R u aware of it?
FATE & FREE WILL
They seem unimportant … or shouldn't be paid that much attention…
But this is not true…. Because their synonymy will show u how important they are, and why should we understand them..
** Fate: means it meant to be, and u have nothing to do with it, or change it…
** Freewill: it is up to u, ur choice, ur decision to change or ignore..
How????
First, I will tell u my story with these two concept…
I have always heard of those words since I was a child, and whenever a problem or crisis happened my mom used to say it is fate or " hatha almktoob " , " hatha algdr" or " gdr allah wa masha2 f3l" and no body could stop it …
Such as: death, crisis……
So I believed that it is unchangeable, and we have to wait god's help to solve it…
However, freewill, it is in our hand, either yes or o, I do or I do not , agree or disagree, accept or reject ….
Also, most of the phrases I hear are " it is up to u ", " kaifch " , " hatha grarch = this is ur decision".. and no body can choose on my behalf …such as my future, career, husband, major, …..so on.
And to continue what I have started in the first paragraph about hearing these words all the time, however I never understood it clearly. Until, I took a course last summer with the most gorgeous, great, kind, respectful, considerate professor I have ever met, Dr. Lamees Al-bustan, it was " literature and drama class"….. I know u are asking ur self what does this class has to do with the words, and the answer is , we studied Oedipus tragedy where we had to answer the question " did Oedipus had the freewill to kill his father and marry his mother, or it is his fate?" …. So, she ( lamees) had to clarify and explain these concepts in order to be able to answer the question, in that moment i was aware and able to debate , discuss the meaning of the words.
**I have learnt that every words has a meaning and a sense , no matter how simple it is….
To sum up, most of the time ppl keep saying we had nothing to do with it, and it was meant to be … plz stop saying that in every single trouble or problem u face, because it is a cheap and un-civilized way to escape facing the truth … so when some body failed in a course , he\she will blame the fate , but who r u fooling dude? !!!