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How To See The Good In Things That Happen

that destiny encompasses only human beings. However,
everything in the universe, from the furniture in your home,
to a pebble on the road, or a dried-up weed, a fruit or a jar on
the super-market shelf, are all part of the destiny
predetermined by God. The fate of every created thing has
been determined within the infinite wisdom of God.
Every event a person sees, and every noise he hears, are
in ever instance part of a life that has been created for him as
a unit. Whether major or insignificant, no event in the

universe happens by coincidence. No flower either blooms or
fades by chance. No man comes into existence or dies out of
pure coincidence. No man becomes sick by mistake, and
neither does his sickness develop in an uncontrolled manner.
In each case, these occurrences are especially predestined by
God, from the very moment they were created. Anything that
exists, within the depths of the earth or the oceans, or the fall
of a single leaf, all occur in compliance with destiny, as the
following verse indicates:
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 earth, and nothing moist
or dry which is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am: 59)
God's Messenger, the Prophet Muhammad (saas) also
said that everyone's actions are ordained by God:

God, the Exalted, the Glorious, has ordained for every servant
amongst His creation five things: his death, his action, his abode, the
places of his moving about and his means of sustenance. (Tirmidhi)
However, people are generally not conscious of the reality
that every moment of their lives is predestined by God. Some