The Servant's Will and Its Relationship to the Will of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Our statement that the servant has a will, but it does not go beyond the will of Allah, the Exalted,
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:[At-Takwir 81:29] The servant does not will anything except what Allah wills for him, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Our statement that the servant has a will, but it does not go beyond the will of Allah, the Exalted,
Answer:
This is in the Qur'an:
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب التاسع في طهارة القلب من أدرانه وأنجاسه — islamhouse.com (56:56)
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