And all of them move about within His will, alternately experiencing His bounty and His justice; and He is exalted far above having any opposites or rivals.

Allah never lets the reward of anyone who does a righteous deed go to waste, nor does He recompense anyone for anything other than his own action and acquisition: “You will only be repaid for what you used to do” (as-Saffat 37:39). Every deed—good or evil—belongs to the servant, while the recompense comes from Allah, out of grace and out of justice.

Thus all creatures remain subject to the turns of Allah’s will: grace for the people of obedience and righteousness, and justice for the people of disbelief and idolatry. This arrangement befits His wisdom and His majesty, for He does not mingle opposites and disparate things; rather, He puts everything in its proper place. Hence one of His names is al-Hakim (the All-Wise), and one of His attributes is wisdom: the All-Wise is the One who places things where they belong—bestowing favor upon those who obey and sending punishment upon those who disbelieve and sin. Such is His grace and His justice.

(al-Mutaʿāl) means that He is elevated—in His essence, in His rank, and in His overpowering might—above having any opposites or equals. The andad (rivals) are supposed peers, likenesses, or counterparts, yet Allah has no peer, no equal, and nothing that resembles Him; no one shares with Him, resembles Him, or matches Him—glorious and exalted. This reflects His supreme greatness and dominion; He is, in His very being, high above His creation. As for the addad (opponents), they would be those who resist Him, but Allah has no opponent: none of His creatures can challenge Him. When He wills a matter, no one can object to or prevent His command, and when He wills to bestow