How to reconcile Allah’s saying, “Say: All is from Allah,” with His saying, “What good befalls you is from Allah”?
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Question:
How do you reconcile the two verses in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:78] and His saying: [An-Nisa 4:79]?
Answer:
The reconciliation is that what befalls you is by Allah’s divine decree and destiny, and what befalls you of evil is from yourself, meaning it is due to your own cause. As for the decree, it is from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So the cause is from the person, and the decree is from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes, He decrees it upon him as a punishment for him. Yes.
How do you reconcile the two verses in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Say, "All [things] are from Allah." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
قُلْ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ فَمَالِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًاWhat comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself
مَّا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَAnswer:
The reconciliation is that what befalls you is by Allah’s divine decree and destiny, and what befalls you of evil is from yourself, meaning it is due to your own cause. As for the decree, it is from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So the cause is from the person, and the decree is from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes, He decrees it upon him as a punishment for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الجمع بين قوله تعالى ﴿قل كلّ من عند اللّه﴾ وقوله تعالى ما أصابك من حسنة فمن اللّه؟ — youtube.com
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