format_quote Originally Posted by
j4763
If its a test, why give certain humans a harder exam? My niece has slight disabilities and it broke our hearts when we found out. Must be a test for us too!
Yes, God tests us in different ways. We may lose a relative, may have marriage difficulties, may become absolutely bankrupt, but in the end we do know God is the most Just, he is testing us, he may test us directly, or may through relatives as is your case. Often i have known non-muslim friends who are atheists simply because their uncle died painfully or something.
The pain of this world is nothing like the pain of the eternal Hell fire, and the pain here will all be forgotten if one were to enter the eternal paradise. God will reward someone more who was patient and remained in faith to god, and in the hereafter people won't regret having had any kind of disability,m because heaven is the real world, not just 60 or so years here being tested
Also i'd like to add God created us, we were nothing. look at what God has created, look at the solar system, even closer than that look at the trees the skies the animals, even us, look how we are from a single embryo in our mother to here, can we as humans do ANYTHING like this. Can we even create a fly? Can we create this beautiful world, can we even come close, but God can, so is it right to say we are as clever as him, are we arrogant enough to say that? Is our intelligence anything like the intelligence of our creator, who allows us to be intelligent. Is our sense of logic anything like that of God, is our sense of what is right and what is wrong anything like that of Gods? How can we possibly question what God does when we can't even go without eating, God doesn't need to eat. are we going to be arrogant to question god's choices and think we are on the same playing field as he is, we think like he thinks, how can we come close to understanding the things he does
Islam's answer to all of this is God knows best. We may want something, and pray for something, but in the end we won't be given our wish, and it may turn out later that it was best it happened this way. We may have been about to go on to a plane, we miss it, we may question God for it, and later the plane blows up, we will then realise God is the best of planners for those who turn to him
Here's a short story i'd like to share, it's not too long, worth the read
The Story of an African King and His Friend
(Author Unknown)
A story is told about a King in Africa who had a close friend that he
grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation
that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) by remarking,
"This is good, Almighty knows best"
One day the King and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The
friend would load and prepare the guns for the King. The friend had
apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for
after taking the gun from his friend, the King fired it and his thumb
was blown off. Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual,
"This is good! Almighty knows best."
To which the King replied, "No, this is NOT good!" and ordered his
soldiers to put his friend into jail.About a year later, the King was
hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of.
Cannibals captured the King and took him to their village. They tied
his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the
stake.
As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the King
was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who
was less than whole. So after untying the King, they chased him out of
the villageWhen the King reached his Palace, he was reminded of the
event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of
his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend.
"You were right" the King said, "it was good that my thumb was blown
off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened.
" I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for
me to do this.""No," his friend replied, "this is good ... Almighty
knows best""What do you mean, 'this is good'! How could it be good
that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"
The King's friend replied: "Remember that the Almighty knows best and
if I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you(on this hunting
trip)."
" He knows what is before them
And what is behind them:
And to Allah go back
All questions (for decision)"
Qur'an:Surah Al Hajj 22:76
Do Not Judge Things or Events by its Immediate Outcome!
Almighty, the Most High, is the All-Knowledgable, the All-Knower... He
chooses to show us things... but sometimes... we are not shown the
wisdom behind somethings. When we are confronted by circumstances that
are not very pleasing.... we are quick to say: "This is not good..."
but... is it really? We might not know the purpose behind it. It might
turn to be a good thing.... thus.. .when we are faced with any
situation... do not be too quick to judge... always remember.... this
life is a test... the good and the bad.... and there is nothing that
happens for no reason... our brains are just not gifted enough to
understand these reasons yet. Sometimes ........ things happen to us
for a reason.
Also go here for a more detailed answer, question 60 asks
If God is just then why are some people born healthy while some are born with defects and are deaf and dumb, some people are born in rich families while others in poor families? and question Q67 asks
Why are all prayers and supplications not answered or fulfilled by Allaah (SWT)?http://www.allaahuakbar.net/misconceptions/index.htm