The Role Of Faith In Fate In Coping With Worldly Problems

Divine Determining The Problem of Evil

Abstract

Divine determining is the planning of everything happened in the past eternity and the creation of everything that will happen by Allah. Another important concept in the matter of divine determining is the power of choice. The concept of the power of choice is important as it is the area that the responsibility of the human being starts with. If the divine determining and the power of choice is not understood well, some people may put the blame of their sins and deficiencies on the divine determining or they may suppose that the good behaviours of them are belong to them and cause selfishness by attributing much value to their power of choice. At this point understanding the matter of the divine determining and the power of choice comes to the help and rescues the person from the his/her mistake. Sorrows, plagues and diseases are the sparkles of divine wisdom that foster raison d'etre and demonstrate the manifestation of Allah's names, conveying the pleasant beauties of Allah's mercy and grace.