لَا مَشِيئَةَ لِلْعِبَادِ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ
Servants have no will except what Allah has willed for them.
Reading the terms: The phrase places human willing under divine willing; it excludes autonomous and unlimited human choice.
Boundary of meaning: Dependent willing is not identical to absolute compulsion. The human obligation to obey must be read alongside the teaching on divine will.
Takeaway: Human choice is not independent of divine will.
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Reading the Creed Text: Terms, Qualifications and Meaning
لَا مَشِيئَةَ لِلْعِبَادِ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ
Servants have no will except what Allah has willed for them.
Reading the terms: The phrase places human willing under divine willing; it excludes autonomous and unlimited human choice.
Boundary of meaning: Dependent willing is not identical to absolute compulsion. The human obligation to obey must be read alongside the teaching on divine will.
Takeaway: Human choice is not independent of divine will.