Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why God sends creation to hellfire

“If God loves us, why would He put His own creation to hellfire in the hereafter? Please tell us how to address such a question rationally.”Asked by Zubair Iqbal, Ahmedabad

He answers at 1:06:50 in How God Manages Human History · 2 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:50
ji maulana, agla sawal Zubair Iqbal sahab ne likha hai Ahmedabad se. Unhone likha hai ke: "Maulana, lot of my atheist friends ask me that if God loves us, then why He would put His own creation to hellfire in the hereafter? please tell us how to address such a question rationally." dekhiye, jo akhirat ka jo anjam hai, chahe jannat ho ya dozakh ho, woh apne aamal hi ko bhukta hai ek aadmi. ya aap samajh lijiye, is ki baat ko. jahannam bhi apne aamal ko bhugtana hai aur jannat bhi apne aamal ko pana hai.
1:07:40
donon apne aamal ka aamal hain, donon ke donon. is par to hum ne likha hai, aap agar aap padh lein, hamari jo kitab hai, woh narah jahannam aur bagh jannat, do kitab choti choti hain, woh narah jahannam aur bagh jannat. maulana, jo hadith mein hai, woh hadith bataiye un logon ko. inma aamalukum turdu ilaykum, is ka hawala bataiye. inma aamalukum turdu ilaykum, ya ibadi, inma aamalukum turdu ilaykum.
1:08:34
hilyat ul awliya, safha number 144, jild number panch. aye bande, yeh tumhare aamal hain jo tumhari taraf lotaye jayenge. to jo is mein khair ko paya hai, to is par woh meri hamd kare aur jo is ke ilawa paya hai, to woh apne aap ko malamat kare. yani jannat bhi aap hi ka amal hoga aur jahannam bhi insan ka amal hoga. yeh hadith se sabit hota hai. maulana, agla sawal dilli se shahnawaz siddiqui sahab ne kiya hai. unhone likha hai: "califf is not a political term, but I think without political interference, many issues remain unresolved.
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