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The Purpose of Our Lord Asking Questions

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In the Quran, we see that our Creator asks questions to His servants. Because of this, some people voice objections, saying, "Doesn't Allah already know everything? Why does He ask?"

Our Exalted Lord certainly knows everything, even what will happen in the future.

The reason for His asking questions is not to learn, but to give His servants what they deserve and to let them experience it.

A question is not always asked to learn.

1- It is also asked to make that person experience what they deserve.

2- Questions are also asked for purposes such as strengthening the expression, making one think, conveying a message, etc.

Besides this, Allah already makes us experience what we deserve and confronts us with ourselves in this short 2-day summary test life. The afterlife itself is based on such "questions whose outcome is known by Allah." Worldly life is already in this direction. Because our Exalted Lord knows very well what we would do if we lived in this world forever, and He makes us live a 2-day exemplary test life that summarizes this. I had analyzed this in the light of verses in my work titled "Destiny and Free Will."

Baqarah 2:260

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allah] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allah] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after you slaughter them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." 

All of these are experiences that serve the plan of confronting people with the truth and themselves. And questions are a part of this. In this way, there is no right to object in the afterlife.

A'raf 7:12 [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him; You created me from fire and created him from clay." 

Here again, our Lord makes the being He created experience what it deserves.

He knew that Satan was among the evil ones, and this needed to be revealed. Satan had been doing whatever was said until this point, but since Allah knew that he would not prostrate to Adam, He presented this test to him.

Thus, he was confronted with the evil in his heart, and the necessary evidence against him was revealed.

Immediately after this, Satan understands that he has been trapped and says:

A'raf 7:16 [Satan] said, "Because you have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on your straight path."

When Satan says "because you have put me in error," he is referring to being trapped in this way. Because Allah knew very well what Satan would not do with his free will and where he would show his true face, He presented this test to Satan, allowing his wickedness to be displayed.

In short, our Lord here actually asks His question not to learn something, but on the contrary, to teach and make one experience something. That is, He gives everyone what they deserve...

Saba' 34:40 And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"

Saba' 34:41 They will say, "Exalted are You! You are our protector, not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

Here again, Allah is not asking about something He doesn't know; He knows best.

Again, He makes His servants experience what they deserve.

Furthermore, these verses also explain how jinn-devils mislead people in the guise of angels, spirits, etc., and warn people against these games.

Ma'idah 5:116 And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that which I had no right [to say]. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is the Knower of the unseen." 

Again, in the same way, our Lord does not ask Jesus, peace be upon him, out of curiosity; He knows the answer, and He already knows exactly what Jesus will say.

Furthermore, here are examples of questions that our Creator asks to strengthen the expression and make His servants think:

AL-ANBIYA' (THE PROPHETS)

(30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe? 

FATIR (THE ORIGINATOR)

27. Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are streaks of white and red of varying shades and [some] of deep, jet black. 

28. And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Forgiving. 1   

AT-TUR (THE MOUNT)

35. Or were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. 

37. Or are the treasures of your Lord with them, or are they the controllers?

As I said, our Exalted Lord testing us in this world is actually, from His perspective, a "confrontation of His servants with themselves" whose outcome is known. In this way, the servants have no right to object in the afterlife, and they also taste some small punishments and rewards in this world.

For a better understanding of the subject, you can also take a look at my work titled "Destiny and Free Will." 

Greetings and love.
Emre Karaköse

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