The Ranks of Faith in the Divine Decree
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Question:
May Allah bless you and reward you. Also, among the questions that came in, this questioner says: What are the ranks of faith in the divine decree (qadar)?
Answer:
The first is the rank of knowledge, which is that Allah knows everything; not even the weight of an atom escapes His knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hajj 22:76]. The second rank is writing; Allah has written everything in the Preserved Tablet. No calamity strikes on earth Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:768. The third rank is will and desire: believing that all things do not come to be except by the will and desire of Allah. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Qasas 28:68-69] So disbelief and faith, obedience and disobedience.
And transgression; all of that is what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, willed and desired. Nothing occurs in His dominion that He does not desire. He desired good and faith, and He desired disbelief and evil for a wisdom. This is a trial and a test. If there were only good in it, no one would have a distinction.
The fourth rank is creation and bringing into existence. Allah created everything.[Al-Furqan 25:59] in them. Allah the Exalted said: [Az-Zumar 39:62]. All created things, whether large or small, were created by Allah. And among His creations are the actions of the servants. Allah is the Creator of all things. And He the Exalted says: [As-Saffat 37:96] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah bless you and reward you. Also, among the questions that came in, this questioner says: What are the ranks of faith in the divine decree (qadar)?
Answer:
The first is the rank of knowledge, which is that Allah knows everything; not even the weight of an atom escapes His knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them. And to Allah will be returned [all] matters.
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُand in your souls, except in a Book before we create it; indeed, that is easy for Allah.
ولا في أنفسكم إلا في كتاب من قبل أن نبرأها إن ذلك على الله يسير(68) And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allah and high above what they associate with Him. (69) And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.
وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ وَرَبُّكَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَAnd transgression; all of that is what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, willed and desired. Nothing occurs in His dominion that He does not desire. He desired good and faith, and He desired disbelief and evil for a wisdom. This is a trial and a test. If there were only good in it, no one would have a distinction.
The fourth rank is creation and bringing into existence. Allah created everything.
created the heavens and the earth and what
خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَاAllah is the Creator of all things
اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍWhile Allah created you and that which you do?"
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7533 — youtube.com (4:03)
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