Abstract

The problem of evils is a theological issue. The question is how the existence of evils can be justified, given divine knowledge, power and widespread grace, and how divine revelation explains them? The discussion is based on the assumption that evils- such as pain, illness and poverty- and their foundations- such as Satan- are existential, and how they are emanated from God as the absolute goodness. Over the history, philosophers and theologians have tried to answer these questions. The present paper, nonetheless, elaborates on evil in terms of its substance and instance form the view of linguists, compares it with the text of the Quran, explains the scope of evils and their foundations in divine revelation, and resolves the doubts about evils based on the differentiation between the attributes of the essence and attributes of act, and boundedness of divine attributes in the Quran, centering around poplar views of interpreters and scholars.