Table of Contents
Foreword vii
1 Who created God? 1
2 Are those who have not heard the Islamic call to faith responsible for religious obligations prescribed by the Qur'an? 3
3 Why were the prophets sent? 5
4 What wisdom is there in the creation of Satan? 6
5 If Satan is a means for human beings to make progress, is there any reward for him? 7
6 How was intermarriage allowed between Prophet Adam's children? 7
7 How did children of Adam first come to America? 9
8 We had no say in our creation; how can we be responsible for religious obligations? 10
9 Why does the Qur'an mention people like Abu Lahab? 12
10 Why does the Qur'an talk about a spider's nest? 13
11 Why did God create human beings with so many physical and physiological differences? 15
12 What is the divine wisdom behind inexplicable occurrences in the universe? 17
13 Is it fair that some people are disabled? 18
14 How can the creation of disability be compatible with divine mercy? 19
15 Why did God create the universe? 20
16 Why did God create the Angels? 20
17 Why does God use terms like "Us," and "We" in the Qur'an? 21
18 Does God really create from nothing? 23
19 Why did God allow the Prophet to be harmed? 25
20 Why do innocent people suffer disasters? 26
21 What is the role of God's will in natural phenomena? 27
22 Are we supposed to correlate everything to divine wisdom? 29
23 Why do disasters not only strike nonbelievers? 30
24 Are the five unknowns mentioned in the Qur'an, such as the time of rain, still unknown to us? 30
25 What is the meaning of the Qur'anic verse (Kahf 18:86) describing the sun as setting in hot spring water? 32
26 Why does God command us to worship? 34
27 Is death not a waste? 34
28 Why do some beings exist only for a short time? 36
29 Are all prayers answered? 40
30 Why do we perform a prayer for rain? 41
31 What is the purpose of the prayers performed during solar and lunar eclipses? 42
32 What are the different types of prayer? 43
33 Is there any wisdom behind the evil and ugliness in the universe? 46
34 How does God answer all prayers? 51
35 Why are we not always able to find the benefit we expect after reciting certain prayers? 52
36 Does God not provide for those who die of hunger? 52
37 How does Angel of Death take lives? 55
38 Does the Angel of have only one eye? 58
39 Does the world stand on top of an ox and fish? 62
40 What is the mystery of the miraculous literature of the Qur'an that has been preserved for centuries? 66
41 Are emotions such as conscience and the sense of right and wrong developed in societies? 67
42 What is the wisdom of the tawaf (encircling the Ka'ba)? 69
43 How are the daily prayers observed in the polar regions, where a day can be as long as six months? 69
44 Is there religious literature in support of scheduling the prayer times when necessary? 70
45 What is the divine wisdom behind astonishing things and occurrences? 71
