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The Seeker’s Guide
one who does not want to seek guidance will not receive
it.

The Creator revealed the Quran so that it serves as a
Book of Guidance for mankind. The responsibility of
extracting wisdom and guidance lies with those who read
it. There is a verse in the Quran which states:

This is the truth from your Lord. Let him
who will, believe in it, and him who will,
deny it. (Quran 18:29)

15 If God knows and controls everything,
‘
is the concept of freewill in religion ’

valid?

here is no doubt that God is all-powerful and all-
Tknowing. However, since He has decided to put human
beings to the test, He has given them the freedom to do
as whatever they wish. If there were no free will, there
would have been no test. So, in order to test people, God
has withheld His power when it comes to man and given
him freedom to respond in any way that he wants. In
granting freedom to man, God has chosen to not enforce
His Power on him.

God is all knowing, but He has not fixed people’s destinies.
Justice is meted out on the basis of evidence, which in
this case would be the record of use or misuse of freedom
that a person is building up. On the Day of Judgement,
God shall hold a person accountable for his thoughts,

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