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Even before a car is
manufactured, it is
determined in its fate
what color it will be,
who will buy it and
even what it will be
like in the junkyard.

and how many times he will sign them, where and how he will die. All of these
things are hidden in the memory of God. For example, at this moment, a
person is in the fetal stage, at primary school and at the university. These are
all in God's memory as one single moment, along with the moment he
celebrates his thirty-fifth birthday, the first day he begins his job, the moment
when he sees the angels after he dies, the moment when he is buried, and the
moment on the Last Day when he will give an account to God.

Consequently, it is pointless to worry and be fearful about a life whose
every moment has been lived, experienced and is still present in the memory
of God. No matter how hard a person tries and no matter how anxious he may
be, everyone, his children, spouse, friends and relatives will live the life that is
present at God's sight.
If this is the case, a person of conscience and intelligence who grasps this
reality must submit humbly to God and to the fate He has created. Actually,

everyone is already in submission to God, created in subservience to Him. No
matter whether he likes it or not, he lives subservient to the fate created for him
by God. A person who denies his fate is a denier because being a denier is
written in his fate.
Those who submit themselves willingly to God may hope to enjoy God's
pleasure and mercy and to win paradise; they will live a life of well being in
security and happiness both in this world and in the world to come. This is
because, for a person who submits himself to God, knowing that there is

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