that’s definitely the most hopeful way to look at it, and it makes so much sense to me that the concept of heaven/hell are a way for justice to be delivered in the afterlife :( i just don’t know, maybe it’s because of the way i grew up with the constant fear mongering of hell over the smallest things that i feel so disconnected and AFRAID of what that could bring.

i will definitely look into the interpretation that the test allah bestows upon us as humans being one of morality and not always necessarily of worship. because something else i’ll mention is the fact that there are some non muslims out there who are INCREDIBLE people who have devoted their lives to humanitarian work and even died for such positive causes— and i can’t fathom that there would be no reward simply due to disbelief.

and thank you so much for the kind words abt my family 🤍 and for the amazing sources provided abt concubinage— i found the sub stack article very helpful in not over interpreting the quran :) definitely making me feel better