So, is Allah unfair?

In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds,
and Peace and Prayer be upon the Final Prophet and Messenger. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran

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So, there's this two consecutive ayahs in Surah Al-Baqarah that I found quite confusing.

Refer Suratul Baqarah, 2: 6-7,

Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.

I mean, surely it's unfair that they deserve punishments when Allah was the One who chose to block them from His hidayah(guidance) in the first place?

What? Some people gets chosen to go to Heaven while some don't? How does that make Allah The Most Just?

Indeed, those are my thoughts exactly when I came upon the surah some time ago but of course I just brushed it off.

Alhamdulillah, after some thought, I have come to realize a few days earlier what this ayah actually meant. Perhaps it's the media we're exposed to that made me only focus on the 'bad' bit. But of course, one can only assume.

Now, mind you, this is entirely my own understanding and the reason why I made it public is so that perhaps, if I am wrong, someone more knowledgeable in this area might point out that what I thought right was actually wrong.

So, in order to avoid the wrong perception, I will discuss my so-called epiphany here, in this very blog.

epiph·a·ny /ɪˈpɪfəni/ noun
a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way 

Remember that one sin that Allah says that won't be forgiven no matter how many good Angelina Jolie-good-kind-of deeds s/he made?

(pause for Dora The Explorer effect)

Yes, shirk, or prostrating to other than Allah.

Now, people who steer away when given guidance is way different from those who rejected Allah completely.

Even those who were so lost as having succumbed to zina and alcoholism, if you ask them, they still wanna end up going to Jannah. Which meant, they still believed in Allah.

BUT, those who rejected Allah, not only they will reject guidance when they were given, they will fight to make sure that they won't believe in any of  the messages, even if the message that Allah indeed exists is as clear as day to them. Those are the people who oozes of arrogance, and such people are like the Pharaoh of the time of Nabi Musa alayhi salam,  who are so full of himself, that he declared that he was above God and that he is God.

This reminds me about the issue on false prophet during the UAI talk I recently attended. He told us that even if you ask the lowest of the low in the society, they would never claim themselves to be a prophet. Despite you not performing salah ever in your life, you wouldn't even have the guts to claim such a thing about yourself. We're all not that proud of ourself to do so and that is why Allah has stated clearly, that He will only seal the hearts, hearing and sight of those who DISBELIEVED.

And guidance can be in the form of knowing that not wearing the hijab is wrong, or knowing that zina is wrong. They don't necessarily have to be the voice in your head. If there is, we would all be schizophrenic by now. You just know, and that is the guidance that you claimed you are not given.

Wallahua'lam.

"Sometimes we can't just say "Allah has a better plan for us." 

We have to believe He does."