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− generic, social, economic or educational background of the individual, who seems to be a helpless product of circumstances. This helplessness of the individual makes his destiny, over which he has no control. Thus it is said that a rich man's child is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The circumstances in which a person is born, the society in which he is grown, the day-to-day game of chance which plays a role in everybody's life, the strikes of so-called luck in favor or against one, the accidents which one may escape or fall pray to, are all such areas where the individual has very little choice. Yet it may not be assumed that he was particularly targeted for such events or accidents, which play an important role in the making or unmaking of his life. In a larger economic plan, there are bound to be more fortunate and less fortunate people with relative advantages and disadvantages. It is wrong to say that they were individually stamped by a maker of destiny, even before their births, to be born under certain specific circumstances. Yet there are other questions to be answered. How would they be treated in relation to the crimes committed by them, as against those who are born in comparatively healthier circumstances, and who have very few, if any, background factors to egg them onto crime? If the crime is the same, shall they be treated alike? The Holy Qur’an answers this intricate question in − the following verse: BȨmË ÜA Bn°Ã ɼ»A ±¼¸Í Ü È ä ä æ å ì ê í æ ä å Õ å é ê ä å ä la yukallifullahu nafsan illa wus‘aha − − − Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. (2:287) − The issue of destiny is highly complicated, but as the ultimate decision lies in the hands of the All-Knowing, All-Beneficent, All-Powerful and All-Wise God, in the final 77