1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

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
Allahu ta’âlâ, is in the acquiring. Pitying His born servants,
Allahu 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 Allahu ta’âlâ has given to His born servants, is
equal in doing or not doing the action. He declared clearly to
His born servants through His prophets which actions are good
or bad to do or not to do. Man, being free to do or not to do
each of his actions, 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. Allahu ta’âlâ has given His born servants as
much power (energy) and option (liking, choosing) as to carry
out 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 Sharî’at.
[Allahu ta’âlâ willed in pre-eternity to give to mankind the
power of option, and to let them choose freely the things they
want to do or do not want to do. He never forces men to do
something. The reason for mankind having the power of option
is because Allahu ta’âlâ willed it so. The freedom that mankind
has in doing what he wishes clearly indicates that mankind has
the power of option, as well, it denotes that Allâhu ta’âlâ willed it
in preeternity that way. If He had not willed mankind to have the
power of option, and if He had not created it in them, then man
would not be free, but would be obliged to do the thing he
wished for. However, when a man wishes and wills to do
something, Allahu ta’âlâ, too, wills it and creates it. Allahu ta’âlâ
is the creator of the things men opted for. Man cannot create
and then do any one of his wishes. After he wills something,
then Allahu ta’âlâ also wills it and creates it. He, Allahu ta’âlâ, is
the only Creator and Maker of every thing. There is no creator
other than Him. To call anyone other than Him Creator, or to
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