Allah has personal Will
In the Holy Qur’an it is explained that Allah has Iradah, or Will. It is very significant. This means that Allah has his own personal will power. Willing is one of the constitutional attributes of a person. The willing of Allah is certainly different from ours. Our will power is conditioned, limited and fragile. To fulfill our will we must work hard and overcome many impediments. But Allah’s will is supreme and transcendental and no one can check its fulfillment. His will determines everything. When Allah wills: ‘let it be so’; it becomes so. Such will is indicative of a Supreme Spiritual Person.
Thus it is said in the Holy Qur’an:
Wa lillaahi mulkus-samawati wal-’arzi wa maa baynahumaa / Yakhluqu maa yashaaa’ / Wallaahu ‘alaa kulli shay-’in Qadir: “To Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He creates what He will. For Allah is able to do all things.” (5.17)
Subhaanah! ‘Izaa qazaaa ‘amran fa-’innamaa yaquulu lahuu Kun-Fa-yakuun: “Glory be to Him! When He (Allah) determines a matter, He only says to it: ‘Be!’ And it is.” (19.35)
There is another important statement in the sura “Al-Buruj”, or “The Zodiacal Signs”:
Allah is Fa-’alul-lima yurid: “Doer of what He will.” (85.16)
Ustad Abdullah Yusuf Ali comments:
“Allah’s Will is itself the Word and the Deed. There is no interval between them. He does not change His mind. No circumstances whatever can come between His Will and the execution thereof. Such are His Power and His Glory.” (9, p. 1931)
So from these ayats of the Holy Qur’an the existence of Allah’s personal will power is obvious. Metaphysical philosophy defines a person as “one who has thinking, feeling and willing.” Presence of the “will” indicates a person. No impersonal, abstract light or energy can have will. If there is a will, there must be an owner of this will, or a person. Allah is the owner of the supreme will because He is able to do all things just by willing it. This means that Allah is the Supreme Person with Supreme Will Power.
