Fariq Naik – Being Omnipotent Why Does Allah Not Make All Muslims

Asalaamu Alaikum, I am Ahmed Fahim from Afghanistan.

There is a question that arises in my

mind.

God is omnipotent, then why did he not

make everyone Muslims?

What does the word omnipotent mean?

Omnipotent it refers to a deity who has

ultimate power.

Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran in

Surah Yunus, chapter number 10, verse number 99

and 100.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَآمَنَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ

جَمِيعًۭا And if your Lord willed, He would

have made everyone to believe on the face

of the earth.

أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَكُونُ مُؤْمِنِينَ Do you

force the people?

Would you force the people to?

أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَكُونُ مُؤْمِنِينَ Would you

force the people until they believe?

The next verse, verse number 100, Allah SWT

says وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ

اللَّهِ And no soul believes except by the

permission of Allah SWT.

From these two verses of the glorious Quran,

we understand that no human being can believe

except with the permission of Allah SWT.

Each and every human being believes with the

permission of Allah SWT.

And if Allah willed, He could have made

each and every human being on the face

of the earth a Muslim.

But why has Allah SWT not done such

a thing?

Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran in

Surah Al-Mulk, chapter number 67, verse number

2 أَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ

وَعَمَلًا It is Allah who has created death

and life to test which of us are

good in deeds.

This life, Allah SWT has created death and

life to test which of you are good

in deeds.

This life, it is a test for the

hereafter.

And we human beings, we have been given

a free will.

The human beings are a special creation of

Allah SWT.

The human beings have been given a free

will to either do the right or to

do the wrong.

Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran in

Surah Al-Dhariyat, chapter number 51, verse number

56 وَمَا خَلَقَتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِمْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونَ That

I have not created jinn and mankind except

to worship me.

So Allah SWT, He has created the jinn

and mankind to worship Him.

The purpose of the creation of the human

beings, it is to worship Allah SWT.

And we human beings, we are a special

creation.

The human beings and the jinn are the

only creation of Allah SWT who have been

given a free will.

Besides the human being and the jinn, all

the creation of Allah SWT, they have to

obey the commandment of Allah SWT.

And Allah SWT has created the angels who

have to obey the commandments of Allah SWT.

So the human beings are a special creation

of Allah SWT.

If Allah SWT willed, He could have made

every human being on the face of the

earth a Muslim.

But where lies the test?

Allah SWT, He is testing us human beings

to see who among us are righteous and

who among us are not righteous.

Allah SWT, He is testing us in the

life of this world.

And if we pass the test, if we

do righteous deeds, if we do good deeds,

we will be admitted in the gardens of

paradise.

If we do evil deeds and if we

do not follow the commandments of Allah SWT,

then we will enter hellfire.

Allah SWT says in the glorious Quran, in

Surah Al-Shu'ara, chapter number 26, verse

number 1 to 4.

These are the verses of the clear book.

That you make collapse, you will collapse in

grief.

Because they did not believe.

And the next verse, in Surah Al-Shu

'ara, Allah SWT, He says, That

if we wished, we could have sent down

a sign from the sky so that they

bend their necks in submission.

Allah SWT, He is telling our beloved Prophet

Muhammad PBUH not to grieve because the disbelievers

have disbelieved.

And Allah SWT, He has already sent a

sign to the disbelievers referring to the pagans

of Makkah that is the glorious Quran, which

is a clear sign and a proof for

them.

The pagans of Makkah, they asked our beloved

Prophet Muhammad PBUH that ask your Lord to

send us a sign from the skies.

Allah SWT, He sent the miracle of miracles

that is the glorious Quran.

Yet the disbelievers in Makkah, they did not

believe in Allah SWT.

The pagans of Makkah, even though they realized

that this is the word of Almighty God,

yet they did not believe in it.

So if Allah wills, He can make each

and every human being on the face of

the earth a Muslim.

But where lies the test?

Allah SWT wants us to voluntarily submit ourselves

to Allah SWT.

And if we submit ourselves to Allah SWT,

we will be among the believers who will

be admitted into the gardens of paradise.

Allah SWT is pleased with His servant, the

one who turns to Him and the one

who obeys the commandments of Allah SWT.

So if we obey the commandments of Allah

SWT and if we follow the Sunnah of

our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, we will find

success in this life as well as the

next life.

So this life, it is a test for

us human beings.

We can either do good or we can

either do bad.

Allah SWT has given us the option.

Allah SWT, He has given us human beings

a free will.

So we pray to Allah SWT that may

He keep us on the straight path and

we seek refuge in Allah SWT from the

temptations of the Shaitaan.

Allahumma Ameen.

I hope that answers your question.