Explaining that the actions of the servants are created.
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The Shaykh : Man himself is created by Allah, his attributes are created by Allah [Ali 'Imran 3:6] his actions are created. What is the difference between attributes and actions? Attributes are things like height, shortness, whiteness, blackness, thinness, and thickness (fatness); these are attributes. Actions are things like performing acts of obedience, leaving forbidden things, or committing forbidden things and leaving obligatory things. The important point is that man, by his essence, his attributes, and his actions, is created by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and everything other than Allah is created. So belief in the divine decree is not complete except with four matters. Start with the first.
The student: Knowledge, writing, will, and creation.
The Shaykh : You have done well, perfectly, and you have gathered it in a verse.
The student: "The knowledge, the writing, the will, and the creation of our Lord, and creation is bringing into existence and formation"
The Shaykh : You have done well, may Allah reward you. Now, the scholars of creed have discussed this issue and elaborated on it, and I fear that our time will run out.
It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
هو الذي يصوركم في الأرحام كيف يشاء لا إله إلا هو العزيز الحكيمThe student: Knowledge, writing, will, and creation.
The Shaykh : You have done well, perfectly, and you have gathered it in a verse.
The student: "The knowledge, the writing, the will, and the creation of our Lord, and creation is bringing into existence and formation"
The Shaykh : You have done well, may Allah reward you. Now, the scholars of creed have discussed this issue and elaborated on it, and I fear that our time will run out.