Yes that is the bottom line.[\QUOTE]
I'll correct myself by agreeing with good brother's post. I don't know why God sends each and every disaster but at least some of it is because God wishes to punish a people (the anger of God). I won't go there further and thank you to Good brother for posting a good explanation
What's the connection with God's anger?
It is God's will for sure and maybe God's Anger as well but it is also man made. Back to the original context, God gives us good things, the bad are our (mankind's) own doing. Everything happens because God allows it, it is His will. So even for the bad things that happen because we (mankind) made it happen, at the bottom line, it is by the will of God. My point at the start of the natural disaster line of discussion was that mankind bears reponsibility
Quran (64:11) - No kind of calamity can occur, except by the leave of Allah.
Quran (4:79) - Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself
Quran (42:30) - And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much
Sound's like it happen on it's own.
You don't believe the Japan earthquake has anything to do with what mankind did? Let me try explain another one. Sinkholes are appearing all over the planet. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had said that some of his ummah will be swallowed by the Earth. Why do you think this is happening and will continue to happen? Where do a lot of people get their drinking water from? What happens when you pump that much water out of the ground? What happens to the space left by all that water that has been pumped out? How long would the underground structure (now empty cavities) be able to support the people above it? Can you see how mankind is and will be responsible for the 'natural' disaster? Can you understand how all this is happening because God made the very scientific laws that explains it? And it is not only water that we are pumping out of the ground, what about Oil and Gas? When things start crumbling is it God's fault, or is it mankind's? People know this is happening and what do they do? People say, ah but we need water to drink, gas for our cars.... What happen to all the water on the surface? Who polluted it? Why was it polluted? Why can't we clean it? Why is the cost so high? Why put up with usury and fiat money? Do we really need gas for cars? Why not alternative power generation? This question chain can go on a long time so my point is a lot of things are inter-related.
Touching again the previous topic of eternal punishment, God has taught us how to balance everything but instead of doing what God has taught, most people now insist that experimenting with their own man-made ideas are best, and teaching this to others. I believe they are responsible directly or indirectly, for bringing people away from the very knowledge that can save people in this world and the next. The amount of sin they bear would be beyond comprehension.
Knowledge is good but it is not faith, just like some of the brothers and sisters here are saying. Keep seeking knowledge but also more importantly keep on praying to Allah for faith. There is a reason why there are the 'Pillars of Faith' and why they are not about just learning about God, Angels, Divine Books, God's Messengers, The resurrection and Pre-ordainment. The 'Pillars of Faith' are about
believing in them.
Allah and His Messenger knows best
May Allah guide u soon.
