Page 67 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf
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he lives of people who have forgotten destiny's reality pass in
planning for tomorrow, next month, next year, and after retire-
T T ment. Some people plan their career at the workplace, what
they will do after their children get married, or how they will acquire
wealth and property. However, this verse reminds all people that they
do not know what will happen to them tomorrow.
People who map out their lives have forgotten destiny, for only
Allah determines each person's destiny. Therefore, whatever Allah has
"written" for one's tomorrow, whether or not the person in question has
"planned" it, will occur. This fact is stated in the following verse:
You do not engage in any matter, recite any portion of the
Qur'an, or do any action without Our witnessing you while you
are occupied with it. Not even the smallest speck eludes your
Lord, either on Earth or in heaven. Nor is there anything
smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book. (Surah
Yunus, 61)
Destiny is Allah's knowledge of everything that has happened in the
past and will happen in future. Many people ask how Allah can know
what will happen to us. The answer is as follows: Allah is not subject to
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