LessonsCompulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and AcquisitionQuiz

يعلم ويريد أن العبد يفعله أو يتركه باختياره، فلا إشكال
God knows and wills the servant's doing or leaving an act in the manner of that servant's choice.

The action is not known merely as a physical occurrence; it is known as a voluntary action. The relation of divine knowledge and will to it does not erase that description.

A person's omission of an obligation can be sinful while remaining within divine knowledge and volition. It is therefore essential not to treat knowledge, volition, command, and approval as interchangeable terms.

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Knowledge and divine volition

Compulsion and Choice: Voluntary Acts, Creation and Acquisition

يعلم ويريد أن العبد يفعله أو يتركه باختياره، فلا إشكال
God knows and wills the servant's doing or leaving an act in the manner of that servant's choice.

The action is not known merely as a physical occurrence; it is known as a voluntary action. The relation of divine knowledge and will to it does not erase that description.

A person's omission of an obligation can be sinful while remaining within divine knowledge and volition. It is therefore essential not to treat knowledge, volition, command, and approval as interchangeable terms.