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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Waiting and Responsibility Supplement 1 Tyranny and injustice are among the major sins. Allah does not guide the tyrant, on the contrary He sends down His chastisement upon him. Tyranny and injustice are the root cause of all sins and transgression, as Quran proclaims, "And certainly We did destroy generations before you when they were unjust." (Yunus : 13) Injustice can be broadly divided under three categories. First is 'Shirk' i.e.

to take some associate for Allah. 'Shirk' is so heinous that it has been dubbed by the Quran as the 'zulm azeem' Second is to do injustice to oneself through sins and transgression. The third category involves injustice to others, by usurping their rights or encroaching upon their property. Another form of injustice involves doubting and questioning a tenet or , fundamental of religion (please refer Tafsire Ayyashi under Chapter of Anam, verse 82).

One must never employ coercion with the old and defenceless. That is why Ameerul Mo'mineen (a.s.) exhorts us thus, "When your hand advances to perpetrate injustice remember the justice of Allah. And when you wrest control over someone remember the control Allah exercises over you.' (Behaarul Anwaar vol. 75, page 322) One who does injustice or commits theft will find himself in a very wretched state on the Day of Judgement.

Allah asserts in the Quran "And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands, saying: O! Would that I had taken a way with the Apostle." (Furqan : 27) 'And lower our gaze at scenes of transgression and treachery.' This statement endorses the verse of the chapter of Nur, wherein Allah commands the believers, men as well as women, to lower their gaze.

Indeed among the miracles of Quran is how it has succinctly outlined a mode of living for mankind that is in perfect harmony with his inherent nature and at the same time in line with his spiritual needs. No other philosopher or thinker of any age or school of thought has ever formulated (nor will he ever formulate) a mode of lifestyle that even remotely resembles the one advocated by the Quran. Islam has forbidden Muslims from casting a glance on the na-mahram.

Indeed this is the transgression and treachery of the eyes. On the Day of Judgement all eyes will weep save those that when they are confronted with the forbidden, lower their gaze. Those eyes that are habituated to looking at na-mahram will in the hereafter find rods of blazing fire being driven in their eyes.