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So He originated creation thereafter as a manifestation of His Power and a realization of that
which had
preceded of His Will and the realization of His Word in eternity, not because He had any need or
necessity for it.
He is magnanimous in creating and inventing and in imposing obligations, not doing it through
necessity.
He is Gracious in beneficence and reform, though not through any need. Munificence and Kindness,
Beneficence and Grace are His, since He is able to bring upon His creatures all manner of torture
and to
try them with all kinds of pain and affliction. Even if He should do this, it would be justice
from Him, it
would not be vile, it would not be tyrannous.
He - the Mighty, the Glorified - rewards His believing worshippers for their acts of obedience
according
to generosity and encouragement rather than according to their merit and obligation. For there is no
obligation upon Him in any deed towards anyone and tyranny is inconceivable in Him. For there is no
which had
preceded of His Will and the realization of His Word in eternity, not because He had any need or
necessity for it.
He is magnanimous in creating and inventing and in imposing obligations, not doing it through
necessity.
He is Gracious in beneficence and reform, though not through any need. Munificence and Kindness,
Beneficence and Grace are His, since He is able to bring upon His creatures all manner of torture
and to
try them with all kinds of pain and affliction. Even if He should do this, it would be justice
from Him, it
would not be vile, it would not be tyrannous.
He - the Mighty, the Glorified - rewards His believing worshippers for their acts of obedience
according
to generosity and encouragement rather than according to their merit and obligation. For there is no
obligation upon Him in any deed towards anyone and tyranny is inconceivable in Him. For there is no