Is it true that the majority of people born from the time of Adam till the day of resurrection will end up in hell on account of their beliefs or deeds? If so, then couldn't God, out of His infinite mercy, have avoided creating them in the first place?
Is it true that the majority of people born from the time of Adam till the day of resurrection will end up in hell on account of their beliefs or deeds? If so, then couldn't God, out of His infinite mercy, have avoided creating them in the first place?
Zoheir Ali Esmail, Shaykh Zoheir Ali Esmail has a Bsc in Accounting and Finance from the LSE in London, and an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He studied Arabic at Damascus University and holds a PhD... Answered 4 years ago
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Thank you for your question. It is not established that the majority of people will end up in hell. As for the avoidance of creating those who God knew would end up in hell, that is an issue of Divine Wisdom for which we can try to reasonably understand with the assumption that we can know something of that wisdom. The issue could then be understood with reflection into the meaning and implications of free will. There would be no meaning to the creation of beings with free will if none of them had the choice to end up in hell. In this instance it is not accurate to frame the question from the perspective of Divine Mercy alone.
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