He (A.S.) said...

He (A.S.) said: (People were never forced to obey Allah the Great and Almighty, neither have they disobeyed Him against His will; He never did neglect the people of His dominion, neither did He leave them to their own, He own, what He has made them own, and He is able to do whatever He has enabled them to do; if they accept to obey Him, He would never prevent or prohibit them to do so; and if they chose to disobey Him, He might prevent them if He wishes – from doing so; and if He did not prevent them and they themselves did that disobedience, He would not be the cause for it – He (a.s) then added: (He whoever masters the connotation of this speech can win over anybody who argues about this case).([^1]) Man might think that the space for (a case inbetween two concerns) is short in his life; while determinism and authorization occupy a wider range in it.

Man actually deals directly with the system of destiny and fate all the way through his daily choices, seldom feeling the Divine guardianship and Allah domination over his life. That is a false feeling, which has developed in him due to the veil he had put between himself and Allah the Sublime, plus His hidden graces. The space for (a case inbetween two concerns) contains man’s life as a whole.

He deals with Allah the Sublime in his entire where about, deeds and moves, enjoying unknowingly Allah’s support. Allah the Sublime assists man by means of his hidden graces in a way that man does not feel, (except that whom Allah the Sublime has favoured with a special insight and knowledge).

(Al Kulaini) in (Al Kafi) and also (AsSadouqu) in his (AtTawheed) both narrated from (Yunus bin Abdul Rahman) from Abi Jaffar and Abi Abdullah(A.S.): (Allah is too merciful to compel people to commit sins thereafter to punish them for what they have done; at the same time He is too dignified to demand something that will never be); then they were asked: is there a third position inbetween determinism and fate?

Both (A.S.) said: (Aye, Aye; there is a position that is wider than the space between earth and heaven).([^2]) In another narration, Al Kulaini in (AlKafi) relates from (Yunus), from (Addah) who relates from (Abi Abdullah (a.s) saying: (A man told the Imam (A.S.): I be sacrificed for you, Did Allah compel the people to commit sins? He (A.S.) said: Allah is too just to compel them to commit sins thereafter to punish them for what they have done.