The Cosmic Will, the Legislative Will, and Love
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The questioner:
And if the Shaykh informed both of their mothers that it should be said that the cosmic will is for His wisdom, and that the legislative will is the matters He loves.
The Shaykh:
The cosmic will does not necessarily entail love; it is satisfaction. As for the religious will, love is necessarily entailed by it, for Allah does not legislate anything except that He loves it and is pleased with it. As for the decree, He may decree something while He hates it, and that is for a wisdom so that the believer is distinguished from the disbeliever, the disobedient from the obedient, and the wretched from the happy, for a wisdom and as a trial for the servants. Glorified and Exalted is He, He creates good and He creates evil for a wisdom from Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Therefore, He created Iblis, the enemy of Allah, to trial the servants with him, as a trial and an examination. Yes.
And if the Shaykh informed both of their mothers that it should be said that the cosmic will is for His wisdom, and that the legislative will is the matters He loves.
The Shaykh:
The cosmic will does not necessarily entail love; it is satisfaction. As for the religious will, love is necessarily entailed by it, for Allah does not legislate anything except that He loves it and is pleased with it. As for the decree, He may decree something while He hates it, and that is for a wisdom so that the believer is distinguished from the disbeliever, the disobedient from the obedient, and the wretched from the happy, for a wisdom and as a trial for the servants. Glorified and Exalted is He, He creates good and He creates evil for a wisdom from Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Therefore, He created Iblis, the enemy of Allah, to trial the servants with him, as a trial and an examination. Yes.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وقال - تعالى - : { كهيعص } — islamhouse.com (1:11:42)
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