Why did Allah create evil?
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR
First of this is a wrong question bc Allah doesnât create full evil __i.e: all His actions are good yet the evil happens bc of our sins
You must be certain that evil is not from Allah but uses it to warn you if you are Non Muslim and forgive your sins if you are Muslim
Allah says
âBut whenever good came to them, they said: âOurs is this.â And if evil afflicted them, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moosa (Moses) and those with himâ
[al-Aâraaf 7:131]
So evil is punishment of sins?
Shaykh Ibn âUthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
Allaah says :
âAnd if some good reaches them, they say, âThis is from Allaah,â but if some evil befalls them, they say, âThis is from you (O Muhammad Ű”ÙÙ Ű§ÙÙÙ ŰčÙÙÙ ÙŰłÙÙ ).â Say: âAll things are from Allaahââ
[al-Nisaâ 4:78],
Prophet Muhammad of course says
By the One in Whose hand is my soul, no worry or grief or hardship befalls a believer, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allaah will expiate some of his sins thereby.â End quote. Tafseer al-Qurâaan il âAzeem (2/361-363).
Then in the next verse He says : âWhatever of good reaches you, is from Allaah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourselfâ.
Qataadah said:
âWhatever of good reaches you, is from Allaah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourselfâ [means] it is a punishment, O son of Adam, for your sins. And he said: We are told that the Prophet of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say:
âNo man is scratched by a thorn, or stumbles, or has a twitching in a vein, except for a sin, and what Allaah forgives is greater.â
And as Allah says ;
âAnd among mankind is he who worships Allaah as it were upon the edge (i.e. in doubt): if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him he turns back on his face (i.e. reverts to disbelief after embracing Islam). He loses both this world and the Hereafterâ
[al-Hajj 22:11]
So letâs return to Allah and then he will treat us as this Ayah says:
7:96) And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwa (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes, etc.).
Therefore the only solution is repentance to Allah not disbelief or blaming Allah
Iblees the father of evil
Satan refused to prostrate in honor to Adam
39. (Iblis) said: âO my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-
40. âExcept Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace).â
41. (Allah) said: âThis (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
43. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
44. To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
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Absolute evil is not by Allah at all.
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Another answer from the angel of Al Qadar Predestination
Qadar is the 6th pillar of faith and ALL Muslims have to believe in them Is devided into two parts
1- Absolute evil and purposeful evil
2- Absolute evil does not befit Allah.
Allah will never permit absolute or pure evil from Him on earth, no way!
Because itâs zero per cent goodness/ Good ordainment. And WHAT WE CONSIDER AS bad evil
It is the purposeful evil
Allah will put you to test to raise your rank
Think of Albert Einstein
His teacher said his exams were full of errors but later got Nobel Prise 1921
Think of
Thomas Edison was expelled from the school because teachers thought that âhe was too stupid to learn anything.â Later, he invented many things such as light bulb,
registered more than 1000 patents. His overall schooling is 3 Months
Think of poor scientists who became so rich afterwards
Nutshell
Allah DOES not cause pure/absolute evil
But purposeful evil
Though you see something bad even the death of your son at a young age .
In that is goodness
Look at the story of Khidr with Moses in Surat El Kahf
In that are many lessons to learn
Al khidr did crimes in the eyes of Moses but they were benefits in the eyes of Allah
As Allah knew That son would have become rough and tough a criminal who would spoil the land and would have render his parents disbelievers
Al khidr
1. Killed a son .
2. Caused a ship to dive
3- Didnt accept hosting of the people
4- Worked with no wage
There is a story in Surat Cave which brings 3 types of destiny
They all look evil for us but in them is the good that only Allah knows
1. known fate:
After it happens you realise itâs not evil but it was good for u
2. Unknown fate:
You will never know why
3. The third fate will never known by anybody except Allah
Credit: Ask A Muslim