Participative Destiny: A Qur'anic Perspective with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri and Dr Adnan Al Adnani

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

Reference for Quranic Verses mentioned in this talk: Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered. Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) the month of Ramadan, wherein the Koran was sent down to be a guidance to the people, and as clear signs of the Guidance and the Salvation. So let those of you, who are present at the month, fast it; and if any of you be sick, or if he be on a journey, then a number of other days; God desires ease for you, and desires not hardship for you; and that you fulfil the number, and magnify God that He has guided you, and haply you will be thankful. Chapter (73) sūrat l-muzamil (The One wrapped in Garments) Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way. Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way. Chapter (55) sūrat l-raḥmān (The Most Gracious) But for he who has feared the station of his Lord are two gardens. Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - their Lord will guide them because of their faith. Beneath them rivers will flow in the Gardens of bliss. Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) And Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse. Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) The ones who have believed, emigrated and striven in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah. And it is those who are the triumphant. Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allah is you return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do. Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed. Chapter (29) sūrat l-ʿankabūt (The Spider) And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew. Chapter (70) sūrat l-maʿārij (The Ways of Ascent) Indeed, they see it distant, But We see it near. Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Acquainted with that which you do. Chapter (57) sūrat l-ḥadīd (The Iron) It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah , of what you do, is Seeing. Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) And every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.