Is it permissible to interpret "whom He wills" in the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, Allah guides whom He wills) by the two wills: the will of Allah and the will of the servant?
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The questioner : The saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): [Al-Baqarah 2:272] Is it permissible to interpret "whom He wills" as the will of the servant and the will of Allah?
The Shaykh : The correct interpretation of the verse is that Allah guides whom He wills to guide; that is the meaning of the verse. However, this does not negate the other meaning by necessity, though not by a literal interpretation of the verse. Here comes a question, and in it is the answer to what you asked: If we interpret "Indeed, Allah guides whom He wills to guide," the question is: Whom does Allah will to guide? Does Allah will to guide one who does not will guidance and wills disbelief, or does Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guide one who wills guidance and does not will disbelief and misguidance? The answer is in the well-known verse:[Al-Layl 92:5-9] Therefore, the verse you asked about must be interpreted by the other verse, and the result is that if the first verse is interpreted incorrectly in terms of wording, it is incorrect, but in terms of meaning, it is correct. Is that clear?
Allah guides whom He wills
إن الله يهدي من يشاءThe Shaykh : The correct interpretation of the verse is that Allah guides whom He wills to guide; that is the meaning of the verse. However, this does not negate the other meaning by necessity, though not by a literal interpretation of the verse. Here comes a question, and in it is the answer to what you asked: If we interpret "Indeed, Allah guides whom He wills to guide," the question is: Whom does Allah will to guide? Does Allah will to guide one who does not will guidance and wills disbelief, or does Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guide one who wills guidance and does not will disbelief and misguidance? The answer is in the well-known verse:
(5) As for he who gives and fears Allah (6) And believes in the best [reward], (7) We will ease him toward ease. (8) But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need (9) And denies the best [reward],
فأما من أعطى واتقى وصدق بالحسنى فسنيسره لليسرى وأما من بخل واستغنى وكذب بالحسنى فسنيسره للعسرى
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