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being and
his gain, in other words it is created with ability that is his description.
While movement is related to another description called ability, and for this reason it is
considered a
gain.
So, how could they be the result of complete compulsion when the difference between the voluntary
actions and the involuntary reflexes is instinctively comprehended by man? Or, how could they be a
creation of man when he does not know the different parts of acquired actions and their numbers?
Thus when the two extreme positions are disproved, there remains nothing except the middle position
which asserts that they are voluntary through the Ability of Allah by invention and through the
ability of
the worshipper by another connection which is expressed by the term acquisition or gain.
The relation between the Ability and the willed is not necessary to be through invention only,
since the
Ability of Allah in eternity was to relate to the world although the world was not yet invented and
his gain, in other words it is created with ability that is his description.
While movement is related to another description called ability, and for this reason it is
considered a
gain.
So, how could they be the result of complete compulsion when the difference between the voluntary
actions and the involuntary reflexes is instinctively comprehended by man? Or, how could they be a
creation of man when he does not know the different parts of acquired actions and their numbers?
Thus when the two extreme positions are disproved, there remains nothing except the middle position
which asserts that they are voluntary through the Ability of Allah by invention and through the
ability of
the worshipper by another connection which is expressed by the term acquisition or gain.
The relation between the Ability and the willed is not necessary to be through invention only,
since the
Ability of Allah in eternity was to relate to the world although the world was not yet invented and