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that it is obligatory upon Allah" - if it is meant that it
will harm Him to neglect doing it it is impossible, and if it
is meant by it other than the above mentioned for the necessitating
otherwise any other reason beyond this will be considered
unintelligible.
)7(CONSIDERING WHAT IS BEST IS NOT AN OBLIGATION
The seventh principle: Is that He - the High - does with His
creation whatever He wishes and there is no obligation upon
Him to take into consideration that which is best for His worshipers,
because of what we have already mentioned regarding
the fact that there is nothing obligatory upon Him - the Exalted
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will harm Him to neglect doing it it is impossible, and if it
is meant by it other than the above mentioned for the necessitating
otherwise any other reason beyond this will be considered
unintelligible.
)7(CONSIDERING WHAT IS BEST IS NOT AN OBLIGATION
The seventh principle: Is that He - the High - does with His
creation whatever He wishes and there is no obligation upon
Him to take into consideration that which is best for His worshipers,
because of what we have already mentioned regarding
the fact that there is nothing obligatory upon Him - the Exalted
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