Destiny

The words of fate often limit man from doing the best of himself, being the best, and changing something that is in front of him. This word seems to be a legitimacy for a person to perform its activities in a minimalist and a reason especially for Muslims to avoid and circumvent the cry of their Lord.

Mistaken views of the concept of predestination usually begins from improperly interpreting the three things related to God, the Science of God, the Will of Allah and Lauh al-Mahfudz. Those who have a false view of the concept of destiny feel that what they do and what is happening in the world is known to God as omniscient, Allah willed as the All-Wise and written in Lauh al-Mahfudz. So as human beings, limited beings, they feel compelled to be in a condition that is already determined by the Almighty. Whereas these three things, the Science of God, the Will of Allah and Lauh al-Mahfudz should never be confused with the discussion of destiny, because no one knows the knowledge of God, what God wants on him, and also do not know what is written in Lauh al-Mahfudz.

There is an illustration that is very famous, is a thief who was caught in the reign of Islam is triumphant-jaya. The thief is being processed by a Judge. Then the thief said to defend himself "O you, the judge, you do not deserve to punish me", he continued "because what I do is actually known by Allah and Allah allows it, and Allah is the one who wants the theft , and we all know that in Lauh al-Mahfudz it has been written all our activities from birth to death, including this theft is actually written in the book, so it is inappropriate to judge the judge to me, because this act is not because of my will ". The judge then thought about it, after a long period of thinking he finally issued a decision to punish the thief. "Well, put him in a jail cell!", He said. The thief protests to the judge with his long explanation, which is essentially the theft is not his will but the will of God, or has his fate. The judge said calmly "Actually I do not want to give you punishment, but how else, this is also the will of Allah, and in Lauh al-Mahfudz also written today and this time I issued a prison sentence for you!"

The above illustration gives us clarity, that the thief tried to confuse God's Science, God's Will and Lauh al-Mahfudz in the discussion of destiny, so that the discussion of destiny becomes chaotic. And even now there are still many groups or individuals who misunderstand the concept of destiny, so they include into the fatalists, the people who think that human beings like the leaves that oscillate on the surface of the water, in other words, humans have no choice to direct his life. These fatalists assume the entry of man into heaven or into hell is actually predetermined from the beginning, and man has no power to change it.

So, if we want to think effectively and productively, we should not confuse the discussion of destiny with the Science of God, the Will of Allah and Lauh al-Mahfudz. We do not doubt that God knows everything that happens to the world He created, he also knows all the actions of His servant, whether we have done what we are doing or what we will do. And we know that whatever God's will must be on the face of the earth. We also believe that all our actions from birth to death are actually written in Lauh al-Mahfudz. But that does not mean we can not choose what we do. For example, Allah already knows and wants you to read this article. in Lauh al-Mahfudz already written, on this date so many hours you read up to the discussion of this destiny. But you also remember that when in this website you can choose freely whether this article or any other articles you read. In other words, you have the option to do something, choose something and be something. This free will or God-given opportunity to man is what ultimately leads to the logical consequence of human responsibility for the deeds chosen by him. This accountability in the afterlife we ​​call the process of reckoning. In the world too, it is only natural that we be held accountable for what it chooses.

In an individual, in addition to the actions or events which may be chosen and within the control of a human being to choose it, there are also occasions where man has no choice over him, and is imposed upon the man, and has been established on man, both he likes it or not, for example humans will surely die, women have the ability to give birth, men have a tendency to women, the sun rises from the east and sets in the west, natural disasters that occur and others. In this case, God does not give space to man to choose, so that whatever happens, man does not need or will not be held accountable for what happened, because it can not be chosen. In the world you will not be held accountable for things you can not choose. For example, no one asks you why are you a man? or ask you, why the sun rises from the east? Why will humans die ?. Again, in things we can not choose, we will not be held accountable for what happens to us and to others.

Simply put, the events that occur in humans can be grouped in two parts. the first part is the occurrence of the human being that can be selected, the second part is an incident that occurs in the human being that can not be selected, or forced to happen on it. In the first part, we can choose the actions or events according to our wishes, because that's what the event will be asked for accountability. This means, being diligent or being lazy, being a trustworthy or a treacherous person, being an angry or patient, obeying God's command or defending it is something we can choose.

While in the second part, we are forced to accept the incident and are not given a choice, this is what we call destiny. And to the destiny or provision given to us, whether or burauknya that we think, then we must believe it, and believe that it is the best for us who are from God Almighty. Practice in everyday life, if something happens to us or to others, and it can not be chosen, then we should not protest or complain excessively, and should not blame themselves for the incident. Therefore it all comes from God, the Essence of the All-Income, and what is given by Him shall be good.