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Harun Yahya

ity to speed up the film. But God sees the whole film all at once at the same moment; it is He Who created
it and determined all its details. As we are able to see the beginning, middle and end of a ruler all at once,
so God encompasses in one moment, from beginning to end, the time to which we are subject. However,

human beings experience these events only when the time comes to witness the destiny that God has cre-
ated for them. This is the way it is for the destinies of everyone in the world. The lives of everyone who
has ever been created and whoever will be created, in this world and the next, are present in the sight of
God in all their details. The destinies of all living things—planets, plants and things—are written to-
gether with the destinies of millions of human beings in God's eternal memory. They will remain written

without being lost or diminished. The reality of destiny is one of the manifestations of God's eternal
greatness, power and might. This is why He is called the Preserver (al-Hafiz).

The Concept Of "Past" Comes From Information In Our Memories

Because of suggestions we receive, we think we live in separate divisions of time called past, present
and future. However, the only reason we have a concept of "past" (as we explained earlier) is that various

things have been placed in our memories. For example, the moment we enrolled in primary school is a
bit of information in our memory and we perceive it therefore as an event in the past. However, future
events are not in our memories. Therefore, we regard these things that we do not yet know about as
things that will be experienced or happen in the future. But just as the past has been experienced from

our point of view, so has the future. But, because these events have not been given to our memories, we
cannot know them.
If God puts future events into our memories, then, the future would be the past for us. For example,
a thirty year old person has thirty years of memories and events in his memory and, for this reason,

thinks he has a thirty year past. If future events between the ages of thirty and seventy were to be put into

PAST FUTURE

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