Does supplication change what is written in the Preserved Tablet?
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The questioner:
I ask Allah to reward your work, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does supplication change what is written in the Preserved Tablet regarding a person's provision and the like?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean by supplication?
The questioner:
Does it change what is written in the Preserved Tablet regarding a person's provision and the like? And what is the meaning of "the pens have been lifted and the scrolls have been dried"?
The Shaykh:
My brother, supplication is written in the Preserved Tablet. If you supplicate to Allah, it means that Allah has written in the Preserved Tablet that you will supplicate and that Allah will respond to you. Nothing happens in the universe except that it has been written in the Preserved Tablet, whether it is supplication or otherwise. Yes.
I ask Allah to reward your work, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does supplication change what is written in the Preserved Tablet regarding a person's provision and the like?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean by supplication?
The questioner:
Does it change what is written in the Preserved Tablet regarding a person's provision and the like? And what is the meaning of "the pens have been lifted and the scrolls have been dried"?
The Shaykh:
My brother, supplication is written in the Preserved Tablet. If you supplicate to Allah, it means that Allah has written in the Preserved Tablet that you will supplicate and that Allah will respond to you. Nothing happens in the universe except that it has been written in the Preserved Tablet, whether it is supplication or otherwise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى «رفعت الأقلام وجفت الصحف»؟ وهل الدعاء يغير القدر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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