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Sura 81
Aya 28
28
لِمَن شاءَ مِنكُم أَن يَستَقيمَ

Yusuf Ali

(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:1
  • Cf. 74:55-56. God is the Cherisher of the Worlds, Lord of Grace and Mercy, and His guidance is open to all who have the will to profit by it. But that will must be exercised in conformity with God’s Will (verse 29). Such conformity is Islam. Verse 28 points to human free will and responsibility; verse 29 to its limitations. Both extremes, viz.: cast-iron Determination and an idea of Chaotic Free-will, are condemned.