ground in the infrastructure, that country to rebuild itself, earlier this week we spoke to sheikh jaafar ladak, an islamic scholar who explained exactly what the quran says on natural disasters and how islamic thinkers explain the issue of pain and challenges for believers in this duniya. bismillahirrahmanirrahim. the quran lays out um various different reasons for the divine purposes of the signs of god of which include natural disasters, be they earthquakes or tsunamis or tornados or whatever that may be. we have to remember that every air, every sign of god is ultimately for the purpose of proving god, reminding us of god's existence, helping us to understand our place within the universe itself. the ultimate reason here is that when these earthquakes occur or any natural disaster occurs, we remember god almighty, and we submit to god almighty whatever stage of our life. or thinking we may be in, so for example, one of the reasons, the quran mentions that the earthquake is for the purpose of reminding us of the extent of the quake that will occur with the day of judgment, for example, the q