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Our Lord (Swt) has made every man have his own destiny, happy or unhappy. A decided divine decision is written in a Book with Allah even before this man comes into the world. This is how Allah willed it

before Adam, our spiritual father, be created.

The Prophet Mohammad (sala Allah alayhi WA Salam) said in this regard: «God wrote the Destiny of all creatures fifty thousand years before the creation of heaven and earth" (Reported by Muslim).

Allah (swt) created Paradise and Hell in His great will and created two paths, good and evil, and gave man the power and will of choice in life. Why?  Quite simply because the importance and price of the issue

is beyond the reach of the imagination of human brain.  Paradise, this second stage of man's life after his death, a life of heavenly pleasures, is an eternally happy life for believers, for the righteous

here below, for the blessed, for those whom Allah's grace (swt) will have touched.

Paradise, this great and eternal divine mercy, which no man could describe happiness or imagine the slightest detail, is too expensive to be rewarded. The good works of the whole life consecrated to godliness, worship and sincere devotion of Allah (swt) could not be equal or even less deserve a single moment in heavenly life. If it were not for the infinite mercy of Allah (swt), no man on earth, no matter how righteous and righteous his deeds could hope or think of entering Paradise.

However, in spite of this great divine stoppage, this providential ordinance, Allah (swt) in his infinite indulgence, and although He (God) already knows the destiny of the whole Universe and knows in advance all that could happen to each of his creatures during this earthly life, man has a margin of freedom and a chance, in order to enable him to make a salutary path, according to his choice and his will.

After coming into the world and having reached puberty, man becomes responsible and is now faced with the fatal fate and destiny. He finds himself at the crossroads, between two paths, the way of good and the way of evil, it is up to him to make this inevitably decisive choice, and finally, it is up to him to choose which of these paths he must choose and choose for his eternal salvation.

A very difficult choice indeed for man, a real struggle against good and evil. A fight for a lot of inequality, especially when we know that we are dealing with formidable adversaries, ruthless antagonists, without faith or law! Life and its delights, its attractions, passions, the incitements to sin and permanent rebellion against the divine laws, the evil inspirations of demons and the exhortations of evil of one's own person (enafs), the spirit that dwells in us (our inner fortitude). A real "armada" that this weak man must face and fight daily for his life. Fearful adversaries that nothing in the world could detract from their main objective, which consists essentially in dragging man into perdition here below, and especially in the depths of Hell's depths of the hereafter.

Great trials that Allah (swt) imposes on man to test his true and sincere faith in this world, and give him a chance to be touched by his grace and to win and deserve with the mercy of Allah (swt) a dwelling place in the eternal Gardens of Paradise life.

Only our Exalted Lord be He and in His infinite mercy, He, who is our Creator and who knows better than anyone else the weakness of man, and before the inequality of this struggle between human life and his

"incorruptible" enemies, Allah (swt) could "intervene" and come to the aid of his sincere and willing servants, if they obviously do the "first".

To conclude, good and evil are in the hands of man, and it is incontrovertible that the final decision to make the choice lies with man. Somebody once said this great maxim, which is very similar to the obvious one: «If destiny does not help us, we will help it to come true".

In any case, man, without any constraint whatsoever, is free to choose his salutary path. He is the only author of his own deeds and he is the only one responsible for his own deeds, which will obviously lead him to either Paradise or Hell» Race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. "(Quran, 57/21).

Moreover, according to the holy words of our noble Prophet Mohammed (sala Allah alayhi Wa Salam):"He who will be in the lowest row of the gardens of Eden (Jannat El Fir daws), will have ten times the equivalence of the planet earth. Thus, the latter will enjoy all pleasures, and will have everything that made him dream on earth, and this multiplied by ten.

Author: Mokhtar Reguieg

Translated from French by habib attifa Boukar