Bada'
Title: Bada'
Fandom: Inception
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Arthur, Cobb, Mal, Miles
Summary: Arthur never went for the internship under Stephen Miles. Never went back to Paris. Never met Cobb. Years later, when Stephen Miles shows up again, Arthur finds himself heading down a path he didn’t choose. (It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey.) Mild Arthur/Cobb.
Note: First fic of the Ṛta series.
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“In Islam there is an issue called bada' (revision). The concept of bada' has an apparent meaning which few would regard as acceptable. Some have even criticized the Shi'ah for believing in bada'. The meaning of bada' is revision in Divine Destiny (qada'), meaning that God has not fixed a definite and final form for the course of human history. In other words, God Says to man: "You yourselves are in charge of the fulfilment of Divine Destiny, and it is you who can advance, stop or reverse the course of history." There is no blind determinism either on the part of nature or the means of life or from the viewpoint of Divine Destiny, to rule over history.”
- Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari
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Part 1
Part 2
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