Qadar
“the decrees of fate”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
fate · the decree · the decrees of fate · the turns of time · القدر
in the texts
Bayān zaghl al-ʻilm wa-al-ṭalab
The divine decree, listed among the articles of faith that constitute the creed of the forebears.
The principles of religion of the forebears (al-salaf) were faith in God Most High, in His books, His messengers and His angels, in His attributes and in the decree (*al-qadar*);
Adab al-wazīr
The decrees of fate, invoked to fix the boundary between what a man is answerable for and what he is not.
And when the decrees of fate stretch out to you with success, and intellect overcomes you toward the making of amends, you have dealt justly and become balanced;
Do not take to task the one whose counsel you have sought for the shortcoming of the judgment if he slips, for nothing is required of him but his best effort, even if the decrees of fate bar him from success.
The man of feeble judgment is a squanderer of his chance — until, when the matter has slipped away, he reproaches the decrees of fate