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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Answer Free Will path is determined by god alone, disregarding environmental influences. if this is unquestionably the truth, then basis for contradiction lies within the holy qur'an itself. the following passage is taken from the holy qur'an indicates that man's freedom, "the truth is from your lord, so let whoever believe, and whoever disbelieve". what is the basis of evidence used to support these conclusions? a.

al massih, canton, mi 48187 the question, whether man is free in his will or not, has occupied the minds of the scholars for centuries. in islam, two groups in particular have held an opposite view. one is called "mutazal" and the other "asha'irah". to explain two points of view, one has to consider the age of a person and the stage which he is going through. everyone since his/her birth goes through different experiences. some of them are under control and some are not.

in this regard there are four technical terms to be considered: jabr: that is the action which is not in our control. ikhtiar: the action which is in our control. qadah: the action which is predestined by god. qadar: the action which is the result of some cause. the verses of the holy qur'an differs in their reference to these four categories. asha'irah hold the view of jabr which means that we do not do anything by our own will, rather almighty god alone does.

on the contrary, mutazalh say that we have total control of our action and god has no interference with our will. the shi'a point of view is that we have some control and almighty god's will can interfere in our will. for this purpose we have to study the verses of the holy qur'an and see to which of these categories they refer . the holy qur'an says, " indeed god guides whoever he pleases and does not so whoever he pleases".

(35:8) also god says, " you do not wish, but god wishes for you".(81:29) also god says, "whoever wishes to become a believer let him do so and whoever wishes to reject faith do likewise". (18:29) also god says, "whoever does good it is for himself, and whoever harms he harm himself. your lord never treats people unjustly". (41:46) and god says, " we have guided mankind the right way, it is upto him to be thankful or not".

(76:3) from these verses, we see that almighty god indicates the power of mankind to choose whatever he wishes and act accordingly. but the power of almighty overcomes the power of mankind.