LessonsHuman Capacity: Power, Action, and ConditionsQuiz

الكافر قادر على الإيمان المكلف به، إلا أنه صرف قدرته إلى الكفر
The disbeliever has the capacity relevant to the belief commanded of him but has directed his ability toward disbelief.

In this explanation, being subject to the command and the use of choice are connected. If the person who chooses disbelief had no prior capacity for faith in the first sense, the address requiring faith and the blame for rejecting it would be difficult to account for.

This does not make the servant an independent creator. The question concerns human selection and the relation of capacity to what is chosen, not a separate divine-like power of origination.

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Direction of capacity and responsibility

Human Capacity: Power, Action, and Conditions

الكافر قادر على الإيمان المكلف به، إلا أنه صرف قدرته إلى الكفر
The disbeliever has the capacity relevant to the belief commanded of him but has directed his ability toward disbelief.

In this explanation, being subject to the command and the use of choice are connected. If the person who chooses disbelief had no prior capacity for faith in the first sense, the address requiring faith and the blame for rejecting it would be difficult to account for.

This does not make the servant an independent creator. The question concerns human selection and the relation of capacity to what is chosen, not a separate divine-like power of origination.