"Islamic Belief About Qadr: Destiny, Free Will, and Allah’s Knowledge Explained Clearly"

 

Allah Almighty had already written everything that was to happen in the universe and whatever actions the servants would perform, based on His prior knowledge. He wrote goodness in the destiny of some, and evil in the destiny of others. However, this writing does not mean that the servant was forced to act accordingly. Rather, Allah wrote what the servant was going to do of his own choice.

If someone has evil written in their fate, it is because that person was going to choose evil. Had he been someone who would choose goodness, then goodness would have been written in his destiny. Neither Allah’s knowledge nor His act of writing forced anyone to do anything.

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Issue 1:
It is prohibited to delve deeply into debates about destiny (Qadr). One should simply understand that a human is not completely like a stone, devoid of all will. Rather, Allah has granted humans a certain level of free will: if a person wants, he can do a deed—or refrain from it. It is on the basis of this choice that good and evil are attributed to the servant.

To believe that a person is completely helpless or completely independent—both are deviations from the truth.