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Sects of Islam - Islamic Mobility

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actionsmore that a meteorologist can be responsiblefor cyclones andstorms, if his forecasts cometrue. True forecasts are the result, not thecause,<strong>of</strong> the impending event. The Sunnis on the otherhand say that Allahis the Creator <strong>of</strong> all our acts."No act <strong>of</strong> any individual, even though itbedone purely for his benefit is independent <strong>of</strong>the Will <strong>of</strong> Allah for itsexistence; and theredoes not occur in either in physical or extra-terrestrialworld the wink <strong>of</strong> an eye, the hint <strong>of</strong>a thought, or the most suddenglance, exceptby the degree <strong>of</strong> Allah… <strong>of</strong> His power, desireand will. Thisincludes evil and good, benefitand hurt, success and failure, sin andrighteousness, obedience and disobedience, polytheismand belief." (al-Ghazali: as quoted in Shia <strong>of</strong>India, p.43)16

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