Swali la 150: Allah Mtukufu ametujulisha katika Kitabu Chake, kupitia ulimi wa Mtume Wake, na kupitia Sifa Zake, kwamba Yeye anawapenda wenye kutoa sadaka, wacha Mungu, na wenye subira, na kwamba Yeye ameridhika na wale walioamini na kutenda mema. Na kwamba Yeye anawachukia makafiri na wakosaji, na haridhiki na ukafiri wa waja Wake wala na ufisadi wao. Hata hivyo, yote haya hutokea tu kwa Mapenzi ya Allah na Matakwa Yake, na kwamba kama lingekuwa ni Mapenzi Yake, basi chochote katika haya kisingefanyika, kwani hakuna chochote kinachoweza kuonekana katika Ufalme Wake wote bila ya Ruhusa na Mapenzi Yake. Basi, jibu linapaswa kuwa nini kwa yule anayesema: Inawezekanaje kukubalika kwamba Allah anataka na kupenda kile Anachokichukia au asichokitaka?
Q 150: Allah the Almighty informed us in His Book, on the tongue of His Messenger, and through His Attributes that He loves the charitable, pious and patient ones and that He is pleased with those who believed and observed good deeds. And that He dislikes the disbelievers and the transgressors and He does not satisfy Himself with the disbelief of His slaves or their mischief. Though all this is only done by the Will of Allah and His Wish and that had it been His .Will, nothing of these would have been done as nothing can be observed throughout His Dominion without His Consent and Will. So, what should the answer be to the one who says: How can it be heeded that Allah wills and wishes what He dislikes or does not want?
A--- Mtu anapaswa kujua kwamba "Mapenzi" yanayotajwa katika maandiko yana maana mbili:
A--- One should know that "the Will" mentioned in the texts is of two meanings:
(a) Mapenzi ya Kiulimwengu ya Kupangwa Kabla: ambayo ni Mapenzi ya Mwenyezi Mungu yasiyo na uhusiano wowote na upendo au kupendeza, lakini yanahusisha kufuru, imani, matendo ya utii, matendo ya uasi, matendo yanayoridhisha, kile kinachopendwa, na kile kinachochukiwa, n.k. Aina hii ya "Mapenzi" hakuna yeyote anayeweza kuyakwepa - mwamini na kafiri -; ni lazima yatokee. Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu anasema: {Na yeyote ambaye Mwenyezi Mungu anataka kumwongoza, humfungulia kifua chake kwa Uislamu; na yeyote ambaye anataka kumpoteza, humfanya kifua chake kiwe kimefungwa na kubanwa}. (Al-An'am, 125)
(a) A Universal Pre-ordainment Will: which is the Divine Will that has no correlation with love or pleasantness, but, it implies disbelief, faith, deeds of obedience, deeds of disobedience, satisfactory deeds, what is beloved, and what is disliked, etc. This type of "Will" can not be escaped by anyone - believer and disbeliever -; it is inevitable. Almighty Allah says: {And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam; and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted}. (Al-An' am, 125)