Likewise, their actions unfold according to what He knew they would do, and each person is enabled for that for which he was created: “So We shall ease him toward ease” (al-Layl 92:4, 7). The cause lies within the servant himself: he may find happiness or he may end up wretched—“But as for the one who is stingy, deems himself self-sufficient, and denies the best promise, We shall ease him toward hardship” (al-Layl 92:8-10). Thus what is required of us is to perform righteous deeds and refrain from sinful ones.

Using predestination as an excuse is no defense, for Allah has already made good and evil clear; therefore, no excuse remains. People fall into trouble only when they intrude into matters that are not theirs, saying, “If Allah…"