Are earthquakes a punishment from Allah?
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Question:
Are you not asking about earthquakes? We are asking about earthquakes. Are they a punishment from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
Answer:
Yes. Are earthquakes, lightning, and storms all a punishment from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the sins of His servants?[Ar-Rum 30:41] Even though earthquakes have known causes, they strike some people with death, or the loss of wealth, or otherwise, as a punishment for them. If Allah had willed, He would have kept them safe from it and protected them from it, but Allah punishes His servants with these matters for the sake of repentance to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and for the sake of taking revenge upon the oppressors and the disobedient. Yes.
Are you not asking about earthquakes? We are asking about earthquakes. Are they a punishment from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
Answer:
Yes. Are earthquakes, lightning, and storms all a punishment from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the sins of His servants?
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الزلازل عقاب من الله؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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