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To ask, “Why did He will this?” is no different from the question posed by someone who says, “Then why was it so from pre-eternity?” Such an inquiry is one that sound reason itself invalidates, and every revealed law has declared it forbidden.
٣٠- فقولك: «لِمْ قد شاء؟» مثل سؤالِ مَنْ ... يقول: فَلِمْ قد كان في الأزليةِ
٣١- وذاك سؤال يبطل العقلُ وَجْهَهُ ... وتحريمُه قد جاء في كل شرعةِ