DETERMINISM VS FREEWILL

Life is evenly balanced between both freewill and divine will, between freedom and fate. The debate about freewill and predetermination is an ancient one. Ancient philosophers and others who came after them have written much on this subject. But someone who reads all that they have written is likely to get very confused. Man seeks a clear answer on this issue, but he does not find it in the enormous corpus of writings on this subject. This is because, ordinarily, people veer to one or the other side of the issue. They either think that it is total freedom that prevails or that we are totally predetermined. This one-sided approach is not proper. If a writer argues for total freedom, the reader is left thinking that he has ignored the element of predetermination. If the writer says that everything in life is preordained, the reader feels he has ignored man’s freewill. This leads to confusion in the reader’s mind. As has been suggested here, life is evenly balanced between both freewill and divine will, between freedom and fate. If you reflect on both aspects, your confusion will end and you will arrive at a definitive answer to this question. o A believer should not be engrossed in the world, as this would mean that he did not attach real importance to the Hereafter