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If God is loving, kind, and Merciful,Why would He punish
anyone in
Hell?
Answer
Due to a slight
misunderstanding, many people see this as an unresolvable contradiction.
This question has troubled them to the point of driving them away from
religion altogether. The misunderstanding begins with the assumption that
God loves everyone, even sinners. Then it becomes difficult to explain why
God would punish sinners.
Some people attempt to explain
their way around this by saying that God loves the sinner but hates the
sin. This explanation would have been good enough if God would
punish the sin and save the sinner. Instead, God will punish the sinner,
so the problem remains.
To survey the problem a little
further, consider the following quote from Matthew's Gospel:
"You have heard that it was
said, Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your
enemies ..." (Matthew 5:43-44).Now, this passage indicates
that it is a good thing to love one's enemies. it follows, then, that God,
being infinitely good, must love His enemies too. But then, why would He
punish them? Why, for example, would God torment some of His creatures day
and night for ever and ever in a lake of burning sulphur if He loves them?
(see Revelation 20:10).
The Qur'an resolves this
problem by indicating quite clearly that although God is full of loving
kindness He does not love sinners who refuse to change.
We know from the Qur'an that
Allah does not like the following categories of people:
mischief makers
treacherous ingrates
proud people
prodigals
rejectors of God's
message.It presents, therefore, no difficulty in the mind of a Muslim if
God punishes such people. On the other hand, it makes more sense that God
will not treat the good and bad in the same manner. Therefore we must all
try our best to do what pleases God, and seek His forgiveness for our
failings.
The
Qur'an tells us that Allah loves the following categories of
people:
those who do good
those who repent for
their sins
those who keep
themselves clean
those who fulfil
their pledges and are conscious of Allah
those who are
steadfast on the right path
those who trust in Allah.
Let us therefore ask God
to make us deserving of His infinite love.
Author: Shabir Ally
Source:
Common Questions people ask about Islam
