Why send Books & Messengers if it's already decided & written who is going to Paradise & Hell?

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Moosaa Richardson clarifies the doubt: "What's the point in sending Books & Messengers if its already decided and written in the Qadar of Allaah who is going to end up in Hellfire and who is going to end up in Paradise?" Source: https://soundcloud.com/troidorg/committing-shirk-in-allahs-sovereignty-musa-richardson Also see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtg0oljbfJA Additional benefit: Sh. Arafaat bin Hasan said: "He (Muhammad b. AbdulWahhab) said: "The 45th aspect: Using the Qadar to object to the Legislation of Allaah." What is meant by this? What is meant is that the people of Jaahiliyyah object to that which has come in the Book of Allaah & the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ using as an excuse that everything is already written and pre-decreed. [....] On the other hand, they also say: "How can Allaah pre-decree and preordain the existence of disbelief and faith, and then send down these Legislations and these commands & prohibitions?" So it is as if they say: "Has the affair not already been decided and written? And has Allaah not already decided and decreed who is going to be a disbeliever and who is going to be a believer? So in that case why does Allaah send down Legislations, send Messengers and send down Books? What's the point? If everything is already decreed and if the people of faith are already known and likewise the people of misguidance are known? So what is the point in that?" The answer to all of this: we have to know that when Allaahﷻ has made the people into believers and disbelievers, He did not force them to be disbelievers. Because He ﷻ doesn't like disbelief for His servants. Rather, He has invited and called them to Paradise and to good. This is why these Books that have been sent down, contain all good. And that which the Prophets came with likewise contains all guidance, all light and all evidence. He invites to Paradise and He warns against Hellfire. But these people have refused except to be upon misguidance. They didn't want the good which the Messengers came with. They prevented (people) from the Path of Allaah and they harmed the Messengers and belied them. They even killed them! As some of the Prophets have been killed, and this is the way of the Jews. They used to disbelieve in the verses of Allah and kill the Prophets wrongfully. AhlusSunnah say: there's no doubt that Allaah has created all the people and created their actions, as Allaah said: "And Allaah has created you and what you do." [38:96] And Allaah has also told us that He created everything with Qadar: "Verily, We have created all things with Qadar." [54:49] But on the other hand, Allaah has commanded the believer to purify himself. And He warned him against sin and disbelief. This is why Allaah said: "And by the Nafs (soul) and Him who perfected it. Then He showed it what is wrong for him & what is right for it. Indeed he who purifies it (his soul) has succeeded. And indeed he who corrupts it has failed." [91:7-10] Until the end of the verses. What do we see in these verses? Allaah orders you with good and prohibits you from evil. He prohibits you from sin and orders you with taqwaa. [...] So the servant does actions, he believes and he says things. And when the people of Paradise will enter Paradise, they will enter as a recompense for their actions. Likewise when the people of the Fire will enter the Fire, they will enter it because of their sins. So this is what AhlusSunnah believe regarding this topic of al-Qadar. All of the servants actions; acts of obedience, acts of disobedience, good acts and evil acts, there's no doubt that all of them are created. Ahlus-Sunnah are in agreement on this. But does this mean the servant is forced? And he doesn't have the ability (to act on free will)? This is incorrect! The servants has the ability, which means that he actually does perform his actions (without being forced). Even if this action falls under the Might of Allaah and under the decree of Allaah. But he (the servant) does actua