If God/Allah exists, how come there is so much suffering in the world?
Did God promise that there won’t be any suffering in this word? Never! He didn’t create this world on the principle of Justice. Quite on the contrary He created it on the principle of Trail. To try someone he must be given freedom to some extent to exercise his will. This is exactly where most of the problems, that you have mentioned, arise. These sufferings exist because man makes ill use of his freedom. Had God stopped man from exercising his ill will, there would not have been any trial at all. We are being tried here for the next world, which would be based upon justice. Everyone will get what he deserves based on his performance in this world and there won’t be any suffering except for the ones who failed in this worldly test. God is testing some people by giving them a lot. He is testing whether they become thankful to Him and follow the path prescribed bu Him or they become arrogant. He is testing the deprived if they remain patient and stick to the path God has prescribed or th
