And that, All-Eminent, He is
Willing all that exists,
Arranging all that happens,
Such that nothing occurs in the Material or Metaphysical Kingdoms,
Little or much,
Small or large,
Good or evil,
Benefit or harm,
Faith or disbelief,
Gratefulness or ingratitude,
Success or failure,
Augmentation or reduction,
Compliance or disobedience,
But by His decree and quantifying,
His Wisdom and Intent,
Thus what He intended, was,
And what He did not intend, was not,
No looker's glance,
Nor the "escapade" of a thought
Transgress His Intent,
Nay, He is the Originator (of all creation),
The Restorer (of all creation after the day of judgment),
The Performer to what He wills,
None can parry His decree,
Nor refute His judgment,
And no subject has
Any escape from disobeying Him,
But by His supportive Guidance and Mercy,
Nor any power to obey Him,
But according to His Intent and Will(28),
Thus if all
Humans and Jinns,
Angels and demons,
Gathered to move an atom in the world or immobilize it,
Without His Will and Intent,
They would have been unable to (do so),
And that His Will
Is (an Attribute) of His Identity (Zhaat),
Among His Attributes,
He has always been
As such qualified by it,
Willing, in His eternity,
The existence of things,
At the moments He destined(29),
So they became at their proper times,
As He Willed in His eternity,
Without advance nor delay,
But they happened according to His Knowledge and Will,
Without substitution nor change,
He arranged affairs
Not by ordering of thoughts,
Nor passage of time,
Thus no matter occupied Him from any other matter,
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(28) This in no way denies our freedom of choice, except in the mind of the rebellious one, deceiving only himself: Any sound mind concedes to the truth that our actions or decisions are not against the Will of the All-Mighty, and thus are totally according to this Will.
More fundamental than that: the execution, and even the coming to existence, of our freedom of choice, have the absolute, total and continuous need for the sustenance of Al Qayyuum: the only Sustainer of creation.
(29) This eternal Plan and its execution have been referred to as: "Umoor (decisions about matters) that He "gradually" unveils, but not initiates".
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