LessonsCompulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and AcquisitionQuiz

جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
As a recompense for what they used to do. (Qur'an 32:17)

فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ
Whoever wills may believe, and whoever wills may disbelieve. (Qur'an 18:29)

These passages attribute deeds and choices to humans and connect actions with consequences. The first relates recompense to conduct; the second places voluntary choice within a context of accountability.

Attributing choice does not imply that people create independently of God, just as affirming God's encompassing will does not render these textual attributions meaningless.

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Scriptural attribution of deeds

Compulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and Acquisition

جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
As a recompense for what they used to do. (Qur'an 32:17)

فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ
Whoever wills may believe, and whoever wills may disbelieve. (Qur'an 18:29)

These passages attribute deeds and choices to humans and connect actions with consequences. The first relates recompense to conduct; the second places voluntary choice within a context of accountability.

Attributing choice does not imply that people create independently of God, just as affirming God's encompassing will does not render these textual attributions meaningless.