Yasmin Mogahed - Why Does Evil Exist? Hardships & Struggle on the Path to Allah

About this lecture

In this profound lecture, Yasmin Mogahed explores the spiritual wisdom behind hardship, suffering, and the existence of evil by drawing on Quranic ayat and the stories of Malik ibn Dinar, Qarun, and Umar ibn al-Khattab. She reframes our understanding of "good" and "bad," arguing that tests come in both ease and hardship, and that everything — when responded to with patience and gratitude — becomes a source of blessing for the believer. The lecture concludes with a powerful reminder that Allah's tests are not meant to isolate us, but to draw us back to Him, and that true nearness to Allah is both the ultimate goal and the ultimate protection.