The million dollar question – if there’s a God, why is there evil? As soon as we hear that question, each of us has some kind of answer. Now whether you are an atheist or a theist, there are several key points you need to be aware of. First – every single person in the world has probably asked him or herself that question. So frankly, if you think you’re the only one who truly, truly has contemplated over it in every single angle, sorry, but you aren’t. Since the beginning of human creation, that question has been asked. As mentioned in the Qur’an:

“And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successor.” They said, “Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?” He [Allah] said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.”

[Qur’an 2:30]

And since then, human beings have asked that question. Great philosophers have spoken about it and countless books have been written about it. If you think that a certain aspect of the question has not been addressed and that theists are just clueless to your high level of thinking, think again.

Two – a painful fact one has to accept is that the presence of evil does not disprove God. There’s no correlation. You can say what you want about the nature of God. You can ask, “God is supposed to be all merciful and all powerful, so why is there evil?” You can try to disprove a quality of God, but it does not disprove His existence.

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