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The Principles of Islam - PDF - Islam 114 Dawah Group

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preventing what He does not perrnit to takeplace. It should be borne in mind however,that this does not mean that Allah approves<strong>of</strong> everything in existence. Allah, forinstance, does not approve <strong>of</strong> disbelief, nordoes He enjoin mankind the commission <strong>of</strong>the abominable, nor does He lovecorruption. In fact, He does not preventthese things to exist for a wise purposeknown to Him. <strong>The</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> believingrn al-Qadar isthat it provides man with the capability<strong>of</strong> achieving good deeds knowing that lifeand death are in the hand <strong>of</strong> Allah, theExalted. Hence, no one else can prolong orshorten his life-term by a single second.Once his term is over, there is none towithhold its termination. Allah says:And when their term has come, they cannotrcmain behind a single moment, nor can theyget ahead <strong>of</strong> it.l919 Q.7:3439

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