How do the constructions lā yakūnu illā mā yurīdu and lā mashīʾata lil-ʿibād illā mā shāʾa lahum compare?
Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication
- Both use negation and exception: the first concerns events, the second human willing
- Both are mere prohibitions with no reference to will
- The first concerns prophethood; the second karāmah
- Both prove that sin is religiously approved