Islam Guidance

verse8

(8) يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّامِينَ لِلّهِ شُهَدَاء بِالْقِسْطِ وَلاَ يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَى أَلاَّ

تَعْدِلُواْ اعْدِلُواْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ إِنَّ اللّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

8. " O' you who have Faith! be always uprite for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act equitably. Act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and be in awe of Allah; verily Allah is Aware of what you do.
Commentary:
An Earnest Invitation unto Justice:
This verse invites to estalishment of justice. At first, it addresses the believers and says:
" O' you who have Faith! be always uprite for Allah, bearers of witness with justice, ..."

After that, the verse points to one of the factors of deviation from justice, and warns Muslims as such that tribal hatreds and hostilities, or personal accounts, should not stand as a barrier in the way of the execution of justice and should not cause transgression over the rights of others, because justice is something beyond all of them. It says:
"...and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act equitably...
For the importance of the matter, it emphasizes on the subject of justice once more, and says:
"...Act equitably, that is nearer to piety, ..."
And, since justice is the most important element of piety and righteousness, for the third time, it adds as an emphasis that:
"... verily Allah is Aware of what you do."

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