I watched someone on social media saying, 'If God is All-Merciful and wants good why does He cause people to suffer before rewarding them? He could just create them and grant them paradise without suffering?  The Quran's response to this can be found in this verse among others.  Allah says: 'Do you think you will enter Paradise without trials like those before you? …Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.' (2:214) Hardship is not cruelty, it’s how hearts are purified, faith is proven, and souls are raised. Mercy is not absent in trials; it’s hidden within them. عن أبي أمامة ، رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : ' إن الله ليجرب أحدكم بالبلاء وهو أعلم به كما يجرب أحدكم ذهبه بالنار  ، فمنهم من يخرج كالذهب الإبريز فذلك الذي نجاه الله تعالى من السيئات ، ومنهم من يخرج كالذهب دون ذلك فذلك الذي يشك بعض الشك ، ومنهم من يخرج كالذهب الأسود فذلك الذي قد افتتن ' . ' هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه  The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'Indeed, Allah tests one of you with trials, though He knows him best, just as one of you tests his gold with fire. Some emerge like pure refined gold: that is the one whom Allah saves from sins. And some emerge like blackened gold - that is the one who has fallen into temptation.' (Al-Hakim) The verse reminds us that the Jannah is only made possible through renouncing pleasures and enduring hardships. This is as the Prophet (peace be upon him) informs us: 'Paradise is surrounded by difficulties, and Hellfire is surrounded by desires.' (Sahih Muslim 2822) If faith was only comfort and gain, everyone would claim it. But in hardship, the heart shows where it leans - to Allah, or away. Suffering becomes the stage where love for Allah proves itself real. Also If Allah created people and admitted them all to Jannah, this would mean, that those who under the right circumstances would do evil would be in the heaven as those who were good? This would be surely unfair. Or should We treat those who believe and do good like those who make mischief throughout the land? Or should We treat the righteous like the wicked?(38:28) So the short answer is: trials are not cruelty, but mercy in disguise. They purify, elevate, protect, and expose truth.  Jannah is earned through perseverance and is not an automatic inheritance. And most importantly, the suffering we witness today  are temporary, while the reward earned as a result of suffering is eternal.

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جزاكم الله خيرا كثيرا

All creations are thankful and obedient to Allah SWT the Al Rahman most passionate in care and connections, without Him they would be nothingness.

We as Humans are the highest creation of Allah SWT if we obey Allah SWT and are thankful to him. We are formed in His image to see, hear think, imagine, create, talk and express and just like Allah SWT have a choice we with right tools can change ourselves, our environment and our society.

Allah SWT attributes are innate and infinite ours are limited and bestowed.

So we should be the most thankful and obedient., if we appreciate Allah SWT and return with honour to Him.

Allah SWT is just, truthful and keeps His word. How can He treat an oppressor, sinner equally with honest hardworking.

When He says He will fill Jahnam with sinners, hypocrites, oppressors and polytheists then indeed He will.

It is a challenge we have accepted with full knowledge of the consequences, we too could have avoided it like other creation did. If we don't have conscious memories of it then it is part of the test.

Do you want an unfair test? Or is your plea that you are forced to do sins, or you are not capable to control yourself?

And with all your faults if you return to Allah He will forgive you, and He loves forgiveness, nobody else could forgive you, it's Allah SWT speciality and He is so proud of it.

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