How to reconcile our statement that if Allah sees good in His servant, He guides him to it, with the saying of Allah the Exalted: << وما تشآءون إلا أن يشآء الله >> ?
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The questioner : ... [At-Takwir 81:29] We said that if a person desires guidance but Allah the Mighty and Majestic does not will it, he will not find the way, and we mentioned that if Allah the Mighty and Majestic knows good in a person, He will not humiliate him ... So how are these reconciled?
The Shaykh : The reconciliation is that there is no contradiction at all, because if Allah knows from a person's intention that he desires good, He guides him to it. The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[As-Saf 61:5] If Allah turns their hearts away, they do not desire good. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, you are on the left side. Okay.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاؤون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمينThe Shaykh : The reconciliation is that there is no contradiction at all, because if Allah knows from a person's intention that he desires good, He guides him to it. The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And when they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate.
فلما زاغوا أزاغ الله قلوبهمThe questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, you are on the left side. Okay.