Evil

Evil, in a general sense, is the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, though in everyday usage is often used more narrowly to denote profound wickedness. It is generally seen as taking multiple possible forms, such as the form of personal moral evil commonly associated with the word, or impersonal natural evil (as in the case of natural disasters or illnesses), and in religious thought, the form of the demonic or supernatural/eternal.

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Evil . God (Allah)

If Allah (swt) has unlimited and infinite love and compassion and He also has full knowledge of the future, then why did He create all the evil people about whom He knows that they will end up in Hell?

Zeinab Donati, Zeinab Donati has been studying books about various Islamic subjects for more than 19 years. She is deeply interested in history and politics as well as social issues in particular those pertaining... Answered 6 years ago

In addition to what have been nicely replied, I would like to share a list of texts that discuss about evil in relation with Divine Justice, hoping that they will be interesting read that will bring a lot of reflections and a deeper understanding on this subject inshaAllah.
Divine Justice and the Problem of Evil, by Ghulam Husayn Adeel
https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol11-n2-2010/divine-justice-...
Divine Justice or The Problem of Evil, by Javad Shayvard
https://www.al-islam.org/divine-justice-or-problem-evil-javad-shayvard
Discursive Theology Volume 1, Lesson 25: Evil and the Justice of God
https://www.al-islam.org/discursive-theology-volume-1-dr-ali-rabbani-gul...
Evils, An Excerpt from Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari's Divine Justice
https://www.al-islam.org/articles/evils-excerpt-ayatullah-murtadha-mutah...
Ultimate Questions in Philosophy of Religion, by Shaykh Mansour Leghaei, chapter 17 & 18
https://www.al-islam.org/ultimate-questions-philosophy-religion-shaykh-m...
https://www.al-islam.org/ultimate-questions-philosophy-religion-shaykh-m...

Evil . God (Allah)

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 6 years ago

Allah, The Glorious, created human beings and granted them the ability to be good if they want, or to be bad if they insist on doing bad. In Quran ( We Have guided the human being to the right path, to chose whether to be grateful or disgraceful) Sura Al-Insan, Verse 3.

Allah (SWT) gives all human beings the option to choose their faith and deeds, after guiding them to the Truth. They will meet the results of their option in this life and hereafter.
No doubt that Allah knows who will be grateful and who will be disgraceful, but His knowledge does not make Him cancel the existence of those who will be bad, or stop their creation, because it will be against justice to punish the sinners to be before committing the sin.

Evil people prove the qualities of good people and with out bad people, it will be difficult to identify the good persons.

Wassalam.

Evil . God (Allah)

Zoheir Ali Esmail, Shaykh Zoheir Ali Esmail has a Bsc in Accounting and Finance from the LSE in London, and an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He studied Arabic at Damascus University and holds a PhD... Answered 6 years ago

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. The problem of evil is an issue that has been discussed extensively in philosophy of religion but unfortunately the issue is primarily framed in a way that emphasises certain Attributes of God based on the Christian tradition. There is also much confusion on the relation of God and time as well as on what knowledge actually is in relation to God.

In summary evil people are such through their own choice and it would be unjust for God to sentence them to eternal punishment without them actually choosing evil.

May you always be successful

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Man . Evil . God (Allah)

If Allah who is Almighty and All-Knowing created us to follow Him and to know the ultimate truth and to seek His nearness, then why did He in the first place create a man who is predisposed towards evil and has the ability to commit wrong?

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. Humans are created with a predisposition for good as well as evil. Their good is in their natural disposition (fitrah) and their evil stems from their commanding self (al-nafs al-ammarah). It is only through the disposition towards evil that the choice to follow what is right has value. Through the purification of the self, humans unveil the truth and through struggle they understand its value and nuances. So it is the Wisdom of God that dictates that humans should be endowed with the potential for good and evil and the choice to choose which path to take.

May you always be successful.

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Satan . Human . Evil

Can Satan sometimes manifest himself as the devil in the form of humans trying to destroy human life? Can it be said that Shaitan can be human as well based on evil behaviors?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answer updated 6 years ago

According to the Qur'an and hadith, Shaytan is an immaterial entity who affects people through influencing their hearts and minds.

(By "immaterial", I mean that he is not composed of the same physical material as objects around us. The Qur'an and hadith say that humans are composed of earth, jinn of fire, and angels of light. The prevalent understanding from the Qur'an is that Shaytan is a jinn, although there is a minority view that he was created as an angel. So he is made of something, he is just not made of the same physical substances that we interact with.)

Qur'an 6:122 speaks of shayateen (those who serve the interests of Shaytan) who are humans and jinn. This indicates that human beings themselves can carry out the will of Shaytan without him actually being present in physical form. It also indicates that, when it comes to Shaytan and shayateen, there is a real division between human and non-human beings and it is not metaphorical.

In any case, from that, it is clear that Shaytan does not need to be here in human form to do the job. A commander who can send a footsoldier does not need to show up himself.

In fact, human beings do not even need Shaytan to cause evil! We have the capacity for immense good and immense evil on our own.

There are some rare cases in the Qur'an where immaterial entities briefly appear as humans, such as when the angel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary, but it is not the norm.

Also, Allah protects the believers from Shaytan.

So while there are some humans that I might identify as Shaytan (no names here!), the Qur'an lends itself to a more literal interpretation of Shaytan as a wholly non-human being rather than as a someone who is a human or walks around in human form.

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Evil

What are the different types of evil and how can we protect ourselves from them?

Vinay Khetia, Shaikh Vinay Khetia has studied at various traditional Islamic seminaries in London, Iraq and Syria. He has an undergraduate degree in Religious and Near Eastern Studies from the University of... Answer imported 6 years ago

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God (Allah) . Evil

If God is Just then why is there evil?

Sayyid Fadhel Milani, Ayatollah Sayyid Fadhel Al-Milani was born in Karbala, Iraq, in 1944. He read Religious Studies at the hawza of Najaf, from 1962 to 1970, under late Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Qasim Al-Khoei and... Answer imported 7 years ago