قد يراعي الله سبحانه المصلحة تفضلا
God may consider benefit as an act of grace.
Wisdom (ḥikmah), benefit (maṣlaḥah), and purpose (gharaḍ) are not identical terms. Creatures often act to obtain something they lack; arguments about divine wisdom must avoid suggesting that God is dependent upon an external need or coercion.
Ashʿarī–Māturīdī discussions ask whether divine action is explained through purpose in a technical sense. Denying an imposed external objective is not necessarily denying wisdom; affirming the consideration of benefit need not mean God is under an externally imposed obligation.
This distinction connects with the earlier debate about aṣlaḥ and the three brothers, but the present issue is the broader interpretation of divine acts and attributes.
The sending of messengers illustrates the same distinction: prophetic guidance benefits people, but identifying this benefit does not impose an external duty on God.