Shaykh Rasoul Q & AS
Shaykh Rasoul Q & A
Jun 25

iam questioning islam

i'am still muslim but if god is all knowing, so he knows if i go to heaven or hell. so he isn't all loving if he is all knowing. and if he is all loving he will not create you with the chance of going to hell. if god is all powerful can he create a rock and that he can't lift? if he can't lift it he isn't all powerful if he can't create it he isn't all powerful. iam still muslim but that's a contradiction in most of the relegions. 
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Jun 28, 2026

1. If God is all-knowing, and He already knows I'll go to Hell, do I really have free will? This is known as the problem of divine foreknowledge. The classical Islamic (and many Christian) response is: God knows every choice you will make. His knowledge does not cause your choices. Imagine you watch a recording of yesterday's football match. You know exactly who wins, but your knowledge didn't make the players act that way. The objection, however, is stronger than that: "But God didn't just watch the universe. He created it knowing exactly what would happen." That's a genuine philosophical challenge. Some philosophers argue that if God infallibly knows your future, then your future cannot be otherwise. Others argue that knowing an event doesn't cause it, so free will remains intact. There is no universally accepted solution. 2. If God is all-loving, why create people He knows will go to Hell? This is probably one of the hardest questions in theology. The traditional Islamic answer is: Love does not eliminate justice. God gives every person reason, free will, and guidance. People freely choose whether to accept or reject that guidance. The obvious follow-up is: "Why not create only the people who would freely choose Heaven?" Different theologians answer differently: Some say a world with genuine freedom must allow the possibility of rejecting God. Others argue that God has reasons beyond human understanding. Some Muslim scholars believe many people who never truly received the message fairly will be judged differently. Whether these answers are satisfying is something each person has to evaluate. 3. Can God create a rock so heavy He can't lift it? This is called the Omnipotence Paradox. Most philosophers don't think this disproves omnipotence because the question itself is logically contradictory. It's like asking: Can God make a square circle? Can God create a married bachelor? These aren't difficult tasks—they're meaningless combinations of words. So many philosophers define omnipotence as: The ability to do anything that is logically possible. Under that definition, logical contradictions aren't "things" that can be done. Are these contradictions? Not necessarily. They are philosophical challenges that every major religion has had to address. Some thinkers believe the answers are convincing. Others think the answers fail. Neither side has produced an argument that everyone accepts.