Isaías 45:7 Cábala: Sefer HaBahir, Da'at Tevunot & Sha'arei Orah

[Rabbi Bun continued,] "And from where do we learn that tohu is in evil? As it is written, 'The one makes peace and creates evil' (Isaiah 45:7). How is this? Evil is from tohu and peace is from bohu. [God] created tohu and put its place in evil, as it is said, 'The one who makes peace and creates evil.' [God] created bohu and placed it in peace, as it is said, The one who creates peace in His heights' (Job 25:2)."

And Rabbi Bun sat and expounded more, "Why is it written, '[God] forms light and creates darkness' (Isaiah 45:7)? [Since] there is substance in light, it is written, as ‘formation.’ [Since] there is not substance in darkness, it is written as ‘creation.’ As you say, '[God] forms mountains and creates wind' (Amos 4:13). And if you want, say, that light has existence in it, as it is written, 'And Elohim said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there is no existence except by making, [therefore] call it 'formation.' Darkness, since it does not involve making, only separation and setting aside, it is called ‘creation’ [בריאה], as it is said, 'So-and-so became healthy [הבריא].'"

And indeed the believer in singularity and understander of its subject, need to believe that the Holy One blessed is he is one solitary and unique, who has no one who prevents or withholds him at all in any aspect or side, rather he alone rules over all. Needless to say there is no domain that opposes him G-d forbid, rather he himself created good and negative forces, as it says (Isaiah 45:7), "The maker of light and creator of darkness, maker of peace and creator of negative, I am haShem them maker of all these"; that there is no other beneath him who will have control in the world, meaning that there is no officer or second power, like the idol worshipers thought. And not only this, rather that he alone is the supervisor of all his creations with individual supervision, and nothing is born into the world except from his will and from his hand, and not through happenstance, and not through nature, and not through luck; rather he is the Judge of all the earth and all that is upon it, and decrees all that shall be done in the high places and below, until the end of all the levels throughout all of creation. And from the the greatness of his singular rulership, it is that he has nothing that compels or forces him at all and all the laws that he decreed - they are all dependent on his will, and it is not that he is compelled in them at all. Behold if he wanted - he can subjugate his will, as if that were possible, to the actions of man, as in the matter we learned (Avot 3:15), "And all is according to the majority of the action..."; And when he wants - he isn't concerned about all the actions, and gives his goodness to whom he wishes, and like he said to Moshe our teacher may he rest in peace (Brachot 7a) "And I give grace to whom I give grace - even though they are not deserving". And it has also been said (Job 35:6), "If you sin what action does it have on him, and if your transgressions multiply what does it do to him"; and then it says (Jeremiah 50:20), "...the sin of Israel shall be sought and there will be none and the sins of Judah and they will not be found for I will forgive those whom I permit to remain."; and similarly it says (Isaiah 48:11), "For myself for myself I shall do for me, for how shall it be profaned.."; (Isaiah 43:25) "It is I, It is I who erases your transgressions for my own sake and your sins shall I not remember". And similarly it says (Zechariah 3:9), "...and I will remove the sin of this land in one day". This is our comfort in our subject, for he will not count our actions, nor for our merits will he wait, nor due to our deficient actions exchange us [for another people], rather because of the oath that he swore to our forefathers and the covenant which he made. Behold even if there were no merit in Israel - When them set time arrives, the day blocked in his heart, behold in any event he will certainly save us, for he is the master of all and can do so if he wants: