48. Is God’s character and behavior ever capricious or whimsical?
the Bible No
Yes the Quran
the Bible's Perspective
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?
Malachi 3:6“For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
2 Timothy 2:13If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”
Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
James 1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
the Quran's Perspective
Hud (Hud) 11:106-108As for those who will be wretched (on that day) they will be in the Fire; sighing and wailing will be their portion therein, Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will. And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in the Garden, abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing.
Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) 22:14Lo! Allah causeth those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Lo! Allah doth what He intendeth.
Fatir (The Originator) 35:8Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!
Al Burooj (The Constellations) 85:16Doer of what He will.
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