The difference between the action of Allah and His created things?
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The Shaykh : The action of Allah is His own action, such as creation. This is the action of Allah. The created thing is the effect. Is that clear or not? Tell me, yes or no. Is it clear?
The student: The servant is a created thing; nothing is attributed to him.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Is the created thing something to which nothing is attributed?
The Shaykh : I ask Allah the Exalted to protect you from wild beasts and snakes. Do wild beasts have something in them or not? They have evil in them, and snakes have poison in them and they have evil. Good, but the creation of these things by Allah has a great wisdom, so His creating them is good. This is it: the action of Allah is good, and His effect is that in which there is good and evil. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he said: The evil is not from you. Listen, read in the name of Allah:
"And as for the necessary implication of the statement of anyone other than the statement of Allah and His Messenger," the word "statement" is pronounced with a kasrah.
The reader: "And the statement of Allah and His Messenger, it has three states:
The first: That it is mentioned to the one who makes the statement and he commits to it. For example, if one who denies the attributes of action says to one who affirms them: It is necessary from your affirming the attributes of action for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that some of His actions be newly created.
So the one who affirms says: Yes, and I commit to that. For Allah the Exalted has never ceased and will never cease to be the Doer of what He wills, and there is no exhaustion of His words and actions, as He said:[Al-Kahf 18:109] And He said: [Luqman 31:27] The newness of individual actions of the Exalted does not necessitate any deficiency in His right."
The student: The servant is a created thing; nothing is attributed to him.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Is the created thing something to which nothing is attributed?
The Shaykh : I ask Allah the Exalted to protect you from wild beasts and snakes. Do wild beasts have something in them or not? They have evil in them, and snakes have poison in them and they have evil. Good, but the creation of these things by Allah has a great wisdom, so His creating them is good. This is it: the action of Allah is good, and His effect is that in which there is good and evil. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
In Your hand is the good
بيدك الخيرEvil is not from You
الشر ليس إليك"And as for the necessary implication of the statement of anyone other than the statement of Allah and His Messenger," the word "statement" is pronounced with a kasrah.
The reader: "And the statement of Allah and His Messenger, it has three states:
The first: That it is mentioned to the one who makes the statement and he commits to it. For example, if one who denies the attributes of action says to one who affirms them: It is necessary from your affirming the attributes of action for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that some of His actions be newly created.
So the one who affirms says: Yes, and I commit to that. For Allah the Exalted has never ceased and will never cease to be the Doer of what He wills, and there is no exhaustion of His words and actions, as He said:
