How is the reconciliation made between Allah’s saying, “Every [thing] is from Allah,” and His saying, “And whatever strikes you of evil is from yourself”?
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Question:
The Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He, "everything is from Allah," with His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:[An-Nisa 4:79]
Answer:
Yes, it is from yourself in the sense that you are the one who did it by your own choice. It is from Allah in terms of divine decree and destiny; Allah decreed it for you and destined it, and you did it. So it is from you by your action and choice, and it is from Allah by divine decree and destiny.
The Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He, "everything is from Allah," with His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:
but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself
وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَAnswer:
Yes, it is from yourself in the sense that you are the one who did it by your own choice. It is from Allah in terms of divine decree and destiny; Allah decreed it for you and destined it, and you did it. So it is from you by your action and choice, and it is from Allah by divine decree and destiny.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2715 ] كيف يجمع بين قوله تعالى﴿ كُلّ من عِنْد اللهِ﴾﴿وَما أَصابَك من سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَفْسِكَ﴾؟ — youtube.com
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