The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "He who created and proportioned. And He who determined and guided."
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The Shaykh :[Al-A'la 87:2] He is the Creator, the One who began the universe, the Subtle Creator of the heavens and the earth. "Fasawa" means He proportioned it, from the word for proportioning, meaning He made it a complete, well-ordered creation with no contradiction or discrepancy. [Al-A'la 87:3] This means He determined the measures, Mighty and Majestic. And this determination was before Allah created the heavens and the earth, because Allah the Exalted created the Pen, and do not think the Pen is like our pens here; it is a Pen that no one knows except Allah. Then He commanded it to write in the Preserved Tablet. The Preserved Tablet is not like our tablets of wood, iron, or glass or the like; we do not know where it is from, and do not think it is small. Some scholars said that this Tablet encompasses the heavens and the earth, because everything is written in it. It did not say, "I will not write." So it understood the meaning. He said: Mishkat al-Masabih 5936 "So it ran in that moment with what is to be until the Day of Resurrection." It was written in the Preserved Tablet in how much time? Answer. [Al-Qamar 54:50] What? The Pen wrote immediately; it wrote the measures of everything until the Hour stands.
[Al-A'la 87:3] "And He who determined and guided" means He guided the created beings; He guided every created being to what it was created for. He guided the human being, so much so that even the fetus falls from its mother's womb, and what does it seek? It seeks the breast. Who directed it to the breast? Its mother. If she had taught it, the teaching would have been of no use to it, because it is a child that just fell, but the One who guided it is Allah, Mighty and Majestic. He the Exalted said: Some scholars said: "meaning which of the two breasts" He is the One who found the way.
Also, the dialogue of the camel: it falls from its mother's womb, and who directs it to the mother's udder to drink the milk? The mother does not know, and it does not know, but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, guides it. Exalted and Majestic is He, every created being He guided to what it was created for, even the insects are guided to what they were created for.
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوىAnd who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدىAllah created the Pen and said to it: "Write." The Pen said: "My Lord, what do I write?"
خلق الله القلم قال له : اكتب قال القلم : رب وما أكتب ؟It said: "What do I write?"
قال وما أكتبHe informed us of what is to happen up to the day of resurrection
اكتب ما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامةAnd Our command is but one
وما أمرنا إلا واحدةLike the blink of an eye
كلمح بالبصرAnd who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدىAnd We guided him to the two paths
وهديناه النجدينAlso, the dialogue of the camel: it falls from its mother's womb, and who directs it to the mother's udder to drink the milk? The mother does not know, and it does not know, but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, guides it.
