The Cosmic Command and the Legislative Command, and the Will
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The questioner:
I say, O Shaykh, may Allah inform you, I say, Glorified and Exalted is He, and if We wish to possess the ultimate of our command, We abrogate it or reflect upon it, is this a command to disobedience?
The Shaykh:
This is a cosmic command, a cosmic command; it is not a legislative command. We commanded the abrogation of it as a cosmic command, like His saying:[Ya-Sin 36:82] He clarified it, because the command is of two types: the divine command is of two types, a cosmic command and a legislative command. So the command in His saying, "We commanded the abrogation of it," is a cosmic, destined command, not a legislative one. Yes.
The questioner:
Also, O Shaykh, may Allah grant you relief, does the will fluctuate between cosmic and legislative, becoming like the intention, or not?
The Shaykh:
No, the will is one thing, cosmic only; there is no legislative will, only the cosmic one. Yes.
I say, O Shaykh, may Allah inform you, I say, Glorified and Exalted is He, and if We wish to possess the ultimate of our command, We abrogate it or reflect upon it, is this a command to disobedience?
The Shaykh:
This is a cosmic command, a cosmic command; it is not a legislative command. We commanded the abrogation of it as a cosmic command, like His saying:
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنThe questioner:
Also, O Shaykh, may Allah grant you relief, does the will fluctuate between cosmic and legislative, becoming like the intention, or not?
The Shaykh:
No, the will is one thing, cosmic only; there is no legislative will, only the cosmic one. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12/7 شرح كتاب لمعة الاعتقاد : الشريط السابع — youtube.com (1:24:55)
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