الضَّلَالَةُ
The state of going astray.
Someone's being astray is one reality; calling that person astray is a statement about that reality. Likewise, saying that Allah finds a servant astray or names that servant astray does not fully explain what the creation of misguidance means. Divine knowledge is comprehensive and does not involve acquiring previously unknown information.
A physician may diagnose an illness, but diagnosis is not the same as causing it. This analogy illustrates the difference between a state occurring and reporting that state; it is not an analogy for the mechanics of divine creation.