How Is God Merciful ?
I tried reading Hamza’s chapter 11 and found so many absurdities in it that I had to stop it midway. I request others to provide reasonable and better answers as I don’t want to spend further time on that book, specially : “Even natural disasters and fatal illnesses are seen through the eyes of hope, mercy and forgiveness. The Islamic perspective on illness is that it is a form of purification, which facilitates eternal bliss in paradise for the sick.”
Another question would arise. Is the a Quran eternal. See- the attribute of Allah’s speech is eternal with him- a part of him. When the utterance appears it is a showing of that attribute. The same way the ability of mercy is eternal. It’s emergence is not related to the actual ability in the sense that the emergence allows/creates/causes the ability/attribute
The dictionary definition of mercy : “compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.” Can mercy make sense if there doesn’t exist that someone ?
OK.. so if he didn’t create humans, he wouldn’t be merciful ? So, is Allah’s attribute dependent on his plan to create humans ? Without humans he can’t be merciful.
The ability to be a good father existed within you before having children