Let’s delve a little deep in the part of the Qur’an where God announced to the angels that He will place man on Earth:

“And [mention, O Muhammad], 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]

When the angels asked God the question, did God give a fancy answer? Did He say, “Well, for this person, he suffered that calamity because of this reason and if it didn’t happen, this would’ve happened. And if something else happened, it would’ve been worse for him”? Nope.

All He said was, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.” It’s hard to accept such an answer, but there’s a profound lesson in that. We may understand why some things happened to a certain person. Maybe your friend didn’t get that job because he was lazy in school. Maybe your uncle got into a car accident because he was a reckless driver. Maybe for a more complicated situation, after contemplating it for some time, we can see some reasoning behind it. However, at the end of the day, we don’t have the answers for everything. We don’t know why a five-year old girl would get leukemia. We don’t know why millions of innocent people have died in wars throughout human history they weren’t a part of. We also don’t know why certain “random” things have happened in our lives. But all this does not mean God doesn’t exist.

I heard a speaker once explain: if you go to a physics library and don’t understand some of the books, are you going to say, “Forget this! Physics doesn’t exist”?

At the end of the day, perhaps there are reasons, but so complex with many intricate parts to them, that our minds just cannot comprehend them all. Regardless, if we have the foundation and know that God has to exist and that He’s the All-Knowing, we sometimes just have to humbly accept that we don’t have all the answers.