God's command (
amr) is the creative act of God and what has been intended for the creation. In Islamic discourse,
Mu'tazilites and
Ash'aris disagree on God's will (
irāda) and God's command. According to the Mu'tazilites, God's commands are genuine expressions of God's will, while Ash'arites generally disagree. The latter also point at the story of
Abraham as an example, that God's command (to sacrifice his son) was not his will. The Mu'tazilites, on the other hand, insist that God's command and will are equal, and that God can both will and command only good. Islamic philosopher
Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) was opposed to the idea of Free Will, instead believing that God's will was absolutely Sovereign over all acts and that man's will didn't have any true existence. == Asian worldviews ==