18 January 2014

Has Allah Failed?

Atheist: After 1,400 years, 60% of the world's population is not Muslim. Such reveals that Allah (=God) has failed, yes?

Muslim: God gave us free will to choose from good and evil. God doesn't interfere in our decision-making. If you don't believe in God and burn your ass in the hell fire as a consequence of that, then you are the looser, not God. God tells you to become a Muslim for your own good. God doesn't loose or gain anything if you fail or succeed to go to paradise.

Atheist: I would lose something if my child failed at something important. Allah (=God) is caring, right?

Muslim: I am not sure what you mean by “something”. I think you want to know if caring God is hurt by the failure of people going to paradise. God cares for righteous people. God doesn’t care for evil doers. If you do not care for a person, then you do not get hurt by that person’s failure. God doesn’t feel sorry for the people in the hellfire because only evildoers go to hell and they deserve that.

God says in the Quran that he has power to make everyone Muslim. But he will not do that since the earthly life is a test for mankind. God tells his Prophet Muhammad (sw) not to force people to embrace Islam because God gives people free will choose from good (=Islam) and evil (=other ways of life).

References:

‘If your Lord wished, he could make the whole of mankind believe in Him. (O Muhammad), will you force people to believe?’ (The Glorious Qur’an10:99)

‘Say: The Truth has come from your Lord. Let him who will, believe it, and let him who will, reject it.’ (The Glorious Qur’an 18: 29)

‘Blessed is He in whose hands is the Kingdom- who is powerful over everything- who has created death and life, so that He might test you as to which among you [proves that he] is good in conduct.’ (The Glorious Qur’an 67: 1-2)

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