Predetermination

• Q1 - If Allah is All-Knowing as stated in the Quran, that means He knows all, and that includes every choice I have ever made and those that I will make in the future. Knowing that means that Allah has predetermined our lives. Doesn't that mean that gay people are all going to hell? Gays do not choose who they fall in love with, it has to do with the emotion of love which is controlled by the brain. Allah is the one who put our emotions in us as He is the one who created us, so why does He send them to hell? 

  A - As you have mentioned Allah is All-Knowing but His knowledge does not force our choices. Allahs knowledge is that He knows what kind of choices we will make. The knowledge itself does not affect our free will. For example, if someone is standing on a building and sees that a car is going to collide with another car, his/her knowledge does not cause the collision. Secondly, love is an emotion that we might not have control over but our actions are controllable. For example, if I feel angry, I might not be able to control my feeling of anger but I can control my actions in reaction to this anger, i.e. choose not to hit someone. In conclusion, Allah created human beings with free will to choose their life choices.

  
  
  

  MoulanaOnline Aalim Team