In answer to the video "No Compulsion in Religion"
Again, God shows the right and the wrong, encourages us to do right, but has left us to push the final button, make the choice because at the end
74:38"Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns".This necessitates that each person is entirely responsible for choosing belief 24:52 or dibelief 3:19.
Therefore in reality, even though Allah is the Ultimate Cause of all things, none can be discharged of his moral responsibilities. This is reflected in
4:79"Whatever benefit comes to you, it is from Allah, and whatever evil befalls you, it is from yourself".This evil is the result of changing the good things coming from Allah into evil
2:211"and whoever changes the favor of Allah after it has come to him, then surely Allah is severe in requiting evil".Only man is to blame for the evil resulting from his wrong moral choices
8:51"This is for what your own hands have sent on before, and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants"
4:40,10:44"Allah does not do any injustice to men, but men are unjust to themselves".The evil spoken of in 4:79 are the result of sin, not the divine hardships and trials referred to in 4:78 and elsewhere for example 9:50-51. In 9:51 are addressed those who do not rely on Allah in the pursuit of a goal, thinking that the outcome is solely related to one's will, preparedness and actions. That mindframe led those who refrained from battle and that saw hardship befalling the believers in battle to think that
"We took indeed our precautions beforehand, and they turn away rejoicing".
But the believers, when hardships befall put their trust in Allah. They rely on Him and accept whatever happens because they know that it is ultimately Allah who allows or prevents things. This then necessarily means that all things that befall a person whether perceived as good or evil, are allowed with Wisdom. They are nothing but tests, opportunities of spiritual betterment. That is why, one invokes Allah's help and guidance in the pursuit of any goal, so that one is given spiritual awareness in the process, no matter the outcome. As stated in sura Yusuf "He is the master over His affair".
This higher principle is again found in 57:22 saying that all is in a Book
"before we bring it into existence"and this is meant to convey that the hardships that befall all people, even in a righteous pursuit, are by God's permission, encompassed by His knowledge, power and wisdom
9:51,64:11"No affliction comes about but by Allah's permission; and whoever believes in Allah, He guides aright his heart; and Allah is Cognizant of all things".Nothing can happen outside of his will. Whatever happens to someone it is so because Allah allowed it
4:78"Say: All is from Allah".57:22 does not say that man's actions are written down in a book from eternity, but that the hardships resulting from those willful actions dont happen unless by His permission. It is a consolation to the believers, who rely on Allah in their endeavours, trusting His wisdom
57:23"So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you".In the HB the principle is presented thus
Lam3:33-38"he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone...Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?"Things happen because of God's will, Who either allows or prevents a situation to occur in a chain of causality. This means that in God's foreknowledge a thing has already come to pass before He allows (or prevents) it to happen
Ecc3:15"Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before".
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