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Augustine did), everyone has tried to address these questions that are just as debatable and can be pondered upon.[236] The question at this juncture with which we have to deal is this: Is the existence of all these sufferings and evils in the world ethical and compatible with the sublime attributes of God or not? This question can be answered from two perspectives.

One is from the perspective of faith and through the acceptance of the principles of religion [ usūl ad-dīn ] and submission to them. It is from this perspective that the believer says that the entire universe and all its components are creations of God, one of Whose Attributes is Wisdom. All the actions of the Wise are full of wisdom. Thus, there is wisdom in suffering and evil in it as well.

Although we are not able to comprehend the secret behind so many evils, this ignorance of ours does not mean that they lack wisdom. It only shows how ignorant we are, and that our knowledge is not so considerable in relation to the things unknown to us and that we have taken…