happens according to his or her
destiny, which is determined by Allah, is a grace and a wonder-
ful manifestation of His names All Merciful, Most Merciful.
Believers who know this display eagerness, joy, and patience in

the face of hardships, for they understand that Allah has created
everything for a good purpose and according to His will:
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 soil, and nothing moist or dry, that is

not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An’am, 59)
Given that human beings are bound by time, they can on-
ly interpret events by looking at individual moments. Unable
to know the future, they may not always see the long-term rea-
son, good, and purpose of a particular event. But Allah, Who
created time and therefore is not bound by it, looks from out-
side of time at the lives of all beings. Thus, destiny is Allah’s

knowledge of every present, past and future event as a single
moment. In other words, the events of the future are unkown
only for us. For this reason, the test’s beginning and end are
clear. The past, present, and future are all one in His sight, for
time, a human construct, does not apply to Him. But we learn
of these events only after we have experienced them. (For de-
tailed information see Harun Yahya, Timelessness and the Reality

of Fate [New Delhi: Goodword Books, 2001]).
Those who believe in destiny are patient in all situations
and experience the comfort of knowing that everything hap-

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