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The aethist below asked: 1. Human will is free from what exactly? 2. Is human will free from Allah's Will? 3. If no, then in what meaningful sense is it “free”? Funnily, these questions are just a remix of a very old record. If you look at the Islamic history, we already had these debates over a thousand years ago. Jahm bin Safwan and the Jabariyyah tried to say that we are just feathers in the wind with no choice at all. Then we had the Qadariyyah, Ma’bad al-Juhani, who went the other way and said we are totally independent gods of our own actions. Both of them were stuck in the same shallow water this skeptic is drowning in now. In later centuries, we had your forefathers —Ignaz Goldziher and W. Montgomery Watt who reasoned like you. They loved the Jabariyyah view because it helped them paint Islam as a "fatalistic" religion. They wanted to show that Muslims are backward because we believe everything is pre-decided, so why bother working? It was a political play to make the Muslim world look lazy or stuck in the past. They were just parroting the same old errors that our own scholars had already dismantled. To trash the first question: Human will is free from ikrah, which is external compulsion. You aren't a rock falling because of gravity or a leaf being pushed by the wind. You have the hardware of CHOICE, and you are the author of that choice. When you decide to commit a sin or do a good deed, no physical force is dragging your hands. You are the one who initiates the INTENT. This is the freedom that matters for accountability. You are free from being a mindless biological machine. For the second question: NO, it isn't free from Allah's Will in the sense of being independent. That is where the orientalists and the aethist logic falls apart. If your will was outside His Will, then there would be two creators in the universe. That is a logical disaster. Imam Al-Ash'ari and later Ibn Taymiyyah cleared this up by distinguishing between Irada Kawniyyah (His universal will that allows everything to exist) and Irada Shar'iyyah (His legislative will, which is what He loves and commands). Your choice happens within the space He created, using the power He provides. It is a subset, not a separate entity. Note that. Now that we say NO, he asked: In what sense is it free? It is about Kasb or acquisition. Think of it like this. Allah creates the action, but you BUY it with your intention. You don't create the muscles or the brain cells, but you own the WANTING. You are judged on the CLICK of your heart. In fact, modern scholars and even some philosophers now realize that the old Orientalist view was a joke. Sherman Jackson in his book: Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering, found that the Islamic model of "AGENCY WITH SOVEREIGNTY" is much more sophisticated than the binary traps these aethists and orientalists set. They think they are being deep, but they are just ignoring the bridge between the Creator's power and the creature's responsibility. I hope you learned something. Allah knows best.

Let there remain in your heart a love for the commands of الله, even if you are falling short in fulfilling them, or haven't yet acted upon them. Perhaps الله will guide you to obey Him because of the love you carried for His commands. And let there remain in your heart a hatred for what الله has forbidden, even if you still fall into those sins. Perhaps الله will guide you to abandon them because your heart never made peace with disobedience. But beware, and beware again, of ever harboring resentment toward anything الله has revealed. To dislike any part of الله’s religion is among the gravest of sins, rather, it nullifies a person’s Islam altogether. As الله says: “That is because they hated what الله sent down, so He rendered their deeds worthless.” (Surah Muhammad, 47:9) Many women were guided to wear the niqab out of love for modesty and الله's commands, while many others took it off because, even though they wore it, they harbored hatred for it and a love for immodesty. We ask الله to make faith beloved to us and to beautify it in our hearts, and to make kufr, deviance, and disobedience hateful to us, and to make us among the rightly guided.

@VikyInsights The irony is that the most toxic people create the most idealised fantasies. Cluster B disordered individuals etc.

When you grow up emotionally neglected you may not only crave love. You may crave the feeling of finally being chosen, noticed, wanted, and safe. So when someone gives you a little attention....your heart can start filling in the blanks. -You imaqine their potential. -You imagine the future. -You imaqine the love they could give you if they finally opened up. And slowly. You become attached to what could be...not what actually is. This is how childhood wounds can quietly shape adult attraction. 😢 💔

No one will ever fully understand how hard it's been for you, how much you've carried, how many times you've had to pull yourself back up quietly. But you know. And that's enough. Be proud of the way you've kept showing up. Be proud of the way you've stayed soft. Even when the world asked you not to be.

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Stop being so considerate in situations where you are not even considered. Kindness is a gift, not an obligation. You will be drained if you keep pouring into people who don't reciprocate. Your kindness is a strength, but when it comes at the expense of your own well-being, boundaries, or self-respect, it becomes self-abandonment. Protect your spirit and well-being. Redirect your warmth toward those who reflect it back to you.

