LessonsConnecting the Creed Texts: Principles, Evidence and Sound InferenceQuiz

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
This is because Allah has power over all things.

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَيْهِ فَقِيرٌ
Every thing is in need of Allah.

How the passages fit: Allah’s absolute power and the dependence of all created beings belong together. Human means, resources and abilities remain within that dependence.

Application: Using available means does not negate reliance upon Allah, provided those means are not regarded as independently effective. Any benefit through creation remains under divinely bestowed powers and conditions.

Limit of inference: Creaturely dependence does not make abandonment of all practical means a religious duty.

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Complete power and creaturely need

Connecting the Creed Texts: Principles, Evidence and Sound Inference

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
This is because Allah has power over all things.

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَيْهِ فَقِيرٌ
Every thing is in need of Allah.

How the passages fit: Allah’s absolute power and the dependence of all created beings belong together. Human means, resources and abilities remain within that dependence.

Application: Using available means does not negate reliance upon Allah, provided those means are not regarded as independently effective. Any benefit through creation remains under divinely bestowed powers and conditions.

Limit of inference: Creaturely dependence does not make abandonment of all practical means a religious duty.