Response to a blog comment: Justice vs Trial in "this world"

Question:
You write: “He has made a firm vow that He has created this world, and is running it, on the principle of justice (Qur’an; 3:18)”

However, I was listening to one of the recordings of Mr. Ghamidi’s lectures (available on TV-AlMawrid.org) in which he stated that this world is not created on the principle of justice but on the principle of test. It is the Hereafter that will be created on the principle of justice i.e. every person will be rewarded/punished on the basis of his deeds. I guess he was answering to the question that why innocent people suffer during disasters. He said that it was the case so that other people may learn a lesson (Ibrat) and turn towards the right path.

Please remove this confusion.

Response:
What I have written and what Ghamidi Sahib said are not in conflict with each other. In my statement “this world” means this entire life of ours including the next one, while Ghamidi Sahib used this world to mean the life before death, which indeed is a trial. The fact of the matter is that if we consider life in its totality, i.e. this life and the next one, then each and every individual will be treated completely fairly by the Almighty. No Chrisitian would suffer simply for being a Christian and no Muslim would benefit simply for being a Muslim.

[This is Dr. Khalid Zaheer's response to a blog comment.]

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