On the Authority of Abou Abdul-rahman Abdullahi ibn Mas'ood (radiyallahu anhu) who said: The messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and He is the Truthful, the Believe, narrated to us.
Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's womb for fourty days in the form of nutfah (a drop), then he becomes alaqah (clot of blood) for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows his soul into him and who is commanded with four matters:
To write down his rizq (sustenance), his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or unhappy (i.e whether or not he will enter paradise).
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By the One, other than whom there is no deity, verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, and so he acts with the actionsof the people of Hellfire and thus enters it, and verily one of you performs the actions of the people Hellfire, until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and thus he enters it.
Transliteration
Ãn abi Abdurrahman Abdullahi bin mas'ud Radiyallahu anhu qããl. Haddathana Rasoolullahi sallallahu Alaihi wasallam wahuwa sadiqul masdooq: Inna ahadakum yujma'u khalqahu fee batne umihee arba'ina yawman nutfatan thumma yakoonu alaqatan mithla dhalik thumma yakoona
Mudhghatan mithla dhalik, thumma yursalu'ilaihi il malaku fa yanfukhu fihi il ruha, wayu'maroo bi'arba kalimaatin bi katbi rizqihi, wa'ajalihi wa amalihi, wa shaqeeyun aw sa eedun.
Fa wa Allahi illadhiy la'ilaha ghayruhu, inna aHadakum la ya malu bi amali ahlil jennahti, Hattaa maa yakoona baynahu wa baynaha 'illa dhiraa'un, fa yasbiqu alaihi il khitaabu fa ya malu bi amali ahlin-naari fayadkhuluhaa. Wa inna ahadakum la ya malu bi amali ahlin-naari Hatta ma yakoona baynahu wa baynaha illa dhira'un, fayasbiqu alaihi il khitaabu fa ya malu bi amali ahlil jannati fayadkhuluhaa.