Philosophy - Free Will or Pre-Destination

Pearl of Wisdom

'One of the things that Allah confided to Moses (AS) on the mountain is : ?O Moses, inform your people that those who are close to Me can only come nearer to Me by crying to Me out of awe of Me, and the best worship performed by My worshippers is restraint against committing what I have forbidden. Those who adorn themselves for Me have no better adornment than abstinence from worldly affairs in that which they can manage without.' Moses (AS) asked, ?O Most Generous of the generous, so what establishes them upon it?' He said, ?O Moses, as for those who come near to Me with crying from My awe, they are in the loftiest level which they will share with no one.'

Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir [as]

Thawab al-A'mal, p. 205, no. 1

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Philosophy - Free Will or Pre-Destination

In the Holy Qur'an

And Allah has created you and what you make (37:96)

He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation, then guided it (to his goal). (20:50)

In the Traditions

A person asked Imam Ali whether man has the power to exercise free will or not. If he has the power to do things, then how is it possible to say that there is no power to help but from Allah?
The Imam said, "You have ability by the Will of Allah, while He has it independently. If He endows you with it, that is His favour. If He takes it away from you, that means He is testing you. Iny any case, you should remember that whatever He bestows on you, He is still its owner. If He enables you to do a thing, that thing is still within His power."

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