RE: If Allah has a plan, what is the point of Dua?
January 19, 2016 at 3:46 am
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2016 at 3:48 am by ReptilianPeon.)
If your prayer is answered then shouldn't that affect the free will of others? If you pray that your interview goes well and you get the job wouldn't that have meant Allah had to suspend free will of the interviewers? If Allah answers your prayer and wants you to have that job, after all, shouldn't you still get the job even if you do really badly compared to the other candidates? If more than one candidate is praying to Allah then that means Allah has to chose one candidate over another, which is awkward because that person is wanting to affect the plan Allah had for another person. Does Allah give the job to the person who did more Dua or not?
Now, I don't know about you, but my understanding of plans is that they require a certain degree of control to be properly executed. So if I pray I'm wanting to affect Allah's plan, and potentially change the plan Allah had for other people (since my prayer being answered may cause a chain reaction). Prayer is actually really complicated - and confusing - a lot more complicated and confusing than people make it out to be. If prayers are answered than can we really say that there is free will?
Now, I don't know about you, but my understanding of plans is that they require a certain degree of control to be properly executed. So if I pray I'm wanting to affect Allah's plan, and potentially change the plan Allah had for other people (since my prayer being answered may cause a chain reaction). Prayer is actually really complicated - and confusing - a lot more complicated and confusing than people make it out to be. If prayers are answered than can we really say that there is free will?