@VikyInsights Scary but true. Glad a woman is pointing this out.

70% of women would rather start fresh with someone who doesn 't know their flaws than put in the work to change their own bad habits and character. 💔

Women need to stop acting like sexual rejection inside marriage is some harmless inconvenience a good man should just silently absorb forever. It breaks his spirit, damages the bond, and teaches him that the deepest part of him is unwelcome in his own home. That is not a small issue. That is marital negligence.

The truth most people learn too late is that you must understand the system before you can escape it. You cannot escape what you don't understand. That false sense of security is your greatest vulnerability. And just as you think you've finally escaped, it reels you back in without regard for your sense of security.

My uncle always mocked “sensitive men.” According to him, real men don’t comfort people, don’t cry, and definitely don’t talk about women’s problems. Last weekend, my little cousin asked his older brother why their sister had been staying in bed all day with cramps. Before anyone could answer, my uncle laughed and said, “Don’t worry about girl drama.” My cousin looked confused and quietly said, “But if she’s in pain… shouldn’t we care?” Nobody said anything for a second. Then he walked into the kitchen, came back with a heating pad and a cup of tea, and handed them to his sister. She started crying immediately. Not because of the pain. Because at 13 years old, her little brother showed her more empathy than most grown men ever had.

@SIGMAPROFESSOR True. The ability to gauge whether it’s worth investing time and effort on others is a skill that takes experience. Especially in the workplace.

The highest form of dominance is the rare capacity to detach, to walk away without a flicker of hesitation, even from people or things into which one has poured time, energy, and meaning.

@SIGMAPROFESSOR Dang it. You are on the money with this one. Intelligence is largely seen as a threat or makes others envious. It’s better to feign ignorance until you’ve determined if it’s safe to reveal your intelligence.

women aren’t drawn to intelligence the way they like to pretend. honestly, most people don’t even like intelligent men. and the intelligent man himself, if he’s actually aware, won’t worship his own mind either. because intelligence isn’t something sacred to be worshipped, it’s just a tool. it’s meant to be used, not admired. to serve your life, maybe even others, not to sit there and expect validation for existing. people don’t admire intelligence as much as they claim and they don't need to and they are right. they envy it, resent it, or feel threatened by it. it creates distance more than attraction. and intelligence doesn’t earn you love. it just shows you things you might’ve been better off not seeing.

@muheediva01 Ain’t that the truth.

Adult female bullies don't always yell or fight.They manipulate quietly. They twist situations to make someone feel left out, unwanted, or not good enough. They use triangulation, silent treatment, and their little circle of enablers to tear someone down. It's calculated. It's intentional. And it's abuse —just dressed up to look harmless.

@marriedmn This conversation is well overdue. Needs to be had for the sake of both men and women. We need each other.

Ask almost any divorced woman why she left her husband, and you'll hear the same story. He drank, he cheated, he was abusive, always the exact same script. At some point, it starts sounding like every single person was escaping hell itself, and they tell it with so much self-pity that you almost feel bad for them, until you start asking uncomfortable questions. Okay, he drank, cheated, and treated you badly. But if he was really such a monster, then why did you marry him in the first place? Why did you have children with him? The answer is always predictable. He used to be caring, ambitious, athletic, supportive, and then he changed. But maybe the real question is, what broke him? How much pressure did you put on him before he escaped into alcohol? How much constant criticism and emotional immaturity did he deal with before silence became easier than explaining himself? You promised to stay through hard times, but the moment things got difficult, you left. Then you labeled it a toxic relationship. The truth is, he probably didn't become a monster overnight. It happened when he no longer had anywhere to put his pain. And if you spent years belittling him, comparing him to others, or humiliating him, don't hide behind the word victim.

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Something still marvels me about the Quran to this day. I wonder how a book could be so audacious. Imagine opening a book, and the first line you hit is: ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه "This is the Book about which there is no doubt." We all know that when a human writes, we almost always start with an apology in the preface. We say we tried our best, but any mistakes are ours. The Quran does the exact opposite of that. It did not offer a disclaimer. It offered a finality. It says: there is no mistake, nor doubt about my authenticity. Anything you read and find in me, rest assured, it is nothing but the truth. The shutdown of the possibility of error before a single story is even told is the ultimate audacious power move. For the past 1440+ years since the Quran was sent down, NO ONE has been able to find a mistake. They’ve only been running in circles. This is what gives me audacity. It gives me confidence in my ability to recite the Quran without fear anywhere. May the Almighty make you and me from the people of the Quran 🙏👏🏿