Seeing)31;28, is that the Almighty Allah has knowledge for everything that can be heard and seen, and this is part of His Omniscience.
As for His Comprehension, we have this Verse:(Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth all vision. He is the Subtle, the Aware)6;103.
It shows that the Almighty Allah is witnessing things that cannot be seen and He is fully Aware of them. As for His will, it means the Glorious Allah is willingly a doer and not by force. That is what we can say in brief.
Anwar:Thank you, sir!
Hasan:All thanks to God! We will continue next time.
CHAPTER TWO
Divine Justice
(Al-‘Adl al-ilahi)
·Introduction to Divine Justice
·Is It One of the Essence Qualities or Deed Qualities?
·Interpretation of Evils and Tribulations
·Are Tribulations a Form of Punishment?
·Is Punishment Equal to Sin?
·Fate and Destiny
·Are Good Deeds and Bad Deeds From Allah or Mankind
·What is the implication of ‘Guidance and Aberration are in the Hands of Allah’?
·Are Happiness and Misery from Allah?
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Symposium 16
Introduction to Divine Justice
Anwar:Salam ‘Alaykom, Akhi Hasan!
Hasan:‘Alaykom As-Salam!
Anwar:We are done discussing the qualities of the Glorious Allah, and it is time to talk about divine justice, isn’t it?
Hasan:Talking about the qualities of the Glorious Allah and monotheism can take ages to cover, but I tried to give you some simplified information so you have certain ideological knowledge. You can have further studies in this regard if you like.
Anwar:Yes, I feel I can manage the subject and interact with it easier.
Hasan:This allows us continue on our simplified ideological discussion.
Anwar:So, can we move on with the divine justice?
Hasan:Before we start with the details of justice, we need to give it a proper definition.
Justice:is to give everyone their due; this is the first definition.
Justice:is to describe the Most Exalted God with good and graceful deeds and to deem Him far above injustice and repulsiveness.“The Almighty Allah neither persecutes nor oppresses any of His creatures; He rewards dutiful people as He can punish the sinners. He neither demand His creatures to do what they cannot bear, nor does He punish them more than what they deserve”, says Sheikh Al-Muzaffar([2]) in this regard.
Anwar:Can we call “putting everything in its place” justice?
Hasan:This is closer in meaning to wisdom than justice. Putting things in their right place is what a wise person does and it is different from justice.
[2]Sheikh Al-Muzaffar (1916 – 1964 AD) was an Iraqi great Shiite scholar in Najaf, Iraq.
Anwar:I have a question regarding justice, now. Why doesn’t God persecute or oppress His creatures. Isn’t it part of His right as their Creator to do whatever He wants with them?
Hasan:It is far above the Most Exalted Allah to do any form injustice and repulsiveness. Those who do so fall into one of these categories:
They are ignorant about it, thus they do not know it's repulsive.
They are aware of it, but they have to do it as they are unable to refrain from it.
They are aware of it and they do not have to do it, but they need to do it.
They are aware of it and they neither have to do it nor do they need to do it, which implies that they do it for no reason and only for fun. All of these manners are impossible to the Glorious Allah, because He is the absolute Omniscient, the absolute Omnipotent, the absolute Wise and the absolute Rich, so He cannot be ignorant, impotent, needy or frivolous. Moreover, we have already proved that the Most Exalted Allah is the absolute perfection and so far above all these flaws.
Consequently, He cannot be unjust nor do repulsive acts.
Anwar:Well said! But I still have questions if you don’t mind.
Hasan:Of course, ask whatever you want.
Anwar:You said, ‘justice is to give everyone their due’; does that mean that we are entitled to claim certain rights from the Most Exalted Allah?
Hassan: This is an excellent scientific question, and I am pleased that you asked. The reward for the good deeds is no one's due; this is out of His mercy, because we are His creatures as we are not entitled to claim anything. However, the Glorious Allah, out of mercy and kindness, gave us this right to be in charge of our deeds and considered certain rewards for that as He put it in these Verses:
(Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy…)6;12.
(Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself…)6;54.
So, the Glorious Allah Himself bestowed this right unto us, then it became a commitment as He never renege on a promise. This is clarified in the following Verse:(Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs…)9;111.
Although we are not the owners of lives or our wealth, the Almighty Allah gave us this right to have them, then He bought our lives and wealth and bestowed the Paradise in return. This is a right He never denies; this is a promise He always keeps. That is why we say that ‘justice is to give everyone their due’.
Anwar:Thank you very much.
Hasan:Thank you. See you next time.