On behalf of my friend (who recently became a muslim) Finds it very hard for an all loving God to send people to hell, and why wouldnt he just forgive them.


I need some help answering that. thanks

if he has read the quran her would know.believe me its in the quran.....he just needs to read it..

do u believe in justice?...of course you do and so does he...

after i finished the quran.....i thought was the most fair and justified book ever......but i also had this sense of forgiveness if i sincerly repented

so what im tryin to say is ..speak to him about justice,fairness, and training mans will.....thats the reason why were on earth...right....its not Allah that punishes people..he created us pure and good.....its mans own soul that hurts itself....

89. Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such are safe from fear that Day.
90. And whoso bringeth an ill-deed, such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did ?

75. And there is nothing hidden in the heaven or the earth but it is in a clear Record.

hope this helps.i got more...i just need to think

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sl.gif) akhi, Welcome to the forums. Hope your stay here is beneficial (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

Now to answer your question. Yes this is true that Allah is Ar Rahman Ar Raheem; He is Ghafoor urRaheem (plz excuse the english-arabic). But we should also understand that Allah is not an "all loving God". He is also punishing when people do bad.

Let me explain. God is most fair. In the end, when a person dies, all they are getting in return is what they did in this life. If a person was a good muslim and did good things to the best of their abilities, followed Islam as best as he/she could then inshallah by Allah's mercy He will surely forgive us and permit us to enter Jannah.

But on the other hand if a person was a non-muslim, first of all they have not acknowledged their Creator, their Sustainer, their Lord and God as being there. They go about in ghalfa (heedlessness) and la'b (play) in this life as if thinking that no matter what they do there is no consequence of their doing. That its okay to be a "good" person and thats it. But thats not "it". The thing is we humans need to acknowledge Allah also in addition to being a good person. You see?

A non-muslim person will then tell you well Islam is unfair and this and that and name a 100 names of "good" people. Well the answer is simple and I've already touched up on this- If a disbeliever is "good" in this world then he/she is truly rewarded in this world! They will have a good life and Allah will reward them for what they have done. Recall Allah is most just! He will recompnse them for what they have done man! Thats it. They will have this life. But in the hereafter they will not be happy at all! And why? because this is what they did. Do you get it?

Basically what i'm saying is Yes Allah is Ar Rahman Ar Raheem but He is also Al Jabbar (The compellor) and Al Qahhar (The subduer) and He will reward you for what you have done. It is not a simple case of denying Allah all your life and when you die you expect Jannah! No, Allah gives you what your own hands have earned.

Bro you should also tell your friend that Allah loves his creation. He created man in the best of forms. And even if a person is initially thrown into hell (to cleanse their sins), if that person had even a little bit of Iman in his/her heart, then after this time Allah will remove them from hell and permit them to enter jannah (heaven) inshallah.

Plus tell your friend there is an authentic hadith that states that Allah split the emotion/act of "mercy" into 100 parts and sent down 1 part to us whilst He kept 99 parts with Himself. And because of this 1 part of mercy we see that even wild animals are kind to their young. Allah loves his creation 99 times more and you can imagine how it must be for Him to see his beloved creation go astray!

Something to think over akhi.