It is not for the worshippers to test their Lord

Reference: Akhbaar al-Athkiyaa – Ibn al-Jowzee, p44

And from that which has been transmitted from ‘Eesaa (‘alayhis-salaam) is that Iblees came to him and said to him:

Do you not believe that nothing will afflict you except what Allaah has written for you?

He [replied]:

Yes [I do].

[So Iblees] said:

Then throw yourself off this mountain, for indeed if safety was prescribed for you, then you will be safe.

So he (‘Eesaa) said to him:

O cursed one! It is for Allaah عز و جل to test his worshippers, and not for his worshippers to test their Lord عز و جل.


Translation originally published on 11 June, 2021.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.