وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaa anyyashaaa'al laah; innal laahaa kaana'Aleeman Hakeema
And you do not will except that Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
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Decree & what is written
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But you will not tashā’ūna may also be read yashā’ūna ‘they will’ choose a way through obedience unless God wills this. Assuredly God is ever Knower of His creatures Wise in what He does.
Related Hadiths
None of you should say to Allah (like this): O Allah, grant me mercy, if thou so likest. The supplication (of his) should (be permeated with) conviction (that it would be accepted by the Lord), for Allah is the Doer of (everything) He likes to do, and there is none to force Him (to do or not to do this or that).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whenever anyone of you invoke Allah for something, he should be firm in his
asking, and he should not say: 'If You wish, give me...' for none can compel Allah to do something
against His Will."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you appeal to Allah for something, he should ask with
determination and should not say, 'O Allah, if You wish, give me.', for nobody can force Allah to do
something against His Will.
When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not say: "What Allah wills and so and so wills," but say: "What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills.
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