Harsh Punishment For The Denial Of Truth
Well my initial argument was that Allah faces no loss in such scenario. You won’t give me a bonus because I am refusing you as my employer even when I use your car. Ultimately, it wastes your time, your resources, you have been harmed and hence need compensation. So you do the just thing and not give me bonus. But if I use Allah’s car/free will, not hit sales targets/good deeds, it doesn’t hurt Allah’s “profit” at all . If He still gives me bonus (or refuses) it doesn’t hurt Him at all. Hence whether Abu Talib denied the truth innocently doesn’t matter. Him denying truth willingly and knowingly doesn’t matter either. Because Allah faces no harm from the denial. You can be angry for one’s misuse of car, one rejection of your authority, because it hurts you so you refuse bonus. But why is Allah so angry for one’s kufr when it doesn’t hurt Him at all? Sure, Allah can consider it a crime and hence give a punishment but the ultimate punishment of eternal Hell? Seems a little off, don’t you think?
I’m sure Allah will be most generous and merciful, perhaps even to the deniers of truth. We can hope for that I agree. But Ghamidi Sahab said that suppose Allah isn’t generous nor merciful to deniers of truth, and execute His warning to the last letter, it would not go against Him being Just at all which I do find a bit concerning is all. As for the filing a case example. Yes I agree that you should file a case against a problematic individual while rewarding the obedient ones but, my argument is not that you shouldn’t file a case at all nor that Allah should not punish a denier of truth at all. But rather that He shouldn’t punish them worse than any other crimes. I want Allah to punish Hitler and the Pharoah but I’m not sure if I want a polytheist that used to do good deeds to burn in eternal Hell though . And you might say, “Well maybe he was a polytheist in error, Allah will forgive him.” Sure except Ghamidi Sahab say that Shirk is a sin that has no excuse, probably most of the polytheists, righteous and evil, both are going to Hell it seems.
Brother Saad, you pretty much summed it up in your statement (especially 2nd part of it): “Eternal punishment might just be a warning but perhaps never a reality. And when it is a reality, I’m sure Allah will be able to justify it.” As Ustaz Ghamidi Sb sometimes say, when we meet Allah on the Day of Judgement, we will ask Him……….
@Dawar No need to answer the last question. I believe brother Faisal Ali has given a satisfactory answer above. Thank you.