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My beloved brothers and sisters, we know that Allah is in absolute control of entire existence

All praise is due to Allah who is the Lord of the worlds the Creator the Narisha the cherished the sustainer the provider the protector the

the cure the one in absolute control of every single aspect of existence one might ask well in that particular case

Why does he allow certain things to happen?

Subhan Allah why does Allah allow negative things to happen?

Do you know that Allah has given man and Allah has given his creatures to a certain extent some form of a

some form of a choice in some of what they do and some of what they say etc.

So Allah has given us a choice within what he has allowed in order to test us and

This Allah explains in the Quran in a few places where Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says

Inna hadina khusabila we guided man to the path in Mashaqiran wa imma qafuran

We've given him the choice either he would be you know grateful show gratitude by worshipping Allah alone following what Allah has revealed or

Qafuran showing ungratefulness in gratitude and that would be known as

Qufr which means disbelieving in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala as well. So in gratitude and disbelief come hand in hand

You know so Allah has allowed us certain a certain leeway

But all of that is within the permission of Allah within the power of Allah nothing happens except by the permission and

Knowledge of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala now Allah has

Created species we as human beings are just one of those species and Allah says

La wa la qaadun qaadun qaadun bani adam indeed we have honored the humankind we have honored the children of Adam

Meaning the human beings we've given them honor above other creatures of Allah

Subhanahu wa Ta'ala in a certain way and then Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala

Expands and Allah explains to us even more la qaadun qaadun al

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