What is meant by the legislative will and the cosmic will, and what is meant by the legislative signs and the cosmic signs?
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The questioner:
What is meant by the legislative will and the cosmic will? And what is meant by the legislative signs and the cosmic signs?
The Shaykh:
The legislative will is that mentioned in His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:[An-Nisa 4:27-28] and in His saying, the Exalted: "Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship." This is the legislative will because of the good that He, Glorified and Exalted is He, has legislated for us; He intends thereby to guide us and benefit us. This will may occur or it may not occur. As for the cosmic will, it is that which must occur; it must occur. It is what Allah wills regarding creation, provision, giving life, causing death, wealth, poverty, hardship, ease, and so on. This is the cosmic will. If Allah wills something, it must occur: [Ya-Sin 36:82] This is the cosmic will. The difference is also that the cosmic will may be something Allah loves and is pleased with, or He may not love it and not be pleased with it. He wills the faith of the believer cosmically and by decree, and He wills it also religiously and legislatively, and He loves it and is pleased with it. He also wills the disbelief of the disbeliever and the shirk (associating partners with Allah) of the polytheist, but He does not approve of it and does not love it. Rather, He wills it and creates it, Glorified and Exalted is He, for benefits and wisdoms that no one knows but Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the legislative will, approval is a necessary consequence of it, for Allah loves and is pleased with what He wills legislatively and religiously. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He give you a good 'Eid.
The questioner:
The rest of the question. The cosmic signs.
The Shaykh:
The cosmic signs are the observed signs, such as the sky, the earth, the trees, the mountains, the seas, the rivers, the creatures, the animals, and the like. And the inventions and manufactured items, and the treasures in the earth and the benefits therein. All of this is among the cosmic signs.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
And the moon and the stars; all of this is among the cosmic signs of Allah indicating His power, His lordship, and His divinity, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the Qur'anic signs, they are the signs that are recited, the revelation sent down from
What is meant by the legislative will and the cosmic will? And what is meant by the legislative signs and the cosmic signs?
The Shaykh:
The legislative will is that mentioned in His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:
(27) Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation. (28) And Allah wants to lighten for you
وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمْHis command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He give you a good 'Eid.
The questioner:
The rest of the question. The cosmic signs.
The Shaykh:
The cosmic signs are the observed signs, such as the sky, the earth, the trees, the mountains, the seas, the rivers, the creatures, the animals, and the like. And the inventions and manufactured items, and the treasures in the earth and the benefits therein. All of this is among the cosmic signs.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
And the moon and the stars; all of this is among the cosmic signs of Allah indicating His power, His lordship, and His divinity, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the Qur'anic signs, they are the signs that are recited, the revelation sent down from
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المقصود بالإرادة الشرعية، والإرادة الكونية، وما المقصود بالآيات الشرعية، والآيات الكونية؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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