What is the fact of fat and destiny (Taqdeer kia hai)
What is fate? Is our destiny pre-decided? Are we inescapably bound to our fate? Can we know what lies in store for us? Can we change our destiny by our actions?
A person with conscious and logical thinking will be always finding questions like these confusing and nagging. I want to discuss these questions in the light of Quran, which gives comprehensive and satisfactory answers to all these questions.
Before going to the Quranic concept of destiny (Taqdeer), I would like to tell something about the traditional notion about destiny (Taqdeer), which is very common in the religious world in general and in Muslim’s world in particular. According to this traditional notion of fate (Taqdeer): At the dawn of the creation of universe God laid down the rules for the entire operations of the universe which will govern each and every product of his creation, living and non living (Including man) for eternity until the cessation of the universe. Like God has marked a circle for every product of his creation which it will have to fulfill ( A famous saying in urdu can indicate this notion which means that “Not even a leaf can stir without God’s permission).
Some believe that pre- decided destiny can be changed by excessive prayers, good deeds and even by intermediaries like saints (peer).
Some hold the believe that major actions of a man’s life are bound to fate like mirages, education etc while the minor actions are not influenced by the hand of fate, which is consider as a line of demarcation between man’s freedom of choice and his pre-decided destiny.
The above traditional view about fate and destiny give rise to an overwhelming dilemma, which I would like to explain as follow:

Dilemma: This view clearly comes in clash with the universal justice and fairness of God. Let me elaborate this confusion and dilemma by questions like:
Why does God let innocent and helpless beings like children suffer in poverty and disease? Why is the west sublimely prosperous while the areas like much of Africa, Asia and South America are badly poor? Why are the Palestinians suffering while the Israel is well established? Why did some time noble and humble people get suffered while the sinful people enjoy the resources of life? And most importantly if we are bound to the machinery of fate (Taqdeer) then why would God reward us or punish us for our actions? There are comprehensive, logical and rational answers present in Quran about all these nagging questions.

Quranic View of Destiny (Taqdeer): In Quran the word Taqdeer (fate) is used in many places in many forms but it literally means to make something according to certain measures and standards. God has marked certain measures and standards for all the operations of universe which are unchangeable. For example it is pre- decided for water that it will freeze on 0C and vaporize at 100C, fire has to burn and earth has to pull by gravitational force and so on so forth. But these measures and standards (Taqdeer) are not pre-decided for man. It is to be noted that man is totally free in his choices but there is a fixed naturally designed Taqdeer for each action one do. For example if one puts finger in fire one must suffers burns (Because it is the taqdeer of fire to burn) and after burn if one put some remedy on one burns it will heal because now it is the taqdeer of that remedy to heal you. So before doing any action one should bear in mind about the taqdeer of that action.
So for getting the desire Taqdeer we should first discover all the standards and measures of the universe that God has set for every action and every operation and creature of the universe.
These standards and measures which God has pre-decided for all the components of Universe (Except man) are called permanent values(Aqdaar) and these will never change. Let me post here few verses from Quran which explain about these permanent values (measures and standards) TAQDEER:
1 ˜He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no one has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He Who created all things and ordered them in due proportions (fa qaddara hu taqdeera). Al-Furqaan (25: 2)
Note here the words “fa qaddara hu taqdeera which means in due proportion”

2 He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each according to its measure (be qadrehaa) Ar-Raâ (13 : 17)
Word ( be Qadrehaa for measure)
3And there is not a thing but its (sources) and treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures (be qadrem maloom) Al-Hajar (15 :
Conclusion: Let me conclude my discussion with the fact that no one is bound by fate, but each action we do has certain measures and standards which should be thoroughly consider before doing an activity to achieve desirable consequences.