LessonsCompulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and AcquisitionQuiz

الإرادة والمشيئة والتقدير يتعلق بالكل، والرضا والمحبة والأمر لا يتعلق إلا بالحسن دون القبيح
Will, volition, and determination encompass what occurs; divine approval, love, and religious command concern what is good.

This returns to the distinction made in the study of decree: God permits an event to occur and creates it within divine will does not mean God commands or approves that event.

A sinful act takes place within divine knowledge and will, while its prohibition remains in force. Separating these relations avoids both absolute determinism and the claim that occurrence itself makes a deed morally acceptable.

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Will, volition, approval, and love

Compulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and Acquisition

الإرادة والمشيئة والتقدير يتعلق بالكل، والرضا والمحبة والأمر لا يتعلق إلا بالحسن دون القبيح
Will, volition, and determination encompass what occurs; divine approval, love, and religious command concern what is good.

This returns to the distinction made in the study of decree: God permits an event to occur and creates it within divine will does not mean God commands or approves that event.

A sinful act takes place within divine knowledge and will, while its prohibition remains in force. Separating these relations avoids both absolute determinism and the claim that occurrence itself makes a deed morally acceptable.