Allah is the Creator of the acts of His servants.
A servant's act does not fall outside Allah's creation, yet the servant is not entirely unrelated to the act. Choice and acquisition are attributed to the servant, while the creation of acts is affirmed for Allah.
It is wrong both to treat the human being as wholly compelled and to regard the servant as an independent creator of actions. The distinction between creation (khalq) and acquisition (kasb) expresses the balanced path.
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The Balanced Path and Integrity of Belief
Allah is the Creator of the acts of His servants.
A servant's act does not fall outside Allah's creation, yet the servant is not entirely unrelated to the act. Choice and acquisition are attributed to the servant, while the creation of acts is affirmed for Allah.
It is wrong both to treat the human being as wholly compelled and to regard the servant as an independent creator of actions. The distinction between creation (khalq) and acquisition (kasb) expresses the balanced path.