The Words of Wisdom and Purification — Page 185
THE MEANING OF TAQDEER مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كتب من قبل أَن نَّبْراً هَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللهِ يَسِيرُ نَبْرَأَهَا اللَّهِ لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَاءَ اتَنكُ لر. Allah says:. No calamity afflicts those on the earth or your own persons but is recorded in a Book before We make it manifest. Surely that is easy for Allah. Thus it is, so that you may not grieve over that which you miss, nor exult over that which He bestows on you. (57:23-24). ALLAH NEVER PUNISHES A PEOPLE. UNJUSTLY ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا فَابِرُ وَحَصِيدٌ وَمَا ظَلَمْتَهُمْ وَلَكِن ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَا أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ وَالهَهُمُ الَّتِي يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَثْبِيبِ وَكَذَلِكَ أَخَذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْدَهُ أَيمُ شَدِيدُ. That is of the tidings of the ruined cities that We relate to thee; the ruins of some are visible and others have been obliterated altogether. . And We did not wrong them, but they wronged them185