Explanation of the Ranks of Divine Decree
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner is Ibrahim, an Egyptian working in Riyadh, and he says:
Answer:
Honorable Shaykh, what are the ranks of divine decree? The ranks of faith in divine decree are four, as established by the scholars based on the evidence. The first rank is believing that Allah knows everything, both what has happened and what will happen in the future. The second rank is that Allah has written all of this in the Preserved Tablet; He has written in the Preserved Tablet everything that occurs, everything that has occurred, and everything that will occur until the Day of Resurrection. This is because when Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen, He said to it, "Write." It asked, "What shall I write?" He said, "Write what is destined to happen until the Day of Resurrection," as confirmed by the authentic hadith.
The third rank is faith in the will and desire of Allah for everything that occurs in this universe. Nothing happens in this universe, whether good or evil, loved or disliked, disbelief or faith, hypocrisy or obedience, except that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) willed and desired it with His cosmic will. Indeed, nothing exists in His dominion that He does not will, and nothing exists in His dominion that He does not desire. Rather, what He willed came to be, and what He did not will did not come to be. The fourth compound is faith that Allah is the Creator of all things. So whatever occurs in this universe, Allah is its Creator, as He the Exalted said:[Az-Zumar 39:62] and as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [As-Saffat 37:96] It is obligatory for the believer to believe in these four ranks. He the Exalted said: [Al-Hadid 57:22] This is its writing in the Preserved Tablet, and its writing in the Tablet necessitates His knowledge of it before that, except for the one who does evil. [Fatir 35:11] the one who does evil [Al-Hadid 57:22].
This is the rank of creation, meaning We create them,[Fatir 35:11]. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner is Ibrahim, an Egyptian working in Riyadh, and he says:
Answer:
Honorable Shaykh, what are the ranks of divine decree? The ranks of faith in divine decree are four, as established by the scholars based on the evidence. The first rank is believing that Allah knows everything, both what has happened and what will happen in the future. The second rank is that Allah has written all of this in the Preserved Tablet; He has written in the Preserved Tablet everything that occurs, everything that has occurred, and everything that will occur until the Day of Resurrection. This is because when Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen, He said to it, "Write." It asked, "What shall I write?" He said, "Write what is destined to happen until the Day of Resurrection," as confirmed by the authentic hadith.
The third rank is faith in the will and desire of Allah for everything that occurs in this universe. Nothing happens in this universe, whether good or evil, loved or disliked, disbelief or faith, hypocrisy or obedience, except that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) willed and desired it with His cosmic will. Indeed, nothing exists in His dominion that He does not will, and nothing exists in His dominion that He does not desire. Rather, what He willed came to be, and what He did not will did not come to be. The fourth compound is faith that Allah is the Creator of all things. So whatever occurs in this universe, Allah is its Creator, as He the Exalted said:
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.
اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌWhile Allah created you and that which you do?"
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَNo disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register
مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍin a register. Indeed, that for Allah
فِي كِتَابٍ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِNo disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being
مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَاThis is the rank of creation, meaning We create them,
Indeed, that for Allah is easy.
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6591- بيان مراتب القدر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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