As human beings are creatures, so are all their deeds and actions; they are Allâhu ta’âlâ’s creatures. For, nobody besides Him can make or create anything. How can a creature create another, while it itself has been created? The stamp of createdness denotes little power and signifies insufficient knowledge. He who has little knowledge and power cannot create or invent. In man’s action, what falls to his lot is a result of his acquiring. That is, action has been produced through his power and will. It is Allâhu ta’âlâ who has created and made that action, and it is man who has acquired it. As is seen, the optional actions of men, those which they do willingly, happen from their acquiring and Allah’s creating. If man’s acquiring or option [that is, his liking] does not take part in his action, that action turns into convulsions. [It becomes like the movement of the stomach or of the heart.] However, it is obvious that optional actions are not like them. The difference between optional actions and convulsions, though they are both created by Allâhu ta’âlâ, is in the acquiring. Pitying His born slaves, Allâhu ta’âlâ made the creation of their actions dependent upon their intention and wish. He creates man’s action when man wants. It is for this reason that man is responsible. The blessing or the sin of the action is given to man. The intention, the option, which Allâhu ta’âlâ has given to His born slaves, is equal in doing or not doing the action. He declared clearly to His born slaves through His Prophets what actions are good or bad to do or not to do. Man, being free to do or not to do each of his actions, – 175 –will for certain choose one of them; the action will be either good or bad, and he will receive either a blessing or a sin. Allâhu ta’âlâ has given His born slaves as much power (energy) and option (liking, choosing) as to obey His commands and prohibitions. There is no need for Him to give any more ability. He has given as much as is necessary. He who does not believe this is a person who cannot realize things easily. Because his heart is sick, he looks for pretexts for not obeying the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya
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