It’s Fate

Do you believe in fate/destiny?

If  I did not choose my birthland,  my birthday, birth name? How can  I not believe in Fate?

I am a Muslim, and to believe in Fate with its goods and bads, is part and parcel of my religion. But I also believe that we all have granted a free will. This issue can be understood simply if we only intend to.

So, for example, one day you’ve decided to take a different road while walking home after work. As you’re walking, you glanced a child on his bike chasing after his friend and oblivious of how he started to swerve off the pavement. The road was quiet, until, suddenly, the child slipped from his tiny bike seat and fell on the ground. He burst out crying and you ran to help him. But then, a car on full speed was turning into the same road,  and just in a split second, you grabbed the child off the road before being smashed by the car.

It was fate that had sent you to that road, but it was your choice to save the child. 

With all the best wishes,

Nahla