Miscellaneous Articles

In the reports and traditions, fate and destiny have been described as revocable and irrevocable. There are hints in the Qur'an also to that effect. It appears that there are two kinds of fate and destiny, one inevitable and unalterable and the other...

In the reports and traditions, fate and destiny ha...

But a change in destiny in the sense that the factor bringing about the change should itself be a manifestation of what Allah has decreed, is possible. Though it may look rather queer, it is a fact that the destiny can be changed by another destiny. ...

But a change in destiny in the sense that the fact...

From the foregoing discussion it is clear that a belief in fate and destiny and that every event, including human deeds and acts, is determined by Divine decrees, does not necessarily mean predestination. It would have certainly meant so, had we beli...

From the foregoing discussion it is clear that a b...

This aspect of the question provided a pretext to the Christians of Europe to assert that the main cause of the decadence of the Muslims is their belief in fate and destiny and that Islam is a predestinarian system which totally deprives man of his l...

This aspect of the question provided a pretext to ...

Some people are under the impression that this dilemma presents itself only to those who believe in religion, and the materialists are not faced with any such problem. This is a false impression. The people having the material way of thinking are als...

Some people are under the impression that this dil...

In Arabic the words qadha' and qadar' are used for fate and destiny. The word, qadha' means to decide; to settle; to judge. A qadhi' (judge) is called so because he decides judicially between the litigants. In the Qur'an this word has been used frequ...

In Arabic the words qadha' and qadar' are used for...

The dilemma faced by the theologians and the religious philosophers was that they on the one hand believed that nothing could happen without the Will of Allah and on the other knew that nothing dirty or wicked could be ascribed to Him. Consequently t...

The dilemma faced by the theologians and the relig...

History show that during the Umayyad period the rulers made full use of the doctrine of fate and destiny. They were staunch supporters of predestination, and persecuted those who preached self-respect, liberty and free will. That is why this sentence...

History show that during the Umayyad period the ru...

We have already said that according to the most of the interpreters of the Qur'an as well as the scholastic theologians, the Qur'anic verses in respect of destiny and human free will are conflicting and hence it was necessary that the verses of one o...

We have already said that according to the most of...

There is no doubt that the doctrine of predestination, as enunciated by the Ash'arites, who maintain that man absolutely lacks liberty and freedom is dangerous. It paralyses the spirit and will of man. This doctrine encourages the oppressors and bind...

There is no doubt that the doctrine of predestinat...

We have used the word, Qadarite for the advocates of human liberty and free will. This term has been used in this sense by most of the scholastic theologians. In the religious reports also this word mostly has the same meaning. Anyhow, occasionally t...

We have used the word, Qadarite for the advocates ...

No two words more awful than fate and destiny have ever struck the ears of a human being. Nothing can be more depressing to the spirit of a man than the feeling that he has no liberty and all his acts are controlled by a superpower. It may be said th...

No two words more awful than fate and destiny have...

Quds Day is a day Muslims from all around the world show their support for the oppressed Muslims of the world and in particular Palestine. Rallies are held in every cities of the world. Quds Day is an international day, it is not a day devoted to Qu...

Quds Day is a day Muslims from all around the worl...

"And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him...And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day...And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Is...

"And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and al...

In 1941, Yitzhak Shamir committed "an unforgivable crime from the moral point of view: he preached an alliance with Hitler, with Nazi Germany, against Great Britain." Source : Bar Zohar. "Le prophète armé-- : Ben Gourion." (Fayard. Paris 1966, p.99.)...

In 1941, Yitzhak Shamir committed "an unforgivable...

(Conference by Rabbi Elmer Berger, ex-president of the "Jewish League" in the United States) "It is inadmissible for anyone to plead that the setting-up of the present state of Israel has been the fulfillment of Prophecy and that therefore all acts p...

(Conference by Rabbi Elmer Berger, ex-president of...

"Thus speaketh the Lord : my firstborn son is Israel." - Exodus IV,22 An Integrist interpretation of political Zionism. "The inhabitants of the world can be disseminated between Israel and the other nations taken as a whole. Israel is the chosen peop...

"Thus speaketh the Lord : my firstborn son is Isra...

If we try to imagine the goal of a criminal trial, we must admit the primordial importance of hearing experts giving their opinion on a wide range of questions, if only to reach a conclusion as to the credibility of many witnesses as well as a few "d...

If we try to imagine the goal of a criminal trial,...

"Genocide : the methodical destruction of an ethnic group through the extermination of its individuals." Larousse Dictionary "Like the divine promise contained in the Bible, the Genocide is an element of ideological justification for the creation of ...

"Genocide : the methodical destruction of an ethni...

"The power of the Jewish fist comes from the American steel glove which covers it and the dollars which line it." Source : Yeshavahou Leibowitz in "Judaism and Israel", p. 253 As far as the sums paid to the State of Israel by Gare concerned, I'll let...

"The power of the Jewish fist comes from the Ameri...

"There is in France a powerful pro-Israeli lobby exercising its influence especially in the domain of information." (General De Gaulle) Source : Philippe Alexandre. "Le préjugé pro-israélien", "Le Parisien Libéré", 29 February, 1988 In France, Genera...

"There is in France a powerful pro-Israeli lobby e...