Our Destiny from Allah

Es_Selam'un Aleykum Sister Ummziba,please make an search on the meanings of these ayats...may be brother Abuaisha will help u about...wa salaam...

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YUSUFALI: He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay, 

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YUSUFALI: And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised:

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YUSUFALI: But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!

Peace, DavidC.:

Yes, it is an exceptionally beautiful passage, David!  I like Asad's interpretation of ayah 9 even better (for understanding the meaning):

32:9 - and then He forms him in accordance with what he is meant to be, and breathes into him His spirit...

In accordance with what he is meant to be... this speaks to the destiny I was questioning about.

Assalamu alaikum, Brother Suleyman:

Thanks for trying to help.  I do understand these ayat (as much as I am capable of at this moment in time), I understand about the gifts Allah gives us (hearing, sight, etc.).  I understand the literal and other meaning - hearing spiritual guidance, seeing Allah's creations, and so on.

I have gone to tafsir sites and read what they had to say.  But I can't seem to find the thing I remember reading - perhaps it was in ahadith?  Perhaps I only dreamed it?    I don't know, I just remember it was about some things in our life being determined by Allah before we are even born (like our moment of death).

Maybe someone might come across this and know what I can only sort of remember!!!!

Peace, ummziba.

Auzubillahi minash shaitan ir rajeem,

Bismillah ir rahman ir rahim,

Assalamualaikum wa rahamtullah wa barkatuhu,

btw, it is said that marriages are made in heaven. It is true that all that happens on earth is by the permission of Allah, but I have not come across specific hadith like above which lists the said three things, for other issues.

Maa salaama,

Nausheen

Assalamu alaikum,

Thank you so very much Sister Nausheen and Brother Mockba!  I am so glad I did read this somewhere and didn't just think I did!  It is always good to find the knowledge at its source, rather than diluted or changed through passing from person to person. 

This is what I suspect about the 'where you will live, who you will marry..." part - like the telephone game, the message gets distorted through many tellings.  It is hard to find much ahadith on the net and I have no books of it, though my friend lent me some of hers to read a few years ago (most of that has faded along with the rest of my memory).

And then there is the problem of knowing if what you read is correct, strong, weak or even authentic!  So much to learn, so little time...  what is that saying?  Oh yes, ignorance is bliss.  Sometimes having amnesia is a blessing - still, I strive.  Thanks again and may Allah shower both of you with blessings for sharing your knowledge.

And thanks for the very informative link, Brother Mockba!

Peace, ummziba.