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    Belief in God's divine decree is a core tenet of Islamic faith. It means that everything, both good and bad, comes from God's will and decree. However, this does not mean humans are not responsible - God gives humans limited responsibility and judges them accordingly. While events are predestined, humans have free will and are responsible for their moral choices. Belief in divine decree gives Muslims inner peace, as they realize all is under God's control and happens for a wise purpose. It also makes them humble and reliant on God in their daily lives.

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    Belief in God's divine decree is a core tenet of Islamic faith. It means that everything, both good and bad, comes from God's will and decree. However, this does not mean humans are not responsible - God gives humans limited responsibility and judges them accordingly. While events are predestined, humans have free will and are responsible for their moral choices. Belief in divine decree gives Muslims inner peace, as they realize all is under God's control and happens for a wise purpose. It also makes them humble and reliant on God in their daily lives.

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    Belief in God's divine decree is a core tenet of Islamic faith. It means that everything, both good and bad, comes from God's will and decree. However, this does not mean humans are not responsible - God gives humans limited responsibility and judges them accordingly. While events are predestined, humans have free will and are responsible for their moral choices. Belief in divine decree gives Muslims inner peace, as they realize all is under God's control and happens for a wise purpose. It also makes them humble and reliant on God in their daily lives.

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    Belief in Divine Decree MS, Muhammad Arsalan Hussaini

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    Belief in God's divine decree is a core tenet of Islamic faith. It means that everything, both good and bad, comes from God's will and decree. However, this does not mean humans are not responsible - God gives humans limited responsibility and judges them accordingly. While events are predestined, humans have free will and are responsible for their moral choices. Belief in divine decree gives Muslims inner peace, as they realize all is under God's control and happens for a wise purpose. It also makes them humble and reliant on God in their daily lives.

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    Belief in God’s Divine Decree

    Question # 1: Write an account about the relationship between belief in God’s divine
    decree and human responsibility. [10] (Oct/nov17 21)
    ❖ What does the statement ‘There is no ability or power except through Allah’ tell you
    about Muslim belief in Allah’s predestination and decree? (May/June11)

    The fifth article of Islamic faith is belief in divine decree which means that everything good
    or bad, all moments of happiness or sorrow, pleasure or pain, come from God.

    Firstly, it could be said that God’s foreknowledge is infallible.


    God is not indifferent to this world or its people. He is Wise and Loving, but this
    should not make us fatalists, throwing up our hands and saying, ‘what’s the point of
    making any effort?’
    God’s foreknowledge does not compromise human responsibility. God holds us
    accountable for what we can do, what is within our capability, but He does not hold us
    accountable for things we cannot do.
    He is Just and, as He has given us only limited responsibility, judges us accordingly.
    God knows what the creatures will do, encompassing everything by His knowledge.
    Whoever refuses, this denies God’s perfection because the opposite of knowledge is
    either ignorance or forgetfulness. Both are deficiencies which God is free of.
    Second, God has recorded everything that will occur until the Day of Judgment in the
    Preserved Tablet (al-Lauh al-Mahfuz).
    The life spans of all human beings are written and the amount of their sustenance
    apportioned.
    Third, whatever God wills to happen happens, and whatever God does not will does
    not happen. Nothing occurs in the heavens or on earth without the will of God.
    Fourth, God is the Creator of everything. "«He has created everything, and has
    ordained for it a measure." (Quran 25:2)
    In Islamic doctrine every human act both in material and spiritual life is predestined,
    yet it is incorrect to believe the action of fate is blind, arbitrary, and relentless.
    Without denying divine interference in human affairs, human liberty is kept intact.
    It does not discount the principle of man’s moral freedom and responsibility. All is
    known, but freedom is also granted.
    Man is not a helpless creature borne along by destiny. Rather, each person is
    responsible for his acts.

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    Man is bound to obey the moral law; and he will receive merited punishment or
    reward as he violates or observes that law. However, if such is so, man must have
    within his power the ability to break or keep the law.
    God would not hold us responsible for something unless we were capable of doing it:
    "God does not burden any human being with more than he is well able to bear’’.
    (Quran 2:286)
    The above is a very detailed response to the question asked written for the guidance of
    examiners. Candidates are not expected to write in this much detail but must cover the points
    made in the given answer, the mark will depend on the depth of the answer.

    (b) How does this belief in God’s divine decree affect the day-to-day life of Muslims?
    [4] (Oct/nov17 21)
    ❖ To what extent does this belief affect the daily living of Muslims? (May/june11)

    Belief in divine decree strengthens one’s belief in God. A person realizes that God
    alone controls everything, so he trusts and relies on Him.
    Even though a person tries his best, at the same time he relies on God for the final
    outcome.
    His hard work or intelligence does not make him arrogant, for God is the source of all
    that comes his way.
    Finally, a person attains peace of mind in the realization that God is the Wise and His
    actions are dictated by wisdom.
    Things don’t happen without a purpose. If something reached him, he realizes it could
    never have escaped him. If something misses him, he realists it was never meant to
    be. A person achieves an inner peace, and is inwardly at rest with this realization.
    this belief makes them humble and makes them turn to Allah at all times

    Examples from everyday life could be given by candidates in answer to this part of the
    question. All valid answers need to be credited.

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