The Meaning of Cosmic Divine Decree in the Occurrence of Waswasah
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
A questioner says: In the previous lesson, we passed over the point that the one afflicted with waswasah (whispers) experienced this by the cosmic decree of Allah. What is the meaning of this phrase?
Answer:
Cosmic. The cosmic decree of Allah. Nothing happens here except by the decree and destiny of Allah. But is it prescribed or not prescribed? That is the issue. As for it being by the decree, no one doubts that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner says: In the previous lesson, we passed over the point that the one afflicted with waswasah (whispers) experienced this by the cosmic decree of Allah. What is the meaning of this phrase?
Answer:
Cosmic. The cosmic decree of Allah. Nothing happens here except by the decree and destiny of Allah. But is it prescribed or not prescribed? That is the issue. As for it being by the decree, no one doubts that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن طائفة الموسوسين قد تحقق منهم طاعة الشيطان — islamhouse.com (51:38)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.