Bounded Choice
We can see
that man’s choice over his own body is bounded by the energy that Allah gave
him and made it subject to his obedience. And all that man could do is to
direct that energy which is created by Allah to take the action that he wants. But
is that it? Is it the scope of choice wide open?
We say that
there are a lot of things in this life that goes beyond your scope of choice,
first of all is the power of Allah(TWT). For you have no choice over the predestined
things that happen to you, they occur beyond the choice domain. For example if you
are walking down the road and a car hits you, or if a stone falls on you, or
even if you get ill with some disease, is it within the domain of your choice?
Could you stop an accident that is pre-destined by Allah(SWT) from happening to
you. Could you prevent a disease or stop it from attacking your body. Of course
you could not, for none of us has the power to push the fate of Allah that
inevitably happens to us and over which we have no control.
This is the
first thing that narrows down the scope of choice, for all of us are subject to
the fate of Allah that we cannot do anything about. None of us nor the people
around us can do anything about it and that is why regardless of what has been
said about the human choice it could not exceed the limits that Allah (SWT) has
drawn around it. For you cannot push harm that has been predetermined by Allah
(TWT) away from yourself or your children and you cannot also stop benefits
pre-destined for you by Allah (Jalla jallaloh). And that applies to all of us,
the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak, the powerful among us (Kings
and Emperors) and the powerless who do not own anything. And we should consider
what Al-Haqq (SWT) says in that:
<<Say: “O Allah! Possessor of Power and (Rule), You
give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will,
and You endue with honor whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In
Your Hand is the good. You have power over all things”>>
Ayah 26 from Surat Al-i-Imran
If we read
this Ayah, we will know that the power and kingdom come from Allah and they are
not a result of human planning. Allah (SWT) provides the reasons leading to
power and kingdom to those whom He wills, and by that He enables them to have
it.
And how
many times has fate played a role where a man could find himself in great power
without being qualified or powerful enough to acquire it. Everyone likes
kingdom and power and everyone works on getting it, but they never have it
except by the pre-determination of Allah (SWT). Because He is the true Possessor
of Power and Rule and because earth with everyone and everything on it, all
belong to Allah (SWT) and Allah gives his kingdom to who ever He pleases. And
if the kingdom has been reachable by the subjective abilities of human beings,
they would have kept it for themselves and it would have not been taken away
from them. But Allah (TWT) says:
<< In Your Hand is the good. You have power over all
things”>>
Ayah 26 from Surat Al-i-Imran
And this
Ayah is a proof that the kingdom is taken by force from man and that no one
would ever want to leave it deliberately. And that is why you find the person
with the top most power, his orders being obeyed and everyone is submitted to
him and all of a sudden, in a moment when the fate of Allah applies you will
find the closest people to him are walking out of him and he then becomes
scared trying to hide away and save his life by any means.
The
diminishing of power away from him is not within his own abilities, but it is by
the power of Allah (SWT) and it is totally a question of inheritance on earth. For
no one believes that he reaches power or even maintains it with his own abilities.
Allah (TWT) gives kingdom to who ever He likes and removes it from who ever He
wants.
To be continued....
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