Sunday, October 14, 2018

Answers to the Most Common Questions in Islam

Found this great reddit post where the user u/ACloseCaller that Lists some of the most common questions we or others ask ourselves, and the ayats that answer them. 

The original post is here.

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction. - Quran 4:82
1) What is the purpose of Life? 
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving - Quran 67:2
2) For what reason do we exist?
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. - Quran 51:56
3) Who is God?
He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. He is Allah , the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. - Quran 59:22-24
4) Why would a Merciful God allow us to suffer?
Do the people think that they will be left to say, 'We believe' and they will not be tried? But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars. - Quran 29:2-3
5) Where is God during all this chaos we see and suffering? 
And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror]. Racing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them, and their hearts are void. - Quran 14:42 - 43
And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]. - Quran 16:61
6) If God really exists, then why did He allow such and such to happen to me? 
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned... - Quran 2:286
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease - Quran 94:5-6
7) I keep asking God for such and such and yet God hasn't answered me. 
..perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not. - Quran 2:216
And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty. - Quran 17:11
8) If God exists, then why doesn't He just appear or speak to us? 
Those who do not know say, "Why does Allah not speak to us or there come to us a sign?" Thus spoke those before them like their words. Their hearts resemble each other. We have shown clearly the signs to a people who are certain [in faith]. - Quran 2:118
Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason. - Quran 2:164
9) What is the soul? and what happens to us when we die?
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little." - Quran 17:85
Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned." - Quran 32:11
10) If this Quran is truly a guide for all of Mankind then why was it revealed in Arabic? 
And if We had made it a non-Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." - Quran 41:44 
11) If God exists, then why do evil people live lavishly and good people suffer?
And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous. - Quran 43:33-35
...do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,"When is the help of Allah ?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near. - Quran 2:214