Ma Mooli

I think that when these kind of questions arise (and they do often with every misfortune) it generally a lack of understanding of the true nature of God and His relationship with humans.

If you think about it, these questions are in essence a direct or indirect claim against God, based on the assumption that God does not seem to care enough about his creation for letting so many die, or for allowing tyrants to get away with murder and oppression without any form of justice. There is also another assumption at play here, and that is that us humans supposedly have more empathy with other humans, than God seems to have.

Now I'm not saying whether these questions are right or wrong, infact they're probably a starting point for most of us in challenging our blind faith in God, and most likely if concluded correctly, will lead to stronger faith based on conviction, however what im saying is it certainly reflects our limited knowledge regarding our relationship with God, and his view with respect to us humans.

If you think about it in the wider sense, God created this earth with many systems running simultaneously and interdependant on each other. He created the solar system, the weather system, the water system, vegetation system, animal food chain system and various other eco systems that feed, grow and compete for each other.

In each of these systems, the mechanics or the blueprints as it were, are created and set out by God, after which nature takes its course. Despite what we like to think, God doesnit sit there interfereing or rectifying every disruption that occurs in the natural world, but lets it correct itself. He set up a mighty system that either adapts to its changes or naturally dies out. Life goes on and that is what we call evolution.

God didnt interefere when the dinosaurs died out, or when the dodos became extinct. Similiarly He doesnt interfere when humans distrupt the natural system, with thier own man made creations, laws, societies and lifestyles. He simply created a biological system with the ability to reason, and then He let that system run. And that is what we acknowledge as free will.

For that reason, He does not interfere at every injustice or rectifying every natural distaster, for that is not how the system blueprint works.

You see, where would our free will go, if God was interfering at every turn? What would be the point of his guidance system, if he perfected us from the beginning? And more importantly, what would be the point of societal law of crime and punishment, if it was left to God to deal with the sinners at every point. A system like that would not run independently and eventually break down.

Instead, God gave us humans the abilty to think and adapt. And most importantly, he gave us guidance at every turn. Over 1,24000 Prophets to various parts in the world, at different times, to various people and tribes, of whom we only know about a tiny handful.

This is where we are differentiated from other creations and this is where his mercy comes in.

The system he set in place for us is the act of dua. This is the only point of interference in the natural system that God is willing to make. And as simple as it sounds, dua is the only purpose He created humans for, i.e. to ask from Him, be it for health, wealth, forgiveness or other desires.

After all what is the essence of salah? it is not in anyway to benefit God, after all there are billions of people in this world, who dont recognise the One God, dont pray, fast or give to charity, there are billions who have passed away in that state. It doesnt make an iota of difference to Him except to wanting to prevent more people from going astray.

The ones He is looking for are the ones who are seeking Him, the ones who already recognise Him and ask sincerely for their desires. That is all He wants. That is what you and I are here for.

God is saying to us, I am willing to change your life, your destiny, your afterlife, its not difficult for me, I say 'Be' and it is, but in this system, you need to ask for it. And that is the only point God interfers with nature, inorder to bring it into accord with your desires. What can you say is more merciful then that?

Because by that simple task of asking, you are not only recognising God as your provider, as the all powerful, but you are also recognising your true significance in this world, by submitting sincerely to God. That is all He waiting for. A personal connection with the best of His creation.

So with that in the back of our minds mind, how we can claim to have more empathy than our creator is quite difficult to comprehend. Our empathy is minute when you compare it to the thousands of systems God has created for us, it is minute in comparison especially when we are his creation and he loves us more than any human ever can, regrdless of whether we recognise Him or not.

He created those feelings FGS, he created those parent/child bond, the husband/wife bond, He created empathy and love guys, how can we claim to know more about it than the creator Himself??

I always tell people who question God's powers, that mate, you saw/heard/expereinced one devastating incident and you start to lose hope in God, God has witnessed mass killings and injustices from the beginning of mankind, trashing his laws, denying His existance, harming and killing HIS creation, yet after all that, He still hasnt given up on us.

He is still pleading for a connection of some sort, whilst we have disconnected from Him. He is desperate to answer our calls, whilst we ignore Him, He is willing to help us out, whilst we question His kindness.

That my friend, is the system of true love and mercy.