Chapter 32: Chapters On Al-Qadar
Abdul-Wahid bin Sulaim narrated: "I arrived in Makkah and met 'Ata bin Abi Rabah. I said to him: 'O Abu Muhammad! The people of Al-Basrah speak about Al-Qadar.' He said: 'O my son! Do you recite the Quran?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then recite Az-Zukhruf to me.'" He said: 'So I recited: Ha Mim. By the manifest Book. Verily, We have made it a Qur' an in Arabic that you may be able to understand. And verily, it is in the Mother of Book with Us, indeed exalted, full of wisdom. Then he said: 'Do you know what Mother of Books is?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'It is a book that Allah wrote before He created the Heavens, and before He created the earth. In it, it is (written): Fir' awn is among the inhabitants of the Fire, and in it is: Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he!' Ata said: 'I met Al-Walid the son of 'Ubadah bin As-Samit the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (s. a. w) and asked him: 'What was your father' s admonition when he died?" He said: "He called me and said: 'O my son ! Have Taqwa of Allah, and know that you will never have Taqwa of Allah until you believe in Allah, and you believe in Al-Qadar- all of it-its good and its bad. If you die upon other than this you shall enter the Fire. Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (s. a. w) saying: "Verily the first of what Allah created was the Pen. So He said: 'Write.' It said: 'What shall I write?' He said: 'Write Al-Qadar, what it is, and what shall be, until the end.'"
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2155