The Difference Between Cosmic Will and Legislative Will?

The questioner : What is the difference between cosmic will and legislative will?

The Shaykh : Cosmic will encompasses everything that occurs in this universe, whether good or evil, faith or disbelief. This term—cosmic will—is derived from His saying—Blessed and Exalted is He—: —from the light of light, no need to fix it—, this term—cosmic will—is derived from this noble verse: . So nothing occurs in this universe, absolutely, except that it is by the will of Allah—Mighty and Majestic—and decreed. Therefore, it is among the beliefs of the people of the Sunnah, truly, to believe in the divine decree, its good and its evil, its good and its evil. The faith of the believer is not complete unless he believes that everything that occurs in this universe is by His will—Blessed and Exalted is He. This is cosmic will; .
As for legislative will, it includes everything that Allah—Mighty and Majestic—has legislated that He loves and rewards the doer for. This legislative will includes faith and the righteous deeds that branch from it, . This will is legislative will; so Allah—Mighty and Majestic—loves for His servants to perform from the deeds what is easier for them, as came in the authentic hadith: . The study of these two wills is a very, very long study, and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah took charge of explaining that in his book "Shifa al-'Alil fi al-Qada' wa al-Qadar wa al-Hikmah wa al-Ta'lil." So whoever wishes to expand on that and detail it, let him refer to this noble book.