Classes - Muslims & Non-Muslims Relationships in Islam - Muslims as a Citizen of a Non-Islamic State - Islam & Interfaith Dialogues - Solat - Fardhu Ain - A Muslim’s Manual - Light of Faith - The Chosen One - Traveller’s Fiqh - Fiqh for the Sick - Path of Repentance - Fiqh of Planned Giving - The Arch Prophets (Ulul Azmi)
ـٰ ﻠِ ق ُ ﻛ ُ ل ِّ ﺷ َ ﻰ ۡ ء ٍ۟ و َ ھ ُ و َ ٱ ﻟۡ و َ ٲ ﺣ ِ د ُ ٱ ﻟۡ ﻘ َ ﮭ ﱠ ـٰ ر ُ Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
ﻠ ُ و ﻛ ُ م ﺑ ِ ﺎ ﻟ ﺷ ﱠ ر ِّ و َ ا ﻟْ ﺧ َ ﯾ ْ ر ِ ﻓ ِ ﺗ ْ ﻧ َ ﺔ ً and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial و َ ﻟ َ و ْ ﯾ ُ ﻌ َ ﺟ ِّ ل ُ ا < ﱠ ُ ﻟِ ﻠ ﻧ ﱠ ﺎ س ِ ا ﻟ ﺷ ﱠ ر ﱠ ا ﺳ ْ ﺗ ِ ﻌ ْ ﺟ َ ﺎ ﻟ َ ﮭ ُ م ﺑ ِ ﺎ ﻟْ ﺧ َ ﯾ ْ ر ِ ﻟ َ ﻘ ُ ﺿ ِ ﻲ َ إ ِ ﻟ َ ﯾ ْ ﮭ ِ م ْ أ َ ﺟ َ ﻠ ُ ﮭ ُ م ْ If Allah were to hasten for men the evil (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good then would their respite be settled at once.
ع ُ ا ﻹ ِْ ﻧ ﺳ َ ﺎ ن ُ ﺑ ِ ﺎ ﻟ ﺷ ﱠ ر ِّ د ُ ﻋ َ ﺎ ء َ ه ُ ﺑ ِ ﺎ ﻟْ ﺧ َ ﯾ ْ ر ِ ۖ و َ ﻛ َ ﺎ ن َ ا ﻹ ِْ ﻧ ﺳ َ ﺎ ن ُ ﻋ َ ﺟ ُ و ل ً And man prays (Allâh) for evil as he prays (Allâh) for good and man is ever hasty و َ ﻋ َ ﺳ َ ﻰ ٰ أ َ ن ﺗ َ ﻛ ْ ر َ ھ ُ و ا ﺷ َ ﯾ ْ ﺋ ًﺎ و َ ھ ُ و َ ﺧ َ ﯾ ْ ر ٌ ﻟ ﱠ ﻛ ُ م ْ ۖ و َ ﻋ َ ﺳ َ ﻰ ٰ أ َ ن ﺗ ُ ﺣ ِ ﺑ ﱡ و ا ﺷ َ ﯾ ْ ﺋ ًﺎ و َ ھ ُ و َ ﺷ َ ر ﱞ ﻟ ﱠ ﻛ ُ م ْ ۗ But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you
God is Al- Qadeer, meaning the All-Powerful, and Ar- Rahman, meaning The-Merciful, which also implies compassion. Islam requires that mankind know and believe in a God of power, mercy and goodness.
and attributes. These are understood holistically via Allah’s oneness. For instance, one of His names is Al-Hakeem, meaning the The-Wise. Since the very nature of God is wisdom, it follows that whatever He wills is in line with Divine wisdom.
have limited wisdom and knowledge. Allah has the totality of wisdom and knowledge; we just have its particulars. Allah has the picture, and we have just a pixel.
had given knowledge of the reality behind the perceived evil and suffering, and He had not given it to Musa. With reference to the statement “You will not be able to bear with me patiently”, it means: “You will not be able to accompany with me when you see me doing things that go against your law, because I have knowledge from Allah that He has not taught you, and you have knowledge from Allah that He has not taught me.” Ibn Kathir
does not create pure evil. Rather, in everything that He creates is a wise purpose by virtue of what is good. However, there may be some evil in it for some people, and this is partial, relative evil. As for total evil or absolute evil, the Lord is exonerated of that.” Ibn Taymiyya
ﺧ َ ﻠ َ ق َ ٱ ﻟۡ ﻣ َ وۡ ت َ و َ ٱ ﻟۡ ﺣ َ ﯾ َ وٰ ة َ ﻟِ ﯾ َ ﺑۡ ﻠ ُ و َ ﻛ ُ مۡ أ َ ﯾ ﱡ ﻛ ُ مۡ أ َ ﺣ ۡ ﺳ َ ن ُ ﻋ َ ﻣ َ ﻼ ً۟ ۚ Allah created death and life, so that He may put you to test, to find out which of you is best in deeds: He is the The-Almighty, The-Forgiving
all of his affair is good, and this is for no one except the believer. If something of good/happiness befalls him he is grateful and that is good for him. If something of harm befalls him he is patient and that is good for him.” Narrated by Muslim
Classes - Muslims & Non-Muslims Relationships in Islam - Muslims as a Citizen of a Non-Islamic State - Islam & Interfaith Dialogues - Solat - Fardhu Ain - A Muslim’s Manual - Light of Faith - The Chosen One - Traveller’s Fiqh - Fiqh for the Sick - Path of Repentance - Fiqh of Planned Giving - The Arch Prophets (Ulul Azmi)