 Somebody asked the question, Allah SWT has knowledge of everything. He knows what each and every one of us will do till the day we die. Does that eliminate our power of free will? If not, how can one balance his belief in free will with belief in destiny? Allah knows everything. Do you know? Do you know? Allah knows, right? Do you know? So work hard, because I don't know either. So you should be working, because you and I don't know. Actually, Allah didn't tell us and Allah SWT, the fact that he knows how things will end and how things will happen and what was and what wasn't and what will never be if it were to happen, how it were to happen. All that is in the knowledge of Allah. It does not negate the fact that we are responsible for the choices that he has given us. In fact, the question that's going to be asked on the day of Qiyamah, rotates around how you used what Allah gave you in terms of choice, although Allah is the one who allows that. Allah allows it. So it's still in his power, but that doesn't negate the fact that he's given you the ability. For example, I'm sitting here. What happened? I made an effort to get up and to come here. I made an effort to do things, but Allah allowed it. If he wanted to block it, he could have blocked it. The fact that he allowed it doesn't make him guilty of anything, but in fact, he is the all-powerful, the all-knowing. It's Allah. If I didn't work, I would have been a lazy person. Perhaps I wouldn't have made it here. I wouldn't have succeeded and I keep blaming Allah to say, but Allah would have known. Allah would have known. For example, a person who is looking for a job, but they they think their iman is so powerful that they sit at home and say, oh Allah, you are the owner of sustenance. If you've written it for me, send it to me here. How can you say that? Allah wrote that you are going to be stupid and you were going to die poor because you don't know Allah. That's why, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala teaches us through Rasulullah sallallahu wa sallam, إحرص على ما ينفعك وستعين بالله ولا تعجز. Work hard towards achieving what is beneficial for you according to you and seek the help of Allah and don't give up, don't become hopeless. That's the hadith. So I need to work hard in order to achieve things even though Allah knows what I'm going to get. In another narration, the Prophet sallallahu wa ta'ala says لو أنكم تتوكلون على الله حق توكله لرزقكم كما يرزق الطير تغدو خماصا وتروح البيطان. If you have to lay your trust in Allah in the proper way, he would sustain you and provide for you the same way he provides for a bird. So some people say, oh, that means I can sit and relax and never mind just like a bird is sustained, I'll be a bird, you know, as sheikh Abdul Fattah said rather than being a rat, we'll be birds. Mashallah. So, but they haven't finished the hadith. The hadith says at the end, the bird leaves the nest hungry early in the morning and comes back at the end of the day with the full belly, which means work hard all day even for your plate of food. But Allah knew that you were going to work hard. What you're going to get after that? It's all in the hands of Allah. If you didn't play your role, you're guilty. Allah says, I'll do my role. I'll do what I am going to do. You do what I've asked you to do. So you do what Allah's asked you to do. You don't know how you're going to end. That's what makes it more interesting. Imagine if we had, if we already, if we knew where we're going to go, that would have been now a real, real big issue. But Allah's blessings, he kept it such that each one of us must keep hoping and that's what Allah wants. And by the will of Allah, his mercy will overtake his anger. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us goodness. Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters. Hope this video was helpful for you. This may help others too. So please consider sharing and we will bring more videos in the future. Insha Allah. So consider subscribing and you won't miss any. JazakAllah Khairan.