Divine Decree and Determination — Essence of Islam Vol. 2
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Divine Decree and Determination, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 10: Divine Decree and Determination
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335 It should be remembered that though everything has been determined by Divine decree, yet this does not exclude science and knowledge as everyone has to acknowledge that the use of appropriate medicines, through the grace and mercy of God Almighty, benefits the patient. In the same way everyone who is bestowed comprehension of the Divine has to acknowledge as the result of experience that prayer has a relationship with acceptance. This is a mystery which has been demonstrated through the experience of millions of the righteous and our experience has demonstrated the hidden reality that our prayers have a magnetic quality which attracts the grace and mercy of God, though we may not be able to convince others of this verity through logical reasoning.
[Ayyam-us-Sulh, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 14, pp. 240-241]
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It is not within the power of man to transcend the bounds of Divine decrees and scheme of things.
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, p. 3]
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Man is subject to Divine decree. If a human design should not be in accord with the design of God, no amount of effort can succeed in putting it into effect; but when the time of the design of God arrives, that which had appeared most difficult becomes easily available.
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, p. 3]
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The Holy Qur’an has set out certain matters for the establishment of the principle that God Almighty is One and is the source and goal of everything from which foolish critics have deduced the doctrine of compulsion. He is the causa causans and is the Provider of all means. This is the reason why God Almighty has in some cases described Himself as the Cause of all causes in the Holy Qur’an, without mention of intervening means. A perusal of the Holy Qur’an discloses that at certain places these means have also been clearly specified so that man should pay heed to them.
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Besides, the Holy Qur’an specifies the punishment of evil and lays down penalties. If there was to be an unalterable system of Divine decrees and determination and man was to be under absolute compulsion what justification was there for these punishments and penalties? Prayer And Divine Determination are Juxtaposed It should be remembered that, unlike the atheists, the Holy Qur’an does not confine everything within the
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 336]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 10: Divine Decree and Determination
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: The Promised Messiah Was to Put an End to War | Next: Two Types of Divine Decrees »