If Allah is all-powerful and
merciful, then why does He allow poverty, violation, and sufferings on earth?
Why
people are homeless? Why people are suffering from pain? Why there are
different kinds of violations in the world? Why innocent children are
handicapped? Why innocent girls are getting raped? Why there are deadly
diseases in the world of Allah Almighty?
According
to the report of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF), each year 3.1 million children die from hunger and malnutrition.
United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) estimates over the past 10 years
more than 499, 657 civilians killed in Syria's civil war. According, to an
estimated report 1.9 million women and 3.2 million men are physically harassed
in the United States. World health organization reported 14.9 million deaths
because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the years 2020 and 2021.
The
Quran starts with the words “In the name
of Allah, the Beneficent and Merciful." These words are found at the
start of every Surah. Quran declares that Allah is All-powerful, the Creator of
the Universe, and the Lord of all living and nonliving things.
لِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ
السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا فِیْهِنَّؕ-وَ هُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ۠
To
Allah, ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything
within. And He is Most Capable of everything. (Surah Al-Maidah, verse: 120)
Allah
is capable of everything, which means He is also capable of all these
sufferings, violations, and hunger.
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ
ٱللَّهِ وَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ يَهْدِ
قَلْبَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
In
no way is there any affliction that afflicts, except it be by the permission of
Allah. And whoever believes in Allah, He will guide his heart, and Allah is
Ever-Knowing of everything. (Surah At-Taghabun, verse: 11)
Allah
mentioned in the Quran Surah Al-Mulk verse number 02;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ
وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ
He who created death and life—to test you—which of you is best in conduct. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.(Surah Al-Mulk, verse;02)
This life of the world is the test for the hereafter.
This test includes many sub-tests and these tests are a means for a human to
fulfill the promise that he had made with Allah to do his worship before coming
on the earth. Through tests, Allah Almighty distinguishes between us because
their results expose the faith and lack of faith. Allah mentioned in the
Quran in Surah Al. Baqarah verse: 155
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ
وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـبرِينَ
We
will certainly test you with a touch of fear and famine and loss of property,
life, and crops. Give good news to those who patiently endure. (Surah
Al-Baqrah, verse: 155)
Allah is saying, every human being will be tested with
fear and hunger, with the loss of goods and lives, and with human toils but
will give glad tidings to those who patiently preserve. As I mentioned this
life is the test for the hereafter and Allah Almighty tests different human beings
in different ways. Allah does not have the same paper or exam paper for
everyone that keeps on differing every year. So he tests some people with
wealth, some with health, some with poverty, and some with diseases do they yet
have faith in Allah Almighty? There are some people whose children are
handicapped, they are test for their parents. Depending upon how you will react,
will you get angry with Allah Almighty or will you accept it with OKAY, you
will get the reward in the hereafter. No verse of the Quran says that it's
difficult for the poor to get a place in Paradise. In fact, it is easy for poor
people to get Jannah.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be Upon Him) said;
(It
was reported) from the Prophet (PBUH) who said: "Indeed greater reward
comes with a greater trial. And indeed, when Allah loves a people He subjects
them to trials, so whoever is content, then for him is pleasure, and whoever is
discontent, then for him is wrath."(Jami` at-Tirmidhi Hadith no; 2396)
The sufferings and violations happening in the world
are a test for all of us. Many of us are suffering from difficulties, but
consider the above Hadith that you are loved by Allah Almighty, He wants to
wash all your sins in this world. He has set a beautiful place in Paradise for
you. This is Allah's way to manage the world.
Allah is All-powerful and merciful, but he wants to test you in
different ways. All the hunger deaths, rape cases, diseases, and violations are
just for the test of human beings. The violations Muslims are facing in Syria,
Myanmar, and Kashmir are tests for whole Muslim society otherwise it is
not tough for Allah Almighty to say the word "Kun" for vanishing the
whole violation.