Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination

1. Divine Will means the previous knowledge according to which Allah created all things and ruled by it from eter­nity. Allah says: "Verily, We have created all things with Divine Will.“ [Qur'an 54:49]

2. Predestination refers to when creation follows that which has already been decreed. Allah says: "The Origi­nator of the Heavens and the Earth (Allah). When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: 'Be!' - and it is [Qur'an 2:117]

3. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination 1. Belief in the all-encompassing knowledge of Allah: He knows what was and what is yet to come; with regard to that which does not happen, if it were to happen, He knows how it would be. He knows what exists and what does not exist.

4. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination Allah says: "The All-Knower of the Unseen not even the weight of a small ant or less than that or greater escapes His knowledge in the heavens or the earth but it is in a clear book (The Preserved Tablet)" [Qur'an 34:3]

5. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination 2. Belief that Allah has written everything in Preserved Tablet: Allah wrote everything in a book called The Pre­served Tablet. The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: "The first thing which Allah created was the Pen. He (Allah) said, ' Write!' It said, 'What shall I write?' He said, 'Write the decree of what has happened and what is to happen for all eternity.‘

6. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination "Allah says: "Have you not known what Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? Indeed this is all in a Book. This is indeed easy for Allah." [Qur'an 22:70]

7. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination 3. Belief in the irresistible will and perfect power of Allah: This principle implies the belief that the will of Allah is unstoppable and that His power is All-encompassing. Whatever Allah wills happens, and whatever He does not will does not happen. Nothing can move or come to a halt in the heavens or on earth except by His Will, and nothing happens in His Dominion except what He wills. Allah says: "Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, 'Be!' - and it is!" [Qur'an 36:82]

8. Four Pillar of Divine Will and Predestination 4. Belief that Allah is the creator of all things: Allah, the All-Powerful, is the Creator of all things. He is the One Who created, formed and brought His creation into being. He is the Creator and everything besides Him is subject to His dominion and control and is created by Him. Allah says: "Allah is the Creator of all things.“ [Qur'an 39:62]

9. Correct belief of Divine Will and Predestination Allah is the Creator of all things. What He wills happens, and what He does not will does not happen. Allah sends astray whomsoever He wills, and He guides whomsoever He wills. People have their own will and freedom to choose, so they do by their own will and power that which Allah enables them to do.

10. Correct belief of Divine Will and Predestination Allah says: "We have shown him the right path, whether he be grateful or ungrateful." [Qur'an 76:3] Allah says: "Indeed he succeeds who purifies his own self And indeed he fails who corrupts his own self" [Qur'an 91:9-10]