Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 374
The Basic Principle of Establishing Equality Among all the Children of Adam as 365 ruled out that East and West Germany may unite again. * If and when it happens, the German nation will raise to such great power as could never have been imagined before. This was not the only potentially wrong decision. There were many others like it as a consequence of which the danger of a future war cannot be avoided. To recapitulate, the Quran warns the victorious powers that after establishing peace once again, when they decide punitive measures against the transgressor that is the time for them to be absolutely just. Only then can they be certain that they will be able to establish a lasting peace. In the last part of the same verse (49:10), the Quran declares that Allah loves those who dispense justice which implies that those whom Allah loves, He does not permit them to fight against each other. The Quranic Teaching regarding Righteousness in the Affairs of Mankind without Distinction As far as the early period of the Muslims is concerned, when they were opposed and persecuted by non-believers surrounding them and those who initially invaded them, they were strongly admonished to adhere to justice. That was the time when the might of the idolators of Mecca was pitched against the Holy Prophet sa and his Companions with the * This prediction was made in July 1988 before the Berlin Wall came down and has since come true. [Publisher]