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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Shi'ite Creed The Belief Concerning (Allah's) Intention (Irada) And Will (Mashi'a) The Belief Concerning (Allah's) Intention (Irada) And Will (Mashi'a [^1] ) Says the Shaykh Abu Ja'far: Our belief concerning this is (based upon) the saying of (Imam Ja'far) as-Sadiq: Allah wills (sha'a) and intends (arada); or He does not like ( lam yuhibba) and He does not approve (lam yarda).

[^2] Now by sha'a (He wills) is meant that nothing takes place without His knowledge and arada is synonymous with it; and He does not like ( lam yuhibba) it to be said that He is “the third of the three (cf. 5, 77); and He does not approve of disbelief on the part of His slaves. Says Allah the Mighty and Glorious: “Verily thou (O Muhammad) guidest not whom thou lovest, but Allah guideth whom He will” (Qur'an 28:56).

And He says, Exalted is He: “And ye will not, unless (it be that) Allah willeth” (Qur'an 76:30; 81:29). And He says, the Glorious and Mighty: “And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Wouldst thou (O Muhammad) compel men until they are believers” [^3] (Qur'an 10:99) . And He says, Glorious and Mighty is He: “And it is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of Allah” (Qur'an 10:100) .

And as He, the Glorious and Mighty, says: “No soul can ever die except by Allah's leave and at a term appointed “(Qur'an 3:145). And as He, the Glorious and Mighty, says: “And they say, had we any chance in the affair we should not have been slain here. Say (O Muhammad): Even if ye had been in your houses those appointed to be slain would surely have gone forth to the places where they were to lie” [^4] (Qur'an 3:154) .

And as He says: “If thy Lord willed, they would not do it; so leave them alone with their devising “(Qur'an 6:112). And He, the most Exalted, says: “Had Allah willed, they would not have been polytheists” (Qur'an 6:107) . And he says: “And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance” (Qur'an 32:13) .

And He says***:*** "And whomsoever Allah wishes to guide, that man's breast will He open to Islam; but whom He wishes to mislead, strait and narrow will He make his breast, as though he were mounting up to the very Heavens!" [^5] (Qur'an 6: 125). And He says: “It is Allah's desire to assign no portion in the Hereafter” (Qur'an 3:176) . And He says: “Allah desires to make the burden light for you” (Qur'an 4:28) .