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ASSALAMUALAIKUM

 

PLEASE FIND ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWING HINDU EXTREMISTS IN INDIA BURNING KORAN. IT IS PAINFUL TO WATCH SUCH ACTS FOR ALL THE HELPLESS MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD. MY QUESTION IS WHY ALLAH DOES NOT PUNISH THEM INSTANTLY WHICH WOULD SERVE AS LESSON FOR OTHERS?

 

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Buring quran punish

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 67 Surah Al Mulk verse 2:

He (Allah) created death and life that He may test you, to see which of you is the best in deeds.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah Anbiyaa verse 35:

35      Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good (only) by way of trial: to Us must ye return.

 

Respected brother in Islam, the life of this short and transitory world is but a period of tests and a trial from the Lord, Most Gracious Most Merciful…..the real place to receive rewards and punishments is only the Hereafter.  If the Lord Most Majestic were to catch or account every people for their evil deeds immediately, not a single soul would be able to survive on this earth for even an instant!!!!  

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 61:

61      If Allah were to punish men for their wrongdoing (instantly) He would not leave on the (earth) a single living creature!  But He gives them respite for a ‘term’ Decreed: when their ‘term’ expires they would not be able to delay (the punishment) for a single moment, just as they would not be able to anticipate it (for a single moment)!

 

But it is the Grace and the Mercy and the Wisdom of the Lord Most High that He has Decreed a fixed time for each and every soul for the period of this test…..so that one may fulfill this ‘test’ as one wills and pleases….accept and support the Guidance of their Lord Creator if one so wills; or reject and challenge the Guidance of their Lord Creator if one so wills…..at the end of the ‘test’ period of this one short and transitory life, without an iota of a doubt, all will be gathered in the Majestic Presence of their Lord Who Created!  That is the Decreed Time and Place for the distribution of Rewards and Punishments……

 

The ones who did good will be rewarded with the Grace and the Mercy of their Lord; and the ones who chose to and persisted in their evil will deserve the Unimaginable Wrath, and the Anger and the Punishments of their Lord!

 

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah Kahf verse 29:

Proclaim, “This (Quran) is the Truth from your Lord:  now whosoever wills may accept it,  and whosoever wills may reject it.” (As for those who reject it) We have prepared for such workers of iniquity a Fire whose flames have encircled them.  There, if they ask for water , they will be given a drink like the dregs of oil,  which will burn their mouths!  What an evil drink, and what an evil abode!

 

If some amongst the disbelievers, in their hatred towards the Truth, have chosen to abuse or tear or burn the Glorious Quran…..rest absolutely assured brother that their deed is recorded by the appointed Angels, and well in the Knowledge of The Lord Most Majestic Who Created!  Also rest absolutely assured brother, that there is none who can exact revenge and retribution quite like Allah Subhanah, the Lord of the Worlds….but the Revenge and the Retribution of the Lord Most High will take place at the ‘time’ Appointed and Decreed by Him (The Day of Judgment)!

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verses 4-5:

4        Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah will suffer the severest penalty; and Allah is Exalted in Might, The Lord of Retribution.

5        From Allah, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens!

 

The Messenger of Allah (saws) once sent a letter with some Aayahs of the Glorious Quran inviting the Persian King Khusroe to the Truth of Islam…..

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.64 Narrated by Abdullah bin Abbas

Once Allah's Messenger (saws) gave a letter to a person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of Bahrain (which was under Persian rule at the time). (He did so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Khusroe, who read that letter and then tore it to pieces. Ibn Al-Musaiyab said that Allah's Messenger (saws), upon hearing what happened, invoked Allah against them (saying), "May Allah tear them into pieces, and disperse them all totally."

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan