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« on: June 24, 2015, 03:22:00 PM »
Peace to everyone,
Since this is my first post on this website I will just give a brief background on myself, I was born into a regular sunni family. My parents were religious but not to an extreme. So I recited the Quran in arabic (never actually understanding it) in the same way that most sunnis do, prayed in arabic (without understanding it). But I reached a stage in my life where I decided that I needed to actually study Islam on my own, even though where I come from (Pakistan) most of us are taught from childhood to only ask the mullahs about what Islam is because supposedly thinking on our own and researching Islam can lead towards kuffar, unless there is a clergyman to guide us. Anyway, ignoring the prevalent mindset I did start to read the translations of the Quran and after some time came to the realization that the Islam of the Quran is quite different to the Islam of the Hadith imposers. To be honest, at that time I had no idea that there was such a terminology as 'Quran Only' or 'Quranite' etc (for the record I do not consider myself a 'Quranite' I consider myself a Muslim). I had issues with the fact that hadith were not actually penned down by the Prophet himself and were a later addition just like what the Christians and the Jews did to their message from God.
Anyway, so to cut the story short, now that I believe that Quran is the only guidance that Allah (swt) has left for us through our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). I need to ask other people who are more knowledgeable on the Quran on how Allah (swt) guides us regarding the day of judgment. Allah (swt) has said that there will be a final judgment and there will be the ultimate justice for our deeds on that day, this is mentioned throughout the Quran and I agree that justice should be done for wrong the deeds in this life.
What I am confused about is this, if there is only one life for every soul, and some souls live to be a 100 years and some die at childbirth or when they are pre-pubescent. How are the souls of the pre-pubescent judged in a just way by Allah (swt) when they have not even been put through the trial. We do not believe in multiple lives or reincarnation, so then how is it just for a pre-pubescent soul to be sent to heaven while a the soul of the 80-100 year old is put through the trials and tribulations of life and then may end up in hell.
Does Allah (swt) elaborate on this point in the Quran in any way? Allah (swt) says that he is the most just and the most merciful. How does justice apply to those souls that were never put through the trial? Please understand that I am not trying to be insensitive to the tragedy that the death of a child entails for the family, I can understand that the death of a child can be a trial for the parent and the family from Allah (swt) but what about the soul that resided within the child. How was that soul put through the trial of life on earth.
If anyone has any references from the Quran on this issue I would be most grateful.
Peace be on all of you.