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84 KNOWING THE TRUTH

There's no recourse beyond it. For example, a person can't lengthen or
shorten his life. Allah reveals this in the Qur'an, in verse 30 of Surah Saba:
"Say: 'You have a promised appointment on a Day which you cannot
delay or advance a single hour.'" It can be understood from this that
there's no such thing as chance, accident, or luck. Everything happens as
Allah has determined it and when He has determined it. It is not in
human hands to change it or prevent it. That is, human beings have no
such power.

IBRAHIM: When people die, have an accident or get sick, or when
things don't go the way they want, they go through a kind of rebellion.
Now I understand better how fatuous that is.

MURAD: Because Allah creates every moment, everything we
observe has reason, purpose and intelligence. Everything is created for a
purpose For example, a businessman boards a plane for London but at the
last moment he remembers that he has left his wallet in the airport and
gets off the plane. The plane leaves without him and crashes and so the
businessman doesn't die. In such a situation, someone who has no
concept of fate might say something like, "He escaped death, he changed
his fate." In fact, every moment this person lives is a part of his fate.
Getting on the plane, forgetting his wallet, the crash of the plane and the
interpretation given to the event by a person standing outside are all
determined by fate. There has been no change. In fact, fate is created as a
whole and rules over the whole of life. This fate is determined from the
first moment of Creation.

IBRAHIM: It means that before coming into this world every thing
that we're going to experience has been determined and is known to
Allah. Is that what you're saying?

MURAD: Yes. I'll explain this with another verse from the Qur'an.
Allah informs people in this way: "You do not engage in any matter or
recite any of the Qur'an or do any action without Our witnessing you