THE BOOK OF AL-QADAR (DIVINE PREORDAINMENT)

CHAPTER 1. (What is said regarding) The pen has become dry (i.e., after the writing has been completed), with Allah’s Knowledge.

8:595 Narrated ‘Imrân bin Husain:

A man said, “0 Allah’s Messenger! Can the people of Paradise be known (differentiated) from the people of the Fire; The Prophet replied, “Yes. “The man said, “Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds? “The Prophet said, “Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been created to do or he will do those deeds which will be made easy for him to do.” (i.e., everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).

CHAPTER 2. “And the Command of Allah is a decree determined.” (V.33: 38).

8:601 Narrated Hudhaifa:

The Prophet once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned (about) everything that would happen till the Hour. Some of us stored that in our minds and some forgot it. (After that speech I used to see events taking place (which had been referred to in that speech) but I had forgotten them (before their occurrence). Then I would recognize such events as a man recognizes another man who has been absent and then sees and recognizes him.

CHAPTER 3. Man makes a vow seeking something other than what has been preordained (for him).

8:606 Narrated Abü Huraira:

The Prophet said (that Allah said), “Vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not already written in his Qadar (preordainments), but vowing is imposed on him by way of preordainment. Through vowing I make a miser spend of his wealth.”

CHAPTER 4. Al-Ma ‘sum (the sinless or the saved or the protected) is the one whom Allah protects. [‘Asim: (that means) Protector, Guardian, etc.]

8:608 Narrated Abü Sa’id Al-Khudri

that the Prophet said, “No caliph is appointed but has two groups of advisors: One group advises him to do good and urges him to adopt it, and the other group advises him to do bad and urges him to adopt it; and Al-Ma ‘sum (the sinless or the saved or the protected) is the one whom Allah protects.

CHAPTER 5. “(Allah) comes in between a person and his heart (i.e., He prevents an evil person to decide anything)” (V. 8:24).

8:614 Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Umar:

When taking an oath, the Prophet very often used to say, “No, by Him Who turns the hearts.”