To have the correct comprehension of the concept of qadar, we need to know more about the creation of the human being. What is mentioned in this narration is actually a miracle. It describes the phases of the fetus and the creation of man 1,400 years before science and technology came to confirm it as fact. (This description of the different stages of the fetus can also be found in the Quran but without the mention of the periods of times.) In other words, scientists were only able to observe this happening in the last few decades whereas it was already mentioned in the Qur’an and Hadith centuries ago.
A conference concerning the Creation was held in Europe several years ago and some Muslim Scholars were invited to attend. When these Scholars gave the Islamic perspective about the stages of the fetus, indicating that this was documented in the Quran and the Hadith, some of the people who attended the conference embraced Islam – they were convinced that it is a Divine revelation. We also need to understand the various components of the human being in order to help us beti understand qadar in the positive and right way. The human being is made of of the following components: –
The intellect (Al-Aql) – this allows us, to a certain degree, to distinguish between good
and evil. The intellect is part of the human, part of the creation of Allah. Based on this, a person is considered as mukallaf, responsible to understand and accept the massage of Allah if he is not insane. If someone is mentally challenged or insane, then he is not regarded as mukallaf.
The natural disposition or innate (Al-Fitrah) – we are created with this innate which helps us to love what is good and what is right and to hate what is evil and what is wrong. It is made of of love and hate. Even though we are created with this fitrah, it is subject to change as a result of the environment, our parents, upbringing, etc. Therefore there are people who might love what is bad because of a spoiled or a corrupted fitrah. The Scholars say the original fitrah or natural disposition is still there within these people – if we try to ‘awaken’ the fitrah, these people will come back to loving good and hating bad.
The commitment that we make, at the period of our pre-creation, to worship only Allah. This has a relation with the fitrah – it causes us to have this natural disposition or innate towards loving what is good and disliking what is evil.
The willingness (Al-Iradah) and Power (Qudrah): Allah endowed us with willingness and
power/ability. An action cannot take place in the absence of this willingness and power – we do something only if we are willing and we have the power or ability to do it. But this willingness and power are neutral and can be manipulated and used in either positive or negative ways.
We have also been created with desires (shahawat) and the presence of these desires within us can manipulate our willingness or power towards good or evil.
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