Madinatut-Tawhid/English14

Beware, O people of eloquence, do not be confused about the fact that if the actions of the evildoers were to be revealed and how they would be punished in the depths of hell. Know that Allah has sent His messengers with the truth to command people to do good and piety and to forbid them from injustice and immorality, and to promise them the meeting with Allah on the day that lights will rise from the seat of honor and power. This is what has been decreed by Allah for all creation, and through His messengers, He has shown them the paths of guidance and misguidance and has made clear to them through the words of His messengers everything that He wants for them so that no good is left except in a clear book. When He clarified the truth for them and explained the paths of holiness and demonstrated to them the ways to paradise, He commanded them to do everything that would bring them closer to these holy positions and to Allah, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, and warned them about everything that would harm them. Thus, He raises the obedient to the heights of closeness and places the arrogant in their place.

After they have chosen one of the two paths, knowing the paths of guidance and misguidance, He grants them whatever they choose for themselves, and this is justice from Allah for all creatures. So, bear witness within yourself that Allah does not harm a soul even to the size of a mustard seed and that He will not oppress, and indeed He is the Generous Giver. When the paths of truth and falsehood and the ways of guidance and misguidance have appeared to the servants, He makes them happy with what they want and enacts His decree on them after their choice. So, we explain the signs to you and reveal to you the words of wisdom so that your hearts and the hearts of the close ones may rejoice in it.

Indeed, if Allah were to hold the servants back from one action and force them to do another, it would be injustice from Him, but He is far exalted above oppressing a soul even to the size of a speck or a straw. Indeed, after he is able to do everything and his decree runs through everything, he supports all possibilities in their actions after they become acquainted with light and darkness. This is the grace from Him, if you can clearly see the wisdom in the secrets of the matter. Whoever claims otherwise or says otherwise than what we have inspired you, he is a criminal according to the Book and Allah has disowned him unless he repents and returns to Allah and is among those who seek forgiveness. Indeed, He forgives whom He wills, gives to whom He wills, and withholds from whom He wills, and He is not questioned about what He wills. In His hands is the kingdom of creation and in His grasp is the power of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and causes death, then He causes death and gives life, and indeed He is the living who never dies, and nothing escapes His knowledge. His grace encompasses all possibilities, and He knows the secrets of the hearts and what appears from them. There is no god but He, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, the All-Ruling, the Subtle, the Aware.