ABSTRACT
The existence of disabilities and other forms of suffering has always raised questions such as: how does one understand or justify the presence of nasty and painful things in the light of the fact that God the Compassionate, the Merciful, is the Supreme Power and that He has control over this universe?1 Providing an answer to this question has occupied the minds of people throughout human history. Some explanations were at the expense of God, denying His existence or ascribing evil to one god and goodness to another, etc. However, for thinkers who adopted the theistic position and believed in a revealed faith, there were strict guidelines to be followed in any resolution of the tension between the affirmation of God’s existence and the reality of the existent evil in what He created.2
