How Annihilation Of Communities By Allah Is Punishment?
God has to demonstrate his punishment to make others aware that such court of justice will be erected in the hereafter too. So, He chose this way to punish the nations.
Dr. Irfan, don’t you think living or surviving on this Earth is more of a punishment no matter how comfortable you live and how rich you are. Every person has to go through heat, cold, hunger, disease and old age. On the other hand those who die can rest as dead until the day of judgement. So, for bad people death itself doesn’t look like punishment as they may not be sent to hell until judgement day. So aren’t they better off dead than good people living on this earth? Also I can’t find the ayah but it says in Quran that when Allah annihilated, good people also die.