Why is there so much suffering in this World

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Shaykh Yasir Qadhi goes into the tangent of the sad reality that encompasses the pertinent question - "Why is there so much suffering in this world?" There are two types of calamities in this world: The calamity of food and shelter The calamity of war and strife The theological wisdom behind calamities and suffering in this world are as follows: Demonstrates Lordship - only Allah is Powerful, no one else. Appreciation of the fact that we are the servants of Allah. The religiosity, Iman, Taqwa, Du'a and calling to Allah that comes as a result. Exhibition of the best Akhlaq in a person. Allah allows others to demonstrate generosity and test those who are blessed with the worldly benefits and pleasures. Appreciation of the blessings and ease in our daily life for which we ought to be thankful to Allah. Blessings of Allah on the Day of Judgment due to pain in this world.

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com.
0:04.0	Al-Hilah Isabir in Niram
0:08.0	O'qal it to listen in bad in redim.
0:11.0	But ham-doh-thumb, al-ham, al-ham-tham, al-ham-thoum-alham-alham, Thumb, alham,
0:13.0	Duthu, Lham du Lac
0:15.0	I'm dankadir on Thay even
0:17.0	Arab Bulak.
0:18.0	At the Tana,
0:19.0	He Iran Kadhiran Brabana,
0:22.0	Seter, to Aq, Uybana,
0:25.0	The Ma'sala to be a wet Islam
0:28.0	I'll ne'bile most of the karem.
0:31.0	Allaha Al-A-Val-Kahim.
0:37.6	How can we truly thank Allah for our blessings without appreciating the blessings we have by mentioning those that are not as
0:46.6	fortunate as us. How can we truly understand how blessed we are unless and until we connect with those who are not as blessed
0:56.4	and we feel their pain we feel their suffering we take on their cause and so
1:02.4	today I wanted to just go into a bit of a tangent
1:05.5	because my whole day has just been thinking about this sad reality
1:09.5	that Subhana, here we are living a very good life by and large.
1:15.4	And the Islamophobia that we face in America
1:18.8	is utterly trivial compared to what people are facing in Burma with the Rohingya refugees, in Syria
1:27.6	with the 7 million refugees and a million and a half dead in Palestineasthan for the last 75 years.
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