What is the difference between wisdom and the operative cause?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We said, my brother, what is wrong with you... No, it is not you who is next to this man wearing the shemagh.
The questioner : ... the current one
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the current one
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : ... the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Wisdom; wisdom is better than saying "the operative cause." Wisdom is better.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Ha, ha.
The questioner : An example, an example.
The Shaykh : We did not give an example.
The questioner : ... wisdom ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Wisdom and the operative cause are one, but some of it is teleological and some of it is causal. What causes a thing to occur is the cause, and what is the end of a thing is the end. For example, the fact that a human being is in this form is undoubtedly a current, formal wisdom. That he was created in this form to perform worship in the manner Allah desires is teleological. Yes.
The Shaykh : We said, my brother, what is wrong with you... No, it is not you who is next to this man wearing the shemagh.
The questioner : ... the current one
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the current one
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : ... the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Wisdom; wisdom is better than saying "the operative cause." Wisdom is better.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Ha, ha.
The questioner : An example, an example.
The Shaykh : We did not give an example.
The questioner : ... wisdom ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Wisdom and the operative cause are one, but some of it is teleological and some of it is causal. What causes a thing to occur is the cause, and what is the end of a thing is the end. For example, the fact that a human being is in this form is undoubtedly a current, formal wisdom. That he was created in this form to perform worship in the manner Allah desires is teleological. Yes.