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      Decree & Destiny: Free Will or Determinism (Revised Edition)

      Table of Contents

        • Historical Background
        • Chapter 1: Decree and Destiny in the Qur'an
          • Qadar (decree) and Qada’ (destiny) in Language
          • A Definition of Decree and Destiny
          • God, the Originator of All
          • Man’s True Impotence
          • The Inevitability of Death
          • The Knowledge of the Outcome of Destiny
          • The Ultimate Dependence
          • All Creation’s Dependence upon the Creator
          • The Ultimate Record
          • Man’s Freedom within God’s Order
          • Measure and Bounds
          • Fixed and Changeable Decrees
          • Man’s Unification with the Decree
          • The Qur’an, the Overall Knowledge
          • Reality Guides to Itself, by Itself
          • Heedlessness
          • Prevaricators and the Role of the Prophets
          • The Ways of Reality
          • The Gift of Discrimination
          • Why Diversity and Duality
          • Why Some People Cause Themselves Injustice
          • The Disconnected Ones
          • Modes of Destiny
        • Chapter 2: Prophetic Traditions and Teachings
          • Creation and the Command of God
          • The Origin of Good and Evil
          • Compulsion and Delegation
          • Will and Power
          • The Extent of the Capability of the Bondsman
          • Freedom, Action and Outcome
          • God’s Covenant with Man
          • Knowledge of the Decree
          • The Nature of Action
          • Contentment with the Decree
          • Man’s Rizq (Provision)
          • The Finality of God’s Decree
          • The Purpose of Creation
          • Decree and Destiny, the Secret of God
        • Chapter 3: Affliction, the Ultimate Remedy
        • Chapter 4: Selected Topics Related to Decree and Destiny
          • Determinism
          • Certainty and Change
          • Cause and Effect
          • Choice within Bounds
          • Man’s Choice
          • Collective Destiny
          • Revealed and Acquired Knowledge
          • The Law of Opposites
          • Justice
          • Reward and Punishment
          • Every Rule has an Exception
          • Miracles
          • Kismet (Qismah) – Luck, Fortune
          • Supplication and Prayer
          • Causality and Repentance
          • The Search for Happiness
          • Why People Differ
          • Selective Search
          • Fate or Freedom
          • The Creator and Created
          • A Better Destiny
          • The Free Man
        Key Terms: Allah; `aql; `aqala; ayah; ayat; din; hadith; haqiqah; iman; jabarut; kafir; kuffar; kufr; lata`if; malakut; malaka; mü'min; nafs, self; rizq; ruh; shari`ah; shirk; sunnah; surah; rashid; ummah; amma; zakah

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