“Suffering”
“Suffering” (Comparison of Suffering in Islam and Christianity) 1. Introduction Suffering is a reality in human life and every religion has their answer of why people suffer. It can happen to all people whatever their religion or culture background. Most of every religion try to answer the question : Why there is suffering in the world? What is the purpose of suffering? If the purpose of human life is to have a happy life, why does God (the Mighty Power) allow suffering? Suffering can lead people to know God, but it also can lead people to doubt about God and reject His truth. In daily life we see people suffer of loss, pain, sickness, disaster, afflicted, slaved, treated unjust, etc. How we explain about these reality? On this writing, I try to find out answer of the question about “why people suffer”, by seeing it in the perspective of Christianity and Islam about suffering. I try to limit my study focus only on some verses related to “...