Some writers say "from the mockery of divine decree"; is this permissible?

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The questioner : Your Eminence, some writers or literary figures say: "from the mockery of divine decree," such and such. Is this permissible?

The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible for a person to say this, because the divine decree is the estimation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and the estimation of Allah is all wisdom. Yes, Allah may mock people, as He the Exalted said:

so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them

فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ

[At-Tawbah 9:79]

But the divine decree, insofar as it is a decree, is not mockery; it is all wisdom, all in accordance with what is right, and all earnest. However, whoever mocks Allah or the awliya (close friends of Allah), Allah mocks him. And among the mockery of Allah for these people is that they think they are doing well, and this is from the mockery of Allah, as He the Exalted said:

but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers." ⁽¹⁵⁾ [But] Allah mocks them and prolongs them

وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَى شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ * اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ

[Al-Baqarah 2:14-15]

, that is, yes.

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