I have mentioned elsewhere I am reading a book by El-Saadawi titled Diary of a child name Souad, which was her first literary work. It is presented as narrative, interposed with dialogue in various places, but of a child. And at some point, the child wonders
what the benefit is for a human to think and choose good, for example, if God has decreed evil for him?
Is not everything god’s will? She continues to ask
can a human do good against God’s will?
And we have her father respond thus
God decrees evil for evil people and for good ones, he decrees good
the Souad asks a follow up question
God is the one who creates the evil and the good, can the evil become good against God’s will
and finally in anger, her father responds, and it could be any believer in DCT or any of those millions who justify the Canaanite massacre
this is God’s wisdom in his creation and he is free to do what he wants with his slaves. He gives to who he wants, and denies who he wants, and he bestows gifts on who he wants, and leads astray who he wants. Everything goes according to his will. He is the wise knower.
and this reminds me of the book by Boethius, Consolations of philosophy, where Fortune is portrayed as both blind and capricious, favouring whom she wills and reminding Boethius he has no reason to complain about his situation.
Random thoughts 