October 20, 2023
Is there Free Will in Islam?
Bob Clasen
Is there free will in Islam?
"No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand” (10: 99–100). Ibn Kathir explains, "Allah has decreed that they will be misguided, so warning them will not help them and will not have any effect on them.” 23 Allah controls even the choices of individual souls to believe in him or reject him, yet even though the Infidels have no choice but to reject Allah, they will still pay the penalty in hell for this rejection: "As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur)” (2: 6–7). Thus, those who reject faith do so because Allah wills it, as per these verses, not because they have free choice. Says Ibn Kathir, "These Ayat [verses] indicate that whomever Allah has written to be miserable, they shall never find anyone to guide them to happiness, and whomever Allah directs to misguidance, he shall never find anyone to guide him.” 24 For "he for whom Allah hath not appointed light, for him there is no light” (24: 40).”
— The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Complete Infidel's Guides) by Robert Spencer
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Complete Infidel's Guides)
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"In light of Koranic verses like these, the idea of free will was declared heretical early in Islamic history. The twelfth-century Muslim jurist Ibn Abi Ya’la describes the Qadari sect, which affirmed free will: They are those who claim that they possess in full the capacity to act (al-istitâ  a), free will (al-mashî’a), and effective power (al-qudra). They consider that they hold in their grasp the ability to do good and evil, avoid harm and obtain benefit, obey and disobey, and be guided or misguided. They claim that human beings retain full initiative, without any prior status within the will of Allah for their acts, nor even in His knowledge of them. Their doctrine is similar to that of Zoroastrians and Christians. It is the very root of heresy. 25”
Is there free will in Islam?
"No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand” (10: 99–100). Ibn Kathir explains, "Allah has decreed that they will be misguided, so warning them will not help them and will not have any effect on them.” 23 Allah controls even the choices of individual souls to believe in him or reject him, yet even though the Infidels have no choice but to reject Allah, they will still pay the penalty in hell for this rejection: "As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur)” (2: 6–7). Thus, those who reject faith do so because Allah wills it, as per these verses, not because they have free choice. Says Ibn Kathir, "These Ayat [verses] indicate that whomever Allah has written to be miserable, they shall never find anyone to guide them to happiness, and whomever Allah directs to misguidance, he shall never find anyone to guide him.” 24 For "he for whom Allah hath not appointed light, for him there is no light” (24: 40).”
— The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Complete Infidel's Guides) by Robert Spencer
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Complete Infidel's Guides)
amazon.com
"In light of Koranic verses like these, the idea of free will was declared heretical early in Islamic history. The twelfth-century Muslim jurist Ibn Abi Ya’la describes the Qadari sect, which affirmed free will: They are those who claim that they possess in full the capacity to act (al-istitâ  a), free will (al-mashî’a), and effective power (al-qudra). They consider that they hold in their grasp the ability to do good and evil, avoid harm and obtain benefit, obey and disobey, and be guided or misguided. They claim that human beings retain full initiative, without any prior status within the will of Allah for their acts, nor even in His knowledge of them. Their doctrine is similar to that of Zoroastrians and Christians. It is the very root of heresy. 25”
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