LessonsFaith and Islam: Unity, Qualification of Belief, and Final DestinyQuiz

وَالتَّغَيُّرُ يَكُونُ عَلَى السَّعَادَةِ وَالشَّقَاوَةِ دُونَ الإِسْعَادِ وَالإِشْقَاءِ
Change belongs to states of blessedness and wretchedness, not to the divine attributes described as granting these outcomes.

Blessedness and wretchedness describe a human condition or destiny. Isʿād and ishqāʾ concern the divine relation to such outcomes in the classical theological account. Alterations in the creature do not require alterations in God's eternal attributes.

This uses a broader distinction: temporal effects may occur in relation to an eternal attribute without making that attribute itself temporal.

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Making blessed or wretched and divine attributes

Faith and Islam: Unity, Qualification of Belief, and Final Destiny

وَالتَّغَيُّرُ يَكُونُ عَلَى السَّعَادَةِ وَالشَّقَاوَةِ دُونَ الإِسْعَادِ وَالإِشْقَاءِ
Change belongs to states of blessedness and wretchedness, not to the divine attributes described as granting these outcomes.

Blessedness and wretchedness describe a human condition or destiny. Isʿād and ishqāʾ concern the divine relation to such outcomes in the classical theological account. Alterations in the creature do not require alterations in God's eternal attributes.

This uses a broader distinction: temporal effects may occur in relation to an eternal attribute without making that attribute itself temporal.