Evil and Human Suffering in Islamic Thought—Towards a Mystical Theodicy

This paper sheds light on the treatment of the ‘problem of evil' and human suffering from an Islamic perspective. I begin by providing an overview of the term ‘evil' in the Qur'an to highlight its multidimensional meaning and to demonstrate the overall portrait of this notion as it is...

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主要作者: Rouzati, Nasrin (Author)
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出版: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, 卷: 9, 發布: 2, Pages: 1-13
Further subjects:B Mysticism
B Evil
B Theodicy
B problem of evil
B Qur'an
B Job
B Good
B 伊斯蘭教
B al Ghazālī
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