كِتابَةُ القَضاءِ وَالقَدَرِ عَلَى الإنسانِ The Writing of Decree and Destiny for People

12ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في خِلقَةِ الإنسانِ في الرَّحِمِ ـ: إذا كَمُلَ أربَعةُ أشهُرٍ بَعَثَ اللّه‏ُ مَلَكَينِ خَلاّقَينِ، فيَقولانِ: يا ربِّ ما تَخلُقُ، ذَكَرا أو اُنثى ؟ فَيُؤمَرانِ، فيَقولانِ: يا ربِّ، شَقِيّاً أو سَعيداً ؟ فيُؤمَرانِ، فيقولانِ: يا رَبِّ، ما أجَلُهُ وما رِزقُهُ وكلُّ شيءٍ مِن حالِهِ ـ وعَدَّدَ مِن ذلك أشياءَ ـ ؟ ويَكتُبانِ المِيثاقَ بينَ عَينَيهِ.

12– Imam al-Baqir (AS), with regards to the creation of the human in the womb said, ‘When four months are completed, Allah sends two creative angels, and they ask, ‘O Lord, what are You creating, a male or a female?’ So they are ordered [accordingly], and then they ask, ‘O Lord, shall it be wretched or prosperous?’ Again, they are commanded, and they then ask, ‘O Lord, what is its due date of death, its sustenance, and all other matters relating to its state – [and he listed some of them]-?’ And they then go about writing a covenant between his eyes.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 13, no. 3]
 

13ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ أيضا ـ: ثُمّ يُوحي اللّه‏ُ إلَى المَلَكَينِ: اُكتُبا علَيهِ قَضائي وقَدَري ونافِذَ أمري واشتَرِطا ليَ البَداءَ فيما تَكتُبانِ.

13– Imam al-Baqir (AS), said, ‘And then Allah will reveal unto the two angels, ‘Write for him My decree and destiny, and the execution of My command, and reserve My condition of changing [of a divine ruling] (bida’) among what you write.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 14, no. 4]