Page 781 - Atlas of Creation Volume 3

Harun Yahya

human beings experience, together with their wealth and success, is determined by God. All these things
are in the destiny predetermined by our Lord to test human beings. As it is revealed in one verse, "...
God's command is a pre-ordained decree." (Surat al-Ahzab: 38)

In another verse, God reveals that "We have created all things in due measure." (Surat al-Qamar: 49)
Not only human beings but also all things animate and inanimate, the sun, the moon, mountains and
trees have their destiny determined by God. For example, a broken antique vase was broken at the mo-
ment determined by its destiny. While it was being made, it was determined who would use this cen-
turies-old vase, as well as in which corner of which house and with which other objects it would stand.

The designs on the vase and it colors were determined in advance in its destiny. It was known in God's
memory on which day, which hour, which minute, by whom and how it would be broken. The first mo-
ment the vase was made, the first moment it was placed in the window for sale, the first moment it was

placed in the corner of the house, the moment it was broken into pieces, in short, every moment in the
centuries-long life of this vase, was present in God's sight as one single moment. Whereas even though
the person who would break the vase was not aware that he would break it until a moment before it hap-
pened, that moment was experienced and known in God's sight. For this reason, God tells human beings
not to be sorry for the things that may have escaped them. What have escaped them escaped in accor-

dance with their destiny, and they cannot change it. People must learn a lesson from what happens in
their destiny, see the purpose and benefits that accrue to them from it. They must always incline them-
selves toward the endless mercy, compassion and justice of our Lord, Who creates their destiny, and

spares and protects His servants.
Those who lead their lives heedless of this important reality are always anxious and fearful. For ex-
ample, they are very worried about the future of their children. They are very concerned about questions
such as these: What school will they go to? What profession will they follow? Will they have good health?
What kind of lives will they lead? However, every moment of a person's life is determined in God's sight,

from the time he is a single cell to the time he learns to read and write, from the first answers he gives in
a university exam to what company he will work in during his life, what papers he will sign and how
many times he will sign them, where and how he will die. All of these things are hidden in the memory

Even before a car is manufactured,
it is determined in its destiny what
color it will be, who will buy it and
even what it will be like in the
junkyard.

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