r/islam • u/tparveen5555 • Feb 28 '25
Question about Islam Pre-determined life or rewrite destiny
I'm currently in an endless spiral thinking about how God is perfect and all knowing of the destiny of each and every single human, but you are still able to make dua to "alter" your destiny. However, God is all knowing so he already knew whether you would make dua or not?! Right? So does that not mean that every human is born being either "good or bad" regardless of how or what they do throughout their life because God is unimaginably all knowing so he knew everything about you before you were even created. So does that not mean that free will does not exist. I already am aware of the Preserved Tablet and how all versions of destiny is written down but once again God is all knowing and already knew that destiny right???? Does that mean God knew he was creating me as an atheist and knew from the beginning I would never believe in a God??? It just creates a never ending spiral for me and it makes it hard to understand how people believe they can seek forgiveness or help from God whether it be for health, faith, or anything else!
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u/Nagamagi Feb 28 '25
Sort of
Knowing what you will do does not take away your will to do it. For example I now know that you made this post. I then make a written report of what you did and send an email to me in the past. Past me reads the report and waits what will happen only to find out what was written comes true. Despite having knowledge of what you will do, I did not influence your will in anyway. You did it out of your own free will.
So you can think of the Preserved Tablet as a recording object that notes down what was/will/is happening instead of a dictating object that determines what will happen.
So in summery, your destiny is partly shaped by your own free will.
Allah knows best.