What is the difference between the cosmic command and the legislative command?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the difference between the cosmic command and the legislative command?
Answer:
The legislative command is the revelation sent down to the messengers, containing commands and prohibitions. As for the cosmic command, it is that by which Allah manages the universe.[Ya-Sin 36:82] He manages the universe by it. This is not legislative; rather, it is cosmic. This must occur; the cosmic command must occur. As for the legislative command, it may occur or it may not. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the difference between the cosmic command and the legislative command?
Answer:
The legislative command is the revelation sent down to the messengers, containing commands and prohibitions. As for the cosmic command, it is that by which Allah manages the universe.
His 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 فَيَكُونُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2170- 4717] ما الفرق بين الأمر الكوني والأمر الشرعي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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