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Concepts of Fate in the Karma Belief System and in the Qur'an

everything that happens to us is the will of Allah, and has been de-
cided by Him before we experience it:
Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves,without its
being in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy
for Allah. (Surat al-Hadid: 22)

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The idea of fate implies that Allah creates all events, both past and
future, in a single moment. This, in turn, means that from Allah's point
of view, everything that has happened since the universe was created
and everything that will happen until the Last Judgement, has already
been experienced and has now finished. Things that have not yet hap-
pened, and that are due to take place in what we call "the future”, have
in fact already taken place in a single moment that included the whole
of our past. Allah is separate from time and is in no way dependent on
it; it is we who are dependent on time. Thus, in order for us to witness

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