The Secret of Divine Decree, Allah’s Knowledge, and the Tablet and Pen
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- How is the foundation of predestination characterized?
- Who has full access to the concealed secret of predestination?
- In what context is deep probing censured?
- Who is answerable in “He is not questioned about what He does, but they are questioned”?
- What is the first stated benefit of faith in predestination during hardship?
- How does faith in decree guide the pursuit of benefit?
- Which moral vice is restrained by the third benefit?
- Upon whom should one rely while taking appropriate means?
- How many basic kinds of knowledge are identified?
- What does “knowledge made present” mean?
- What is required concerning disclosed knowledge?
- What is the proper attitude to knowledge withheld from creation?
- What is the approach of those firmly grounded in knowledge?
- What is included in belief in the Tablet and the Pen?
- What if all creation attempts to prevent an event written to occur?
- What is believed about an event not decreed to occur?
- What does “the Pen has dried” emphasize?
- What is meant by “What missed a servant could not have reached him”?
- Which attribute of divine knowledge is fundamental to predestination?
- What does “a firm, definitive determination” mean?
- What does “neither increased nor decreased” negate?
- Within what foundations is predestination placed?
- What is affirmed by “He created everything and determined it precisely”?
- What attitude concerning predestination is condemned?
- Why is it wrong to claim certainty about the concealed decree through conjecture?
- A believer in predestination abandons permissible effort.
- One should accept disclosed knowledge and refrain from claiming hidden knowledge.
- Created beings together can alter the definitive decree inscribed upon the Tablet.
- Allah first learns of an event when it happens.
- “Allah’s command is a measured decree” indicates the certainty of His determination.