Al Sufian

1	O you who believe! Let it be said: As-Sabur;
2	The Timeless, the Patient;
3	And the forty-first name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing.
4	The left or the right, the up or the down,
5	The day or the night, to leaving or remaining;
6	The giving or taking, the good or the bad,
7	The honor or dishonor, the discipline or lack of it;
8	All are manifestations of choice;
9	Verily, it is our choice whether to believe or not to believe in Allah;
10	It is our choice to obey or disobey his clear commandments;
11	It is our choice to wake up or remain asleep.
12	It is your own conduct which will lead you to reward or punishment,
13	As if you had been destined.
14	Therefore, be persistent in good actions.
15	Verily, nothing is predetermined within the Universe;
16	If it be so, then no will would Allah possess.
17	Thus the tricky Persian seeks to dash hope upon the rocks of absolutes;
18	To deny our ability to determine our destiny.
19	Everything in the universe is based upon learning as well as experiencing.
20	To deny learning, is to deny a purpose of existence and being.
21	A man who refuses to learn, profoundly disrespects Allah.
22	To learn right from wrong, good from bad, truth from falsity.
23	To learn how we might overcome our difficulties.
24	Truly, before we can learn, we need to learn how to learn,
25	And before we can learn how to learn we need to unlearn.

Sufa 46 - The Choice (Al-Khiyaar)