Islam's Reformers .pdf

(repentance) came together. Repentance and acquirementcancelled each other like two opposite electric charges. Thereonly remained qadar, and it is said that no one could beblamed for qadâ’ and qadar. After the part concerning HadratÂdam of what he did was corrected by his repentance, that partconcerning his descendants, that is, that it caused men to liveon the earth, is of Divine qadar for men.The above-mentioned âyats about that deeds happen onlyfrom Allâhu ta’âlâ’s will are meant for cases when qadar turnsinto qadâ’. Man begins to do the action predestined in qadarwith his own will, and after Allâhu ta’âlâ wills it also, the actionturns into qadâ’, that is, it happens. Then, when the actions inqadar turn into qadâ’, man’s will cannot change it; felicity andmisfortune cannot go back. The âyat, “We have barricadedthem on their front and back. We have put a blind beforetheir eyes; they will not see any more,” in the sûrat Yâ Sîn,and the âyat, “Allâhu ta’âlâ has sealed their hearts and put acovering over their ears and eyes,” at the beginning of thesûrat al-Baqara refer to this fact. These âyats indicate inaddition that those who somehow attain love of Allâhu ta’âlâ willbe protected and led to the right path, and those who cause theDivine Wrath will be abandoned to their evil deeds. Verydelicate and subtle actions may cause this love or this wrath.For this reason, man should be very careful towards Allâhuta’âlâ. Before the actions in qadar turn into qadâ’, man’s willand option is in his own power, though he may be influenced byexterior effects.Men have will and are free in their thoughts and actions. Yettheir thoughts and actions are related to some reasons, whichdo not deprive men of being free because they exercise willalso without these reasons and they will and do without anyreason. When man does not will while there are reasons, theaction does not happen most of the time. If the existence ofreasons necessitated the action to be done, Allâhu ta’âlâ’s willand option also would be ineffective. Before man wills to do anaction, he thinks about it in his mind. Then he wills thealternative which influences him more. A salesman sells to thecustomer who will pay more. This customer is not forced to buy.The salesman is sort of compelled to sell to the one who paysmore. If someone happens to anger him by saying, “You cannotsell it to the one who pays less”, different issues and additional- 52 -