Is it true that Islam produces a lazy uneducated society?
The reasons given for this misconception is false, and the misconception itself is actually refuted directly by the Qur’an and Sunnah. While it is true that the Creator is the source of everything to us, it is not true that this can be used as an excuse for humanity to hide behind as the following verses of the Qur’an state (translation), [16:35] The worshippers of the false gods say: “If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped anything but Him-neither we nor our fathers, -nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His.” So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message? And also in [43:20] They (the idolaters) say, “If it had been the will of Allah the Most Merciful, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!” Of that they have no knowledge: they do nothing but lie! Allah has taught us via the Qur’an and Sunnah that we all have a certain amount of free will. This free will must be exercised properly in acc
