God, therefore, is supremely liberal; and, as Avicenna says, He alone can truly be called liberal, for every agent other than God acquires some good from his action, which is the intended end.??? Scripture sets forth this liberality of God, saying in a Psalm (103:28): ???When You open Your hand, they shall all be filled with good???; and in James (1:5): ???Who gives to all men abundantly without r