Dear Brother Mughal1,
Dear friends, thank you all for responding. The point I wanted to make was about word BALAA which is from root BAA, LAAM and WOW. It has several meanings eg prove, make evident, demonstrate, calamity, trial, test, experiment, task, struggle, effort etc.
This seems to be your "second thought". I say so, because the first post which you made conveys
completely different thing. It was a sort of challenge, question and a sort of feeler thrown to confuse the
reader(s) that If there is any thing in Quran or self-made belief. For me it was a trap for an ordinary
person. Look what you wrote in your first post:
Is there anything in the quran about it or is it a make beliefs? If it is a make belief, where did it come from, how or why and what effect it had or can have on people who believe so?
If the purpose was just to define an arabic word "Balaoo", the construction of the post should have
been entirely different. Therefore one should take it as confusion, challenge, or twisting the idea. u r
the better judge.
In either case pain and suffering is not from Allah as punishment
but as consequences of our own actions.
You are totally wrong again. Allah does try the people with "Khair" and
also with "Shar" as a trial and does punish them in this worldly life
if their actions are not in line with His Orders: In support I gave you the following
verse which is very clear:
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ [FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]
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[Pickthal 21:35] Every soul must taste of death,
and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.[/SIZE]
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[Yusufali 21:35] Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. to Us must ye return.[/SIZE]
Dear Brother, your ideas are governed by the "Predetermined concept" in your mind. Until and
unless you approach Quran from a neutral position, your thoughts will remain scattered and
will always you feel a vacuum!
Thanks