This contradicts what Allah has said of Himself in His words, Most High:

“We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.”

And His words:

“We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves.”

And His words:

“Your Lord is never unjust to His servants.”

How could He be unjust? In their own dealings, if one person wronged another or failed to give him his due, the latter would hold him accountable, punish him, and exact retribution. This would be just, provided he did not transgress against him.

If the offender were to say, “What I did was decreed for me, so I bear no blame for it,” all rational people agree that this would not be accepted among them as an excuse. If rational people agree that a created being’s rights cannot be set aside by appealing to divine decree, how can the Creator’s rights be set aside by appealing to divine decree? He—glory be to Him—is the just Judge, who does not wrong anyone even by an atom’s weight. If there is a good deed, He multiplies it and grants a great reward from Himself. This has been discussed at length elsewhere.

Thus, the statement, “The most fitting words a servant can say,” implies that praising Allah is the most fitting thing a servant can say. To Him belongs all praise in every circumstance, for He does only what is good