(God is the Doer of Everything*)
Wherever you are, death will catch up with you, even if you live in formidable castles. When something good happens to them, they say, “This is from God,” and when something bad afflicts them, they blame you. Say, “Everything comes from God.” Why do these people misunderstand almost everything?
أَينَما تَكونوا يُدرِككُمُ المَوتُ وَلَو كُنتُم فى بُروجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍ وَإِن تُصِبهُم حَسَنَةٌ يَقولوا هٰذِهِ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ وَإِن تُصِبهُم سَيِّئَةٌ يَقولوا هٰذِهِ مِن عِندِكَ قُل كُلٌّ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ فَمالِ هٰؤُلاءِ القَومِ لا يَكادونَ يَفقَهونَ حَديثًا
ayna maa takoonoo yudrikkumul mawtu wa law kuntum fee buroojim mushai yadah; wa in tusibhum hasanatuny yaqooloo haazihee min indil laahi wa in tusibhum saiyi’atuny yaqooloo haazihee min ‘indik; qul kullum min ‘indillaahi famaa lihaaa ‘ulaaa’il qawmi laa yakaadoona yafqahoona hadeesaa
*4:78 Bad things are consequences of our own deeds (42:30, 64:11), though God is the doer of everything (8:17). God created the fire to serve us, but you can decide to put your finger in it. We thus hurt ourselves. It is God’s law that if you put your finger in the fire, it will hurt.