Power Of Allah With Regards To Wisdom And Law Of Guidance
Wherever the will of God has been mentioned in the Quran, it only means that except for God Himself no one has the power to stop Him from materializing it or to alter it in any way. It does not mean that His will is not subservient to justice and wisdom . The Almighty is wise and just and nothing that He does is devoid of justice and wisdom. Hence wherever His will is stated in the Quran, it must be considered to be subservient to the wisdom and justice according to which He is running the affairs of this world. It would not be correct to assume that He would act contrarily to whatever practice He has initiated for Himself and to the justice and wisdom He has chosen for Himself. For example, the Quran says that God guides whomsoever He wills and leads astray whomsoever He wills. This statement does not mean that He does not adhere to any principle of justice and wisdom in giving guidance to someone or leading him astray; it only means that giving guidance to someone or leading him astray materializes in accordance with the practice He has set for it and no one has the power to change or break it.
There are two distinct but closely related aspects to be considered here: 1 ). It is Allah’s law or Allah’s Sunnah ( which is absolute ) that he guides those who appreciate the innate guidance and seek the guidance with honesty. For such people, it is promise of Allah that he will guide them to the true path no matter what. 2 ). Accountability on the day of judgement is not necessarily based on the person reaching the right conclusion in this world in all instances. For example, there could be a person who was a Muslim in this world, but other than his outward appearance, he was not a conscious Muslim. As opposed to that, there could be a person claiming to be a Non-Muslim in this world, but was in the process of finding the truth with honesty, but died before reaching his conclusion or there could be many other genuine reasons which caused some sort of impediment. Now his case will be judged according to his endeavour and not accordign to his Non-Muslim status in this world. The law of guidance for such people was at work and the results do not appear overnight, rather it takes its time and a person is tested throughout this time for his honesty and his true appreciation of the innate guidance. Following short comments of Ghamidi Sahab will be helpful in this context: Please refer to the video below from 1:48:08 to 1:50:14 https://www.youtube.com/live/UrDM1yMBpME?feature=share&t=6488