Questions about destiny and human free will

• What is the meaning of destiny (Qadar) and decree (Qadar)?

• Why is destiny included in the essentials of belief?

• What is the relation of destiny and decree with divine knowledge?

• What is the relation of destiny and decree with registry and duplication of human actions?

• Is everything predetermined, and then recorded after its coming into existence?

• If we are bound by divine density, then doesn't belief in it cause trouble and discomfort to the soul desirous of continuous activity and self-perfection?

• What is the relation of decree and destiny with divine will?

• What is the relation of Divine decree and destiny with creation?

• If a person has only a nominal share in his/her acts because his/her free will does not possess creative ability, why do we read in the holy Qur'an that the creator of the heavens and the earth takes humanity's rebellion so seriously?

• What is the nature of human free will?

• Is the Islamic view of destiny and human free will compatible with fatalism?

• How can divine destiny and human free will be reconciled?

  • Since it is God Who creates the act of murder, why is he who kills called a murderer?

• Does God cancel his decree?
  (Divine Destiny and Decree, and Divine Grace)

• Is whatever destiny determines Good?

• Is there an aspect of true beauty in everything, even in the things which appear to be the ugliest?

• If whatever destiny determines is good, what is the Divine purpose in the calamities and misfortunes befalling people?

• Why does God create people all differently with respect to provision, lifestyle, intelligence and physiology?

• Are we victims of destiny?
  Do we have any part in the calamities befalling us?

• How can you explain why so insignificant a thing as free will as free will causes one to deserve eternal paradise or hell?

• The Prophet says that at the sixth week of the Embryo's development, God sends an angel to write whether it will be righteous and prosperous or wicked and condemned. What does this mean, and how can we reconcile it with human free will?

• What does Islamic fitra (primordial nature) mean?

• What does guidance mean, and can we guide someone else?