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Faith & God · Q&A

Why Does God Cause Natural Calamities?

“Atheists say that free will is understandable, and the problems and misuse due to free will can be explained. But if God really existed, why does He cause natural calamities? Doesn't God know that this would be the case?”Asked by Saleem, Kanpur

He answers at 56:10 in On Atheism · 3 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:10
sawal kanpur se bheja hai saleem sahib ne aur unho ne likha hai atheist people say that while free will is understandable and the problems or misuse due to this free will can be explained. but if god really existed then why does he causes natural calamities? doesnt god know that this would kill so many people including the innocent children? maulana please give your comment on this.
56:40
mein is ko achi tarah se pakar nahi. kya sawal hai un ka? maulana woh just just ka ek sawal. just maulana jo samajh aa raha hai woh yeh ke if god really existed then why does he kaiziz so much of natural calamities? kyunke is se boht logon ki mout ho jati hai including innocent bachay.
57:01
to why why? wahi dekhen ye inhone hamari literature padhani hai. jis cheez ko natural calamity kehte hain wo calamity nahi hai. wo to insan ki training course hai. agar ye sab na ho to insan trained na ho.
57:20
insan trained na ho. is pe hum ne likha hai. is ko aap parhen hain. ye dunya mein ka tajurba hai ke yani ke shock se sab zyada insan mein change ata hai.
57:39
agar shock na ho to sab insan enable ho jaye. isi liye kaha jata hai blessing in disguise. blessing in disguise. to agar aap yani Allah taala insan ko chahte hain ke is ka spiritual development ho, intellectual development
57:59
ho, personality development ho, wo kaise hoga? agar shock na ho, agar problem na ho, agar difficulties na hon to sare insan enable ho jayenge. kisi ne boht sahi kaha hai ke is that to phir kyun kai ayaton mein yeh aaya hai ke ke khuda ghussa ho gaya ya khuda surprised hai? kyunke khuda sab janta hai to phir why god is being mentioned as surprised or angry? is ka door ya qareeb se kya taluq hai? kya matlab hai? Maulana woh yeh janna cha rahe hain ke Quran mein jo ayat hai ke khuda jugular vein se bhi close hai to is lehaz se khuda har action har thought ko janta hai.
58:44
thi. aur wo India mein itna bara darja mila un ko. constitution of India ke me'maar ban gaye. Dr. Abdul Kalam bilkul poor family paida hui.
59:03
to dekhiye ye insan ka jo nature hai wo difficulties mein ubharta hai. difficulties na ho to ubhrega bhi nahi. boht hi sahi hai qaul hai ke is not is but effort not facility but difficulty that makes man. Maulana agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo Dr. Saniya Stein Khan ne bheja
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