Good Evil and suffering

Question 1

Moral evil

Answer 1

Suffering caused by human actions

Question 2

Natural evil

Answer 2

Suffering caused by nature E.G.hurricanes,flooding,illness.

Question 3

Mubah

Answer 3

Actions which are allowed because the Qur’an or Hadith don’t forbid them.

Question 4

Free will

Answer 4

Humans are free to make their own choices

Question 5

Mandub

Answer 5

Actions which a Muslim will be rewarded for doing but will not be punished for not doing

Question 6

Fard

Answer 6

Actions which must be done for a person to be thought of as good

Question 7

Repent

Answer 7

Feel regret for something you have done wrong

Question 8

Fitrah

Answer 8

The nature of humans are born with

Question 9

Halal

Answer 9

Actions that are permitted

Question 10

Haram

Answer 10

Actions that are forbidden

Question 11

Non religious attitudes to evil and suffering

Answer 11

They believe that a good God would not have designed a world that had natural evil.

If God is omnipotent he must be able to remove evil and suffering from the world.

If God is omnibenevolent he must want to remove evil and suffering from the world.

Question 12

Muslim attitudes to suffering

Answer 12

God is much greater than humans so they cannot understand his motives and therefore must just accept what God does.

It comes from Allah as a reminder of sin.

It is a test of faith and character

It can be due to human actions

Good can come from suffering

It is a part of Allah’s plan

Question 13

SOWA for evil and suffering

Answer 13

“Good and evil cannot be equal repel evil with what is better” -(Surah 41:34)

“Anything good that happens to you is from God anything bad is ultimately from yourself” -(Surah 64:16)