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The question

How can God's absolute justice be reconciled with people's differing susceptibility to the influence of matters of "tasyir" (predestination/divine decree) on "takhyeer" (free will), such as one born into a Muslim family and another into a disbelieving family?

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The objective proposed by the questioner, which aims to achieve absolute justice by creating equality among creation, corrupts the world order and contradicts the wisdom behind the existence of creation. This is because the differences among people in various matters, such as wealth and poverty, health and illness, and so on, are the basis of trial and test. Allah Almighty says: "And it is He who has made you successors on the earth and raised some of you above others in ranks, that He may test you in what He has given you" (Al-An'am: 165).

Allah Almighty has indeed caused differences among His servants in provisions, morals, and appearances, for the wisdom of testing. If all people were equal, it would lead to the annihilation of creation. This disparity is the very essence of Divine wisdom and the trial for which Allah created death and life. Allah Almighty says: "He who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed" (Al-Mulk: 2).

This proposal contradicts the wisdom of choice, because equalization among people in everything would necessitate either everyone believing or everyone disbelieving. This contradicts His saying, the Almighty: "And had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation; but they will not cease to differ Except those on whom your Lord has bestowed mercy; and for that He created them. And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled: 'I will surely fill Hell with jinn and mankind all together'" (Hud: 118-119).

Finally, destiny (Qadar) is a secret of Allah in His creation, and delving deeply into it may lead to misguidance. Faith in Allah's absolute justice is the foundation to which matters of destiny are referred.

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