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This is a popular question which in a nutshell is: 'How is it fair for God to judge that which is pre-known to him?'

Essentially to have the knowledge about something prior to its happening does not in any way suggest any responsibility on the part of the one who has the foreknowledge, if indeed that is a part of a test, which this worldly life is. An examiner, who learns that a particular student is certain to fail, as he sees their paper whilst he is writing the exam, cannot be made responsible for the failure of the student. In fact, in any worldly examination the teacher's intervention and prevention from failure during the examination will be looked upon as cheating and dishonesty, and the success of the student will be rendered invalid. The point to be made here is that no sane person will hold the examiner 'responsible' for any failure coming from the student, despite the foreknowledge.