Explanation of the author's statement: "And with that, He commanded the servants to obey Him and obey His messengers, and He forbade them from disobeying Him"

The Shaykh : Obeying His messenger, and He forbade them from disobeying Him.
This means that despite His encompassing creation and His lordship over all things, He did not leave the servants to their own devices, nor did He remove the choice from them. Rather, He commanded them to obey Him and obey His messenger, and He forbade them from disobeying Him. End of quote? His messengers, and He forbade them from disobying Him. All right.
Is His command regarding this a command for what is possible, or a command for what is impossible? It is a command for what is possible. The one commanded is a creation of Allah the Exalted, and his actions are a creation of Allah, and yet he is commanded and forbidden. So this is a command for what is possible. If a person were compelled in his actions, then his command would be a command for what is not...? For what is not possible, for what is not possible, is that not so? And Allah the Exalted says: .
And He the Exalted said: . So, even though Allah is the Creator of everything, including the actions of the servants, He is the One who commands them to obey and forbids them from disobedience. This indicates that they are capable of performing obedience and avoiding disobedience, and that they are not compelled to do so.