[Machine] The people said, "Doesn't he have anyone who can defend him?" Abdullah said, "Do you think that if his head was cut off, you would be able to give him another head? Or if his hands were cut off, you would be able to give him another hand? Or if his leg was cut off, you would be able to give him another leg?" They said, "No." Abdullah said, "Indeed, when the sperm reaches the woman, it remains for forty days, then it becomes a clot, then it becomes a lump of flesh, and then Allah sends the angel and he says, 'Write down his lifespan, his deeds, his sustenance, whether he will be happy or miserable.' And you cannot change his character except by changing his actions."  

الْقَوْمُ أَمَا لَهُ مَنْ يَأْخُذُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ قُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ أَكُنْتُمْ تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا لَهُ رَأْسًا؟ أَوْ قُطِعَتْ يَدَاهُ أَكُنْتُمْ تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا لَهُ يَدًا؟ أَوْ قُطِعَتْ رِجْلُهُ أَكُنْتُمْ تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا لَهُ رِجْلًا؟» فَقَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ مَكَثَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَتْ دَمًا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ تَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ الْمَلَكَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ أَجَلَهُ وَعَمَلَهُ وَرِزْقَهُ وَأَثَرَهُ وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تُغَيِّرُوا خُلُقَهُ حَتَّى تُغَيِّرُوا خَلْقَهُ