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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is meant by the phrase "You decree, and no one decrees over You" in the supplication of the witr prayer?

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The Shaykh :
For verily You decree and none can influence You إنك تقضي ولا يقضى عليك
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1745Sahih (Darussalam)
, so Allah the Exalted decrees over everything, because He has the complete, all-encompassing judgment.
And no one decrees over Him: no one decrees over Him.
So the servants do not judge over Allah, and Allah judges over them.
The servants are questioned about what they did, and He is not questioned,
He is not questioned about what He does, but they are questioned لا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ
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Source alathar.net

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