Bismillah
Praise be to Allah Creator of skies and Earth Owner of the Kingdom, prayer and peace be upon His Messenger Mohamed and all prophets and messengers.
May Allah Assist and support me with proper argument and evidences ameen
Let me try Insh a Allah to further add to what sister Radiyah and brother mohsie brought here.
When Allah Say in Quran 79:"Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allâh, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And We have sent you (O Muhammad SAW) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allâh is Sufficient as a Witness." (An-Nisa 4)
In this verse when Allah is referring to the evil befalling us being from ourselves, Allah Means that we caused it to ourselves, rather than making it happen or creating it. We cannt create evil. Like human beings cannt for instance make a tsunami happen can we??
Or an earthquake or a hurricane? But Allah certainly Can and Is Capable of?
We must again I stress must differentiate between us being eligible for or deserve the evil or let us be more precise the test or tribulation, and between creating it and making it happen?
Another more explanatory Ayah in this regard would be:” And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much.” (Quran 42:30)
In this ayah it is clearly stated that misfortunes and tribulations are not but let us say like a salary deduction or delay of a promotion, E or F grade. We skipped work, we didn’t observe deadlines, we went to the movies instead of going to work, thus we deserve the deduction just exactly as Radiyah said in this regard. But the difference is that we don’t create the tribulations. To make it easier to understand, Allah also say:” Jihad is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.” (Quran 2:216).
As such, if we review the previously mentioned noble ayahs, we can somehow form a picture on the concept of evil, let us say tests and tribulations. It might appear hard that one dislikes it, yet Allah brings through it a great deal of good just like in the following Ayah.
Although the Ayahs is specifically talking about marriage and women, but then when Allah explains the disliking part, then it turns general.
Insh aAllah I d rather go step by step on this issue not to make the post long enough to be left without reading.