Gems from Juzz 'Amma: "The Perfect Planner"

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 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

      And who destined and [then] guided

(87:5)

قَدَّرَ - 'Qaddara' here means, to plan, calculate, to have an exact act plan of action for something and to have percise calculation at hand, ready. Eg - When someone engages in a project of architecture, they have to plan how wide, deep, the kinds of materials, etc. One who doesn’t know what they are doing can do guess work but the one who has an important project they have to do precise planning.

We learn from a hadith that the taqdeer of the entire creation precedes the actual creation 50, 000 years. Allah planned all of this before it was excuted. In human effort we know the more you plan for something and then do it, the better it comes out. When something is not done with a lot of planning it doesn’t come out good. What you see is the final product but not all the planning that came from before.

So from this we learn how Allah planned everything out in its exact nature – what it will be like, its implications, consequences of the creation, what it will do, when it will come to creation, when it will cease to exist..” Meaning all the activities, properties of the creation was planned in advance.  Elsewhere in the Quran, Allah states: And the decision, matter of Allah has already been declared in precise calculation.  In other words, Allah has made a precise calculation for everything.

Allah created, perfected, and planned for everything but that plan is useless unless executed.  For example, if a person says he will show up to work, until you tell  the person to do the work the plan is incomplete. Everything is according to a plan and now that person needs instructions. So this is why Allah says in the word following it:

فَهَدَىٰ - Scholars say there are two types of hidaayah:

1) Cowniyyah- There is the guidance of creation, for example Allah (SWT) created the cow, the sheep, insects, birds, sun and moon, etc and guided them to do whatever they were created for, they perform the functions of their creation.

Human beings we go to school, college, or we get some training to learn certain skills. What training did the child get when it comes out of the womb of his mother that he knows exactly where to go to for milk and what training did the mother get to produce the milk naturally? How does a calf when it comes out know to not eat worms? This is part of the guidance. Allah planned the mechanisms, designed the food for the child in the chest of the mother, He intricately designed and planned for it and it came at the right time, but He guided the child to drink also.

قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعۡطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ خَلۡقَهُ ۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ

He said, “Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it].” [20:50]

Allah (SWT) did not only create but also guided. These creatures know where to get their meals, produces their homes.

For example, an ant knows how to produce their home, where to get their rizq and what to do.

2) Shar’iyyah - Guidance of Islam and the Shari'ah.