NO LEAF FALLS WITHOUT HIS KNOWING IT

God knows;

That you are reading these lines right now,

What crosses your mind while you read these lines,

What you will be doing in a moment,

Everything you will do until the end of your life,

Everything you assume you have witnessed alone.

     In some sections of society, we observe the prevalence of a distorted understanding of destiny. This distorted concept of fate holds the superstitious belief that God has determined a “destiny” for everyone, but that these destinies can sometimes be changed by people. For instance, if someone comes back from the brink of death people make superstitious statements like “He cheated fate.” Yet, nobody is able to change his destiny. The reason the person who comes back from death’s door does not die is because he is destined not to do so at that particular time. It is also the destiny of those people who deceive themselves by saying “I cheated fate” to say so and maintain such an erroneous mindset.

     All events, whether we witness them or not, occur under God’s knowledge and control. Destiny is the eternal knowledge of God, and for Him, Who knows time like a single moment and Who rules all time and space, everything is determined and done with in destiny.

     The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book. (Quran, 6:59)