Editing Theodicy (section)

=== Māturīdism ===
In contrast to Ash'arites, [[Maturidi]] adheres to [[moral realism]] (human mind is able to grasp good and evil independent from revelation),<ref>{{cite book |first=Oliver |last=Leaman |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-472-56945-5 |page=311}}</ref> yet disagrees with the Mu'tazilite assertion that God's wisdom entails creating only what is good. Good and evil, though real, are considered to be created by God, thus God is not subject to good and evil, humans merely learn whatever God created. Blaming God for a violation of right and wrong is thus considered undue, since God created ''right'' and ''wrong'' in the first place.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal |last=Alper |first=Hülya |title=Maturidi'nin Mutezile Eleştirisi: Tanrı En İyiyi Yaratmak Zorunda mıdır? |trans-title=Maturidi's Criticism of Mu'tazila: Does God Have to Create the Best? |language=tr |journal=KADER Kelam Araştırmaları Dergisi |volume=11 |issue=1 |year=2013 |pages=17–36}}</ref> Whatever is considered evil by humans, would be ultimately good. A distinction exists among those who follow {{lang|ar-Latn|tawhid}} and those who reject it. Maturidi cites Surah [[Al Imran]] verse 178, to point out that God does not regard believers and unbelievers as equal; God would increase the sin of the sinners (and guide the believers).<ref name="auto"/>

According to the Maturidite school of thought, ontological evil serves a greater purpose and is a in essence a hidden good.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Since God's wisdom is not considered to focus on choosing between good and evil, it is concerned with putting things in their proper place. The existence of evil as separate from good (or opposing good) is rejected throughout sources of Maturidite thinkers. Maturidi himself criticizes believing in the opposition of good and evil as a remnant of [[Persian religion|Persian]] [[Dualism (philosophy)|dualistic religions]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bürgel |first=J. Christoph |chapter=Zoroastrianism as Viewed in Medieval Islamic Sources |title=Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions |year=1999 |pages=202–212}}</ref> [[Rumi]] likewise said in his refutation of ''[[Ahriman]]'' (principle of evil) that "good cannot exist without evil" and "there is no separation between them".<ref>{{cite thesis |type=MA |url=https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10585&context=etd |last=Asghar |first=Irfan |title=The Notion of Evil in the Qur'an and Islamic Mystical Thought |publisher=The University of Western Ontario |year=2021}}</ref>