A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ What arguments have been used to counter the Epicurean Paradox? ”   I am looking at this question for the Abrahamic and related traditions since they explicitly hold the concept of an Omniscient, Omnipotent God as central to their theological doctrine.   Mainstream Judaism and traditional Islam both agree that evil is perception since if God is All Good, then everything in the Divine Sight and cosmic scale is ultimately good.   It is our inadequacy and perception that causes things to be “evil”.   There is a Day of Judgement where all misconceptions are Addressed.   Based on Scripture, Christianity actually defines evil as all that is opposed to God and His   Intent, sin; or that which the human perspective views as “harmful and non-productive”, suffering. Christian theologians have argued that though evil is present, it is not strong enough evidence to su...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Like the rest of Wahhabi innovators, Muhammad Naswir ad-Din al-Albani declared Ash’aris, Maturidis, and Sufis to be outside the fold of the Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah and even outside the fold of Islam, although Allah ( s.w.t. ) and His Prophet ( s.a.w. ) Praised them:   سُوۡرَةُ المَائدة يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَن يَرۡتَدَّ مِنكُمۡ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَسَوۡفَ يَأۡتِى ٱللَّهُ بِقَوۡمٍ۬ يُحِبُّہُمۡ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ ۥۤ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ يُجَـٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوۡمَةَ لَآٮِٕمٍ۬‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٲسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ (٥٤)   O you who believe!   If any from among you turn back from his faith, soon will Allah Produce a people whom He will Love as they will love Him, ― lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the Way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fau...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Brother Chris Hutchinson posted this on The Sharing Group, on the 13 th June, 2015: “This question has probably been asked numerous times so I am sorry if you have to explain once again, but since it occurred to me, I am yet to find a satisfactory answer by any monotheist sect.   My question is, if God is Omniscient, and therefore not limited by the boundaries of time; He then Knows everything even before it happens.   This is why most people agree that things are ‘written’ as God Wills.   Therefore, God would Know whether or not someone would accept His Message before He even Created them.   And if a person ultimately ends up in Hell, then it would be fair to say they were ‘destined’ for that fate before they had even been born since God knows Everything and is not bound by time.   So then, why would God Create a person, if he knew the life choices they were going to make beforehand would lead them into a life of sin a...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was posted, by Mat Rumi, on The Sharing Group, on the 20 th May 2016, “I read somewhere that the Ash’ari school of thought is favoured by Muslim leaders historically.   This is because their position on qada’ wa qadr is that leaders are put in power by Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Decree, and to revolt against the rulers is to defy Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Decree.   In connection to this, the Abbasids initially supported the Mu’tazilah in their fight against the Umayyads. Once they held power, they considered the Mu’tazilah position on qada’ wa qadr dangerous.   Is that true?   Brother Terence Helikaon Nunis: The Abbasids did not favour the Mu’tazilah .   Only three or four of their caliphs did so.   The Mu’tazilah only gained ascendancy in the ‘Abbasid government during the reign of the Caliph al-Ma’mun, from 813 CE.   al-Ma’mun was the founder of Bayt al-Hikmah .   He became a Mu’tazilah , and used ...