Our God — Page 186
186 If one thinks carefully, this objection is weak and absurd. The person who drowned violated the law of nature and suffered accordingly, though he conformed to the Shariah; the other had not violated the law of nature and, therefore, was not liable to any penalty under that law though he was on the wrong side of the law of Shariah. The same applies to the girl who caught fire and died—she fell afoul of the law of nature and perished. That was determined by the law of nature, and conforming to the Shariah was of no avail. The other girl, though guilty of contravention of Shariah, escaped any punishment under the law of nature as she did not violate any law of nature. So there is no disorder or injustice. The laws of nature treat everyone as an equal. Indeed, it would be most unfair if the laws of nature punished people even if they have broken no law or if people were punished through the laws of nature for breaking the laws of Shariah or vice versa. This is not how it all works; nature punishes for violation of its laws and Shariah punishes for vio- lation of its laws (with exceptions that form another topic alto- gether and need not be mentioned here). This cannot be regarded as objectionable or unwise by any sane person. I wonder what kind of wisdom and intelligence critics have to raise such objections; how can they consider a process full of wisdom which breaks no law, and does not create any conflict between the two sets of laws, as contrary to justice. Unfortunately, all this is a result of a big misunderstanding, when the reason for an incident which takes place under the law of nature is sought in the law of Shariah—and when they fail to find an explanation, they call it unfair. O ye unfortunate one! May God bestow wis- dom upon you. Seek explanation of natural occurrences in the law