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The Justice of Allah 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Justice of Allah 2 2022-11-28 440 Views Divine Justice , Justice of Allah , Hastiness In this part of the article titled “The Justice of Allah”, we shall discuss the danger of hasty decisions in relation to the justice of Allah. The Dangers of Hasty Decision The Holy Qur’an warns man against taking a hasty decision as often man’s action is based on baseless thoughts and speculations.

There are many things which appear to be harmful but actually, they are of benefit to man and similarly many things appear to be very good but actually, they are harmful to man. For example, the Holy Qur’an says about Jihad that man apparently considers it to be not good but actually it brings good to him. Fighting is made obligatory on you but you dislike it. You may dislike a thing yet it may be good for you, or a thing may haply please you but may be bad for you.

Only Allah has the knowledge, and you do not know. (1) Fighting for the sake of Allah perfects man’s abilities and brightens his capabilities. Those who put on airs and those who are men of action are distinguished on the battlefield. Fighting unites the scattered forces which are dedicated to the common cause and confer upon man honour and dignity. Basically fighting is the purpose of life for the people who have been oppressed and tyrannized.

The Holy Qur’an says: It may be that you dislike a thing though Allah has placed abundant good in it. (2) We learn that the Holy Qur’an warns that we should not think of a such and such thing, guess such and such thing and conjure such and such thing. It tells us about things which contradict the decisions cursorily and hastily taken.

We read in the Holy Qur’an about the angels that, as they did not possess thorough knowledge about man, they pleaded to Allah that as they already worshipped Allah why He was creating man. But since Allah had willed to appoint His vicegerent on earth he bestowed upon man knowledge and brought out a stunning spectacle and established that their (the angels’) decision about the man was a hasty one.

In short, if we doubt about the Justice of Allah and say that if Allah is Just why and how such and such things happened, then we should keep in mind that our speculations and decisions are mostly false and wrong because in most cases, the causes and the effects of problems remain hidden from us as our knowledge and experience are very limited.