He will admit to His Mercy Whom He will...

He will admit to His Mercy Whom He will; but the wrongdoers for them has He prepared a grievous Penalty. surah 57 No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We bring it into existence: that is truly easy for Allah: In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by nor exult over favors bestowed upon you.

For Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster My response was as follows: With regards to the above verses, and your claim that I am more in favor of Free Will than Fatalism, thereby neglecting the above verses, I offer the following: What Allah (SWT) is saying in the above verses, among others, when He (SWT) states: "But ye will not except as Allah wills...." is NOT as you understand it to be.

Please remember the following very important sentence: SOME OF THE WILL OF ALLAH CHENGES BASED ON OUR ACTION. It is not fixed. This serves as Half-Free Will for the human. It is all the Will of Allah, but SOME of His Will are modified by Himself. (We do not modify it. He modifies it based on our actions). Quran gives evidence to this fact: "Allah removes what He wills, and confirms (what He wills), and with Him is the Essence of the Book.

[13:39]" Also this: "Allah does not change the situation of any group of people, unless they change what is in themselves. [13:11]" Also the following two verse in which Allah changed the decision in real time, base on the weakness appeared to the companions: 8:65 "O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight.

If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a hundred steadfast they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without intelligence." 8:66 "Now, has Allah lightened your (duty), for He knowes that there is weakness in you. So if there be of you a steadfast hundred they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a thousand (steadfast) they shall overcome two thousand by permission of Allah.

📌Allah is with the steadfast. [8:65-66]" Also look at this: "But those who do ill deeds and afterward repent and believe lo! for them, then after that, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. [7:153]" Note that Allah changes His decision after the action of human (here is repentance). There are many more verses similar to above (see 16:110, 16:119, etc...) Allah (SWT) has given you the freedom to act and do whatever you want WITHIN the CONFINES of your abilities.

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