Page 51 - Islam and Karma

blessings, He Whose kindness and mercy are infinite,
never fails to fulfil His promises.
he karmic philosophy's concept of destiny is a highly
erroneous one. According to the concept of karma, a
person's destiny is in his own hands. This concept is described in the

following words in the book Dinler Tarihi (A History of Religions):
Karma comprises the results of everything we have done of our own
free will. Whatever is done brings unavoidable results for the doer.
Everyone inherits karma of this kind. Other kinds of karma come
after this. This is not determinism: everyone is free to do good or evil
within the bounds of their own karma. One's personal karma does
not actually force one to do anything. According to the Buddhist
viewpoint, it is our will, not our actions, that creates new karma. We
will see the results of our karma in this life, or in our next incarna-
tion, or in the incarnation after that. 7
As we see from the above description, in the karmic philosophy
there is no place for trust in one's destiny. Instead, there is a belief in

the false idea that people create their own fates. For instance, in karmic
philosophy, the caste into which a person in India is
born and the kind of life they have depend com-
pletely on what attitude they had

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