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		By: Ahmed		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mashallah.]]></description>
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		By: Ahmed		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mashallah, what an explanation!
Inshallah I will not mind that bad things happen to me
And will continue to have faith in Allah as one day
There is happiness to come.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mashallah, what an explanation!<br />
Inshallah I will not mind that bad things happen to me<br />
And will continue to have faith in Allah as one day<br />
There is happiness to come.</p>
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		By: maryam		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8462&quot;&gt;Anam Majeed&lt;/a&gt;.

Masha Allah very well explained!!:)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8462">Anam Majeed</a>.</p>
<p>Masha Allah very well explained!!:)</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		By: How To Get Through Hardships &#38; Trials in life! - Page 2		</title>
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		By: Nuraini		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think the popular notion of good and evil is as per the perception of our material body: Good = what causes us comfort and pleasure; Evil = what causes us pain and suffering. Whereas, when you consider the soul, and a Creator beyond this material universe from which it came, and that material things in this universe at its smallest level are a function of natural laws of physics and thus mean nothing in themselves, then you will understand that Good = what brings a closer distance to Creator and; Evil = what takes us further from Creator.

It this way one would immediately see that no matter what happens in life then, whether extremely pleasurable or horrific, means nothing in itself, but its meaning can be good or evil depending on whether you use it to become closer or further from God.

I reflect on the many other living things in this world, many of which are threatened and killed or suffer in the millions either in natural cycles or by humans, all the insects and wildlife and grass and weeds and trees, and we consider this to be &#039;natural laws&#039; - it is only humans who think of all living things we should be exempted from such natural laws, and when we go through the ups and downs experienced by every thing in nature, we think some of it is an &#039;evil&#039; when it happens to us.

This is not to say that we should be cruel to one another, but just to point out that we don&#039;t usually have perspective when we judge what is good and evil. Things like the Holocaust are undoubtedly evil, not actually because of the amount of suffering involved, but because they are things that were the result of so many people being so far from their Creator, and perhaps caused many more to die or survive in such distance as well. But for those who suffered who, because of their suffering became closer to their Creator and died in that state, surely for them despite the evil of their oppressors, they have obtained the greatest good, from exactly the same material event.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the popular notion of good and evil is as per the perception of our material body: Good = what causes us comfort and pleasure; Evil = what causes us pain and suffering. Whereas, when you consider the soul, and a Creator beyond this material universe from which it came, and that material things in this universe at its smallest level are a function of natural laws of physics and thus mean nothing in themselves, then you will understand that Good = what brings a closer distance to Creator and; Evil = what takes us further from Creator.</p>
<p>It this way one would immediately see that no matter what happens in life then, whether extremely pleasurable or horrific, means nothing in itself, but its meaning can be good or evil depending on whether you use it to become closer or further from God.</p>
<p>I reflect on the many other living things in this world, many of which are threatened and killed or suffer in the millions either in natural cycles or by humans, all the insects and wildlife and grass and weeds and trees, and we consider this to be &#8216;natural laws&#8217; &#8211; it is only humans who think of all living things we should be exempted from such natural laws, and when we go through the ups and downs experienced by every thing in nature, we think some of it is an &#8216;evil&#8217; when it happens to us.</p>
<p>This is not to say that we should be cruel to one another, but just to point out that we don&#8217;t usually have perspective when we judge what is good and evil. Things like the Holocaust are undoubtedly evil, not actually because of the amount of suffering involved, but because they are things that were the result of so many people being so far from their Creator, and perhaps caused many more to die or survive in such distance as well. But for those who suffered who, because of their suffering became closer to their Creator and died in that state, surely for them despite the evil of their oppressors, they have obtained the greatest good, from exactly the same material event.</p>
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		By: smh		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[salaam, jazakallakhair, good article. i had an argument with a friend today about this and felt really depressed because i couldn&#039;t explain &quot;the problem of evil&quot; to her, and thus couldn&#039;t really explain why I believe in Allah. this has helped.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>salaam, jazakallakhair, good article. i had an argument with a friend today about this and felt really depressed because i couldn&#8217;t explain &#8220;the problem of evil&#8221; to her, and thus couldn&#8217;t really explain why I believe in Allah. this has helped.</p>
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		By: ummi		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ummi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8473&quot;&gt;Anam Majeed&lt;/a&gt;.

Sister r u also a scholar, do u also have a web site?
Mustafa Umars article enriched me and I am really enjoying your conversation with Bob]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8473">Anam Majeed</a>.</p>
<p>Sister r u also a scholar, do u also have a web site?<br />
Mustafa Umars article enriched me and I am really enjoying your conversation with Bob</p>
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		By: ummi		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ummi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8462&quot;&gt;Anam Majeed&lt;/a&gt;.

MashaAllah you wrote just as convincingly as Mustafa Umar
I almost fell for what Bob said]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/overcoming-hardships/why-does-god-allow-bad-things-to-happen-answered-by-imam-mustafa-umar/#comment-8462">Anam Majeed</a>.</p>
<p>MashaAllah you wrote just as convincingly as Mustafa Umar<br />
I almost fell for what Bob said</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] both narratology and ludology have their own research questions that are not always compatible. ...Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen? Answered by Imam ...Shuaib Mwima. December 23, 2008 at 9:00 am &#124; Permalink. Thanks very much for the article, I went [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] both narratology and ludology have their own research questions that are not always compatible. &#8230;Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen? Answered by Imam &#8230;Shuaib Mwima. December 23, 2008 at 9:00 am | Permalink. Thanks very much for the article, I went [&#8230;]</p>
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