actions as He has creative power and efficiency. At the same time man is the cause of actions as he is the source of the manifestation of uniform succession of events. In the former case we have a real causal connection, while in the latter a relation of the antecedent to the consequent after the manner of the connection between the condition and the conditioned. There are passages in the Quran where the word cause is used in different senses.
"The angel of death who is given charge of you shall cause you to die: then to your Lord you shall be brought back".[1] "Allah takes the souls at the time of their death".[2]
"Have you considered what you sow?"[3] "We pour down the water, pouring it down in abundance, Then we cleave the earth; cleaving it asunder. Then we cause to grow therein the grain".[4]
"Fight them: Allah will chastise
