The Wisdom of Allah the Exalted and the Categories of Wisdom
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is this statement correct, that the wisdom of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is unlike anything else?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. No one shares in any of Allah’s actions, including His wisdom. Wisdom is inflicting harm upon the one who deserves it. Wisdom is of two types: evil wisdom and rightful wisdom. Evil wisdom does not return except to its doer. As for rightful wisdom, it is a reality; it is inflicting harm upon the one who deserves it by a hidden path that is not clear. This wisdom is inflicting harm upon another by a hidden path, and it is of two types: evil wisdom and rightful wisdom.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is this statement correct, that the wisdom of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is unlike anything else?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. No one shares in any of Allah’s actions, including His wisdom. Wisdom is inflicting harm upon the one who deserves it. Wisdom is of two types: evil wisdom and rightful wisdom. Evil wisdom does not return except to its doer. As for rightful wisdom, it is a reality; it is inflicting harm upon the one who deserves it by a hidden path that is not clear. This wisdom is inflicting harm upon another by a hidden path, and it is of two types: evil wisdom and rightful wisdom.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في بيان كيد الشيطان لنفسه قبل كيده للأبوين — islamhouse.com (38:30)
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