belief in Qada' and Qadar

 

Literal meaning of Qada and Qadar; Qada means to decide or to judge, means placing and deciding a certain ruling. While from syarak's perspective, Qada is something that has been decided by Allah SWT for all His creations, whether it is in terms of its creation, destruction or changes. Qadar means to measure or to determine which means setting something to a certain amount. While in syarak, Qadar is something that has been set at a certain amount since the beginning of time, so that it follows His knowledge which precedes everything. Technically, Qadar is the results of Allah's knowledge and Qada is the manifestation of Allah's power. There are a myriad of implications in believing in Qada and Qadar, namely we become more grateful towards our Creator, we become more patient with the problems we faced everyday, we always put our hope in Allah, and we can avoid being an arrogance person. Example for Qada and Qadar are birth and death, blessing, partner, destiny and many more. There is nas of Qur'an regarding death which in surah Az-Zumar 39:42.