Bismillah
Al-salam 'alaykom wa rahmat Allah, masha'Allah I really enjoyed reading this post and the response of my brothers and sisters, I have something here to answer shaunees wonders, I was taught by our scholar that there are two kind of destiney's written for a human being:
1- Held destiny ( Qada' Mu'alaq)
2- Final Destiny ( Qada' Mubram)
The held destiny is the one that is written in each human's book that is held by the angels of his deeds, and what is his destiny, for instance it is written in a book of a human that he is to die at fifty and during that life he did not do any good deed. But then what happens, when the time comes for the man to die Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does not give order to take away his soul. WHY?
Because it is written in the final destiny, if the human chose the right path before the held destiny that is written for him, then it will be changed to the final destiny according to HIS/HER choosing. Then that human will live as long as 80 or 90 all in good deeds and in obeying Allah and his last 50 years of disobediencc or non beleiving will be erased. It is as simple as that. Let's say for example, u have files on the pc to be deleted or saved, then that little window will come asking " are u sure u want to delete ? then YES or NO, then who preses on that button Shunee, who is the one who uses his head to say yes or no. If u use no u lost everything, if u use yes then u saved everything, It is u or me or any1 who desides, then it is your decesion to save or delete and it is your decision to beleive or not. So your final destiny weather Heaven or Hell depends on u or any human being. And if u say that Allah already knows, yes He Knows becasue He created us and He will know what u will chose and what u will not , He is The All-Knower as our sisters said before.
Bismillah Al- Rahman Al-Raheem:
13. And whether you keep your talk secret or disclose it, verily, He is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men).
14. Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves) All-Aware (of everything). 67,Surat Al-Mulk
Also one last thing. U say if Allah already knows our destiny and what we are going to be, why we bother, then I will ask u do U know what is going to happen to u tommorrow or what destiny is chosen for u? no u dont so u just dont sit like a pessimist saying it is written for me, but u have to work hard and chose it and think rationally that it is according to our choice that we will move from the Held Destiny to The Final Destiny, so which button is it going to be.
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I hope this is cleared for u Shaunee, and I hope that Martini will return to Islam after he understands it correctly as brother Deen explained masha'Allah. And brother Anya Masha'Allah I c a lot of progress. May Allah guide us to what He Loves and Pleases.
Wasalam 'alaykom Wa Rahmat Allah