Chapter Three

DEFINI TION OF QAI;>AA (DIVINE WILL) AND QADAR (PREDES TINATION) 33 1Definition of Qadar (Predestination) 33 2Definition of Al-Qa<faa ' (Divine Will) 35 3The Pillars of Belief in Qadar (Predestination) 37 The first pillar: Belief in the all-encompassing knowledge of Allah 38 Rational evidence that Allah knew about the qadar of His creation before He created it 41 The second pillar: Belief that Allah has written everything in A l-LaulJ. al-MalJ.foo� (The Preserved Tablet) 43 The third pillar: Belief that the Will of Allah is All-Encompassing and that His power is irresistible 45 The fourth pillar: Belief that Allah is the Creator of all things 47 4People's Deeds are Created by Allah and Decreed by Him 48 Texts Which Indicate that Allah has Decreed the Deeds of His Slaves 50 ( 1 ) A�aadeeth which indicate that the pens have dried concerning people's deeds 50 (2) Allah knows who will go to Paradise and who will go to Hell 51 (3) The progeny of Adam were brought forth 52 (4) Allah has written down the names of the people of Paradise and the people of Hell 55 (5) The Decree on Lay/at al-Qadr and the decree day to day 56 (6) The writing of the decree for a person when he is a foetus in his mother's womb 57