Forces of Evil - Bilal Philips #2

This profound presentation discusses Evil in our world from its origin, how it affects us at the present, and what could result from it in the future. People who believe in God turn away from that belief. How? When personal tragedy strikes, people try to find reason and rhymes to their tragedy, and often times end up rejecting God. Do you know someone who has made this mistake?

It is commonly misunderstood that Satan became a disbeliever because of his disobedience of Allah. If so, does any type of disobedience make you a disbeliever? Then what of Adam, who also disobeyed God? Is he a disbeliever? What exactly brings one to disbelief?

If God is so powerful, why does evil exist? Why is there so much emphasis on Evil rather than Good? Does pleasure in this life necessarily coincide with punishment in the next? Why are some prone to suffering while others are untouched?
This discussion presents the concept of Evil and how one can deal with it realistically.


Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips was born in Jamaica, but grew up in Canada, where he accepted Islam in 1972. He completed a diploma in Arabic, and a B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool Ad-Deen) at the Islamic Univeristy of Madeenah in 1979. At the University of Riyadh, College of Education, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985, and in the department of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, he completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994.




Since 1994 he has founded and directed the Islamic Information Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (which is now known as Discover Islam) and the Foreign Literature Department of Dar Al Fatah Islamic Press in Sharjah, UAE. Presently, he is a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University in Dubai and Ajman University in Ajman, UAE.

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[CoCaColaMuslim]

Salam brother thank you for all your video im gonna learn all about Islam and act on it. first setp is im going through all youtube video by u and other brothers then study the books and become a better person.

[khalifahklothing]

insha'allah.

[plan777777]

this is great I have learned alot from my brother Bilal Philips alhamdulilah i hope god blesses each one of us. ALLAHUAKBAR

[maccane2818]

@CoCaColaMuslim InshaAllah

[DonMikeSelector]

sister Donmikeselector...just a youtube name but jazakallahu khair!!!!!

[hardyk1]

JazakallahKhair'n Brother Donmike Selector, i think you have come to a great realization alhamdullilah

[AmmataRahman]

i suggest you folow this apsodes and am u sure you wil understand everything and every puzzel will fal in his place incha Allah so I dare u , take it as a challenge.

[DonMikeSelector]

if you think about the complexity of the human mind and the need for stumulation to creat a reaction it all makes sense.

we were created to serve Allah(swt) in a great way...there is no other being on earth with the capabilities of a human being.

as muslims we must care for the sick, the old, and orphans, basically anyone less fortunate than you are. as muslims we must care for our world and all that is in it.

I recommend watching this series over to catch what you may have missed.

[Urza26]

If you don't accept that humans are here to be tested, ie: no difficulties whatsoever, then I really don't see the point of free will. What free will is it to choose between enjoyments?

For some, the need to work hard is a trial. For others, they are given greater trials to see whose faith is true. If the test is so simple that everyone passes automatically, then it invalidates the test.

[hernantoro]

I don't get it... an omnipotent making a "minor" evil to get a "bigger" good? Isn't that just a mediocrity? An all powerful all loving, PERFECT God, couldn't make a perfect good without evil? What bigger good could arise from a 2 year old child with leucemia or another kind of cancer? What is the good derived from "designing" the organisms causing malaria, typhus, or gonorrhaea?

[AWAXHAROLD]

insha'allah.