Nuh Ha Mim Keller - On Suffering

About this lecture

In this lecture, Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller responds to questions raised by the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, addressing the theological questions of divine justice, wisdom, and mercy in the face of mass suffering and death. Drawing on the Qur'an, Hadith, and reasoned reflection, he dismantles both the claim that such events are "merely natural disasters" with no divine dimension and the claim that they represent simple collective punishment, arguing instead that only Allah can judge each individual's fate and that such events are above all a reminder and a mercy for the living.