True Justice and Peace — Page 24
24 considering they are worldly people, this indeed is a great deed for them, but as I have mentioned before, their standards of ‘ Adl [justice] change when it comes to their personal interests. Islam sets forth a beautiful standard for establishing ‘ Adl , as it states: َهّٰللا ٌۢرْيِبَخ اَمِب َنْوُلَمْعَت ُنٰاَنَش ٍمْوَق ىٰۤلَع اَّلَا اْوُلِدْعَت١ؕ اْوُلِدْعِا١۫ َوُه ُبَرْقَا ىٰوْقَّتلِل ١ٞ َو اوُقَّتا َهّٰللا١ؕ َّنِا اَهُّيَاٰۤي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا اْوُنْوُك َنْيِمّٰوَق ِهّٰلِل َءٓاَدَهُش ِطْسِقْلاِب١ٞ َو اَل ْمُكَّنَمِرْجَي “O ye who believe! Be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a peo- ple’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just, that is nearer to righteous- ness. And fear Allah. Surely, Allah is Aware of what you do. ” [17] This is the beautiful teaching of Islam, that one must not make false justifications even in enmity. Qawaam means to carry out a task properly and consistently. Therefore, a Muslim has been commanded to always carry out justice both properly and consistently and to remember to carry out all his works while keeping the commandments of God Almighty in view. A Mo'min [true believer] should fulfil the requisites of justice by dwelling deep into the intricacies of God Almighty’s