Qaḍāʾ is Allah’s pre-eternal knowledge in accordance with the decrees of the stars. It has been said: "Riḍā (riḍā, contentment with God's decree) is with qaḍāʾ." Among the deeds of the children of Adam that ascend to the heavens, riḍā is the rarest. It is the most noble of the conditions of iman (iman, faith) and the most precious quality of the believers (muʾmin, the believers). (Ikhwān, II, 73)
Qadar is darkness (its end, whether good or bad, is unknown). In that ḥāl (ḥāl, spiritual state), bring the darkness to the miṣbāḥ (miṣbāḥ, lamp/light). That light is the Book of Allah and the sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). (Futūḥ, 25)
The sign that the servant has entered the maqām (maqām, spiritual station) of qadar, action, and basṭ (basṭ, spiritual expansion) is that, after being commanded to abandon and distance himself (from something), he is then commanded to desire pleasures. For when the inner self is purified of pleasures so that none remains except Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, the state of basṭ befalls the person. Thus, he is commanded to seek, desire, and pursue his allotted share that he must obtain. This command is due to his rank and station with Allah, and so that by fulfilling this desire, the grace of the Real (al-Ḥaqq) reaches him. The use of the term 'desiring' in the granting of pleasures refers to the observance of basṭ after qabḍ (qabḍ, spiritual contraction), and the observance of states, stations, and boundaries.