{"_id":"668d9ff60b76658b4c232a54","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"How do we understand divine will and free will?\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"From my understanding (please correct me if these premises are incorrect): 1. Our good deeds are not what save us, that would be Shirk. Truly it is Allah who save us, through his grace and mercy by choosing to accept our good deeds. 2. We shouldn't say that “I” did a good deed, because it is only through the mercy, grace and will of Allah that he facilitated for us to perform the good deed. My question therefore is, considering that Allah both brings us to do a good deed and only through Allah’s will can a good deed be accepted, where does my own free will come into the equation? - Is divine will (al-Qadar) the predominant truth and do we truly possess free will? - Does real surrendering (Taslim) to Allah occur when one realizes their own will and Nafs are an illusion and that it is only Allah’s will that exists? - What's the relationship between divine will and human agency?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Inshāʾa Allah, you will find the answers you're seeking here:\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://seekersguidance.org/answers/general-counsel/free-will-and-the-divine-decree-a-reader/\"},\"insert\":\"https://seekersguidance.org/answers/general-counsel/free-will-and-the-divine-decree-a-reader/\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c232859","tag":"Aqeedah: Allah ﷻ‎","count":66},{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c232862","tag":"Qadr","count":6},{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c23285f","tag":"Free Will","count":2}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:39:18.107Z"}