MERCIFUL ALLAH

Submitted by Mohamad Nozzi (Singapore), Apr 12, 2009 at 03:29

Plato, I ask you a very simple question. Is Allah merciful or violent? If violent, why should the word, merciful, be mentioned in the Holy Quran more than a hundred times then?

When it is mentioned with the word, fight, in the Holy Quran, could that be simply spiritual fight instead of physical fight? How could you be sure that Allah only means spiritual fight instead of physical fight?

We, Muslims, know that Allah is powerful. Allah could destroy all non-Muslims by means of Allah's mighty power. If you mean that Allah is so cruel instead of merciful to demand all muslims to kill non-Muslims, how is it that Allah does not kill all the non-Muslims in this universe by the use of Allah's mighty power and need to depend upon the strength of Muslims' people?

If Allah is so cruel as what you say, all non-Muslims could disappear from this universe without Muslim extremists to trigger off their fights with them. Don't tell me all Muslim extremists are without faith with Allah. Why not all Muslim extremists co-operate to pray for the destruction of all non-Muslim fellows in this universe that Allah would destroy and wipe them out immediately? Allah surely would not listen your prayers. After your prayer with Allah, all non-Muslims still remain in this universe, I beg you! This is because our Allah is merciful and Allah would want many non-believers to turn back to Allah.

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