The Cosmic Will and the Legislative Will

The questioner:
And for that reason, Allah informed you: Is there a distinction between the believers, and is the intended meaning general or specific?

The Shaykh:
The two wills: there are not two wills in them; there is only one will, which is the cosmic will. It is the term "will" (iradah) that is divided into the cosmic will and the legislative will.

The questioner:
And if you can, give us the comparison in the hand of Allah, that would be better.

The Shaykh:
Meaning, He is the One who possesses it, Glorified and Exalted is He. "In the hand of Allah" means He is the One who possesses it and guides whom He wills. Yes.

The questioner:
That it be said that the conjugal will is in His wisdom, and as for

The Shaykh:
that the fourth, the legislative will, is the matters He loves. The cosmic will does not necessarily imply love or approval, whereas the legislative will necessarily implies love and approval, for Allah does not legislate anything except what He loves and approves of. As for the decree, He may decree something while He detests it, and that is for a wisdom, so that the believer is distinguished from the disbeliever, the sinner from the obedient, and the wretched from the happy, by the wisdom and trial of the servants. Glorified and Exalted is He, He creates good and creates evil by His wisdom, Glorified and Exalted is He. And for that reason, He created Iblis, the enemy of Allah, to trial the servants with him, as a trial and a test. Yes.