Muslim teachings about good, evil and suffering GapFill

The concepts of  goodnicenesssadnessidealism  and  glorybadnessevilsadness are important in many different ethical religions and systems – Islam is no different. 

Concepts of good and evil in Islam come from the  TawratQur'anVedasBible, which is the holy text of Islam. Muslims believe that Allah has given them some moral rules to live by, and that there are consequences for breaking those rules. By breaking those rules, moral evil causes  sufferingfailureregretsadness, which needs punishment. This punishment can either be enacted during this life, through punishments for crime - or they can be punished in the  current lifeafterlifeprevious lifeprior life. 

The same is true of good moral choices. Those who make good choices can expect a  regretpunishmentmistakereward in the afterlife. 

Evil actions often result in suffering, but that is not the only cause of suffering in this world.  NaturalLarge-scaleCreativeMoral evil is suffering in the world caused by issues in the  moralmetaphoricalnaturalconditional world, such as tsunamis, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Many non-religious people point to the existence of suffering in the world as being proof that God does not exist, which is known as the problem of  regretsufferingmistakesevil. However, Muslims would argue that this suffering is simply a test of faith, and in some cases a punishment for sin.