Combining the Texts of Guidance and Misguidance, and Writing Down Misfortune and Happiness
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He found it difficult to reconcile some of the texts. It was difficult for this questioner to reconcile these texts. He said: Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Muddaththir 74:31] And He said: "And We guided him to the two paths." And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the angel blowing the spirit into the fetus: "And he kills him: is he a wretched one or a happy one?"
Answer:
I told you that the actions of Allah, we have no power to repel them or choose them; they happen to us whether we want them or not, whether we like them or not. These are the actions of Allah and His decrees. As for our actions, we are given a choice in them; we have been given will and desire. We advance or delay by our own will. Yes, this is the harm. Yes.
May Allah reward you. He found it difficult to reconcile some of the texts. It was difficult for this questioner to reconcile these texts. He said: Allah the Exalted said:
Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.
كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُAnswer:
I told you that the actions of Allah, we have no power to repel them or choose them; they happen to us whether we want them or not, whether we like them or not. These are the actions of Allah and His decrees. As for our actions, we are given a choice in them; we have been given will and desire. We advance or delay by our own will. Yes, this is the harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [182/186] الجمع بين نصوص الهداية والضلال وكتابة الشقاوة والسعادة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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