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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Divine (allah’s) Judgment (hokm) Versus Human Judgment (hokm) Our Divine Obligation Therefore, the general divine guidance to people is to make a just and a fair judgment, which is the divine judgment.

In other words, they must make all efforts to deduce Allah’s judgment so that they rule with it and then we can understand Allah’s words in these verses: “And if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.” [5:42] “And that when you judge between people you judge with justice.” [4:58] Those who abide only by Allah’s judgment when it comes to issuing judgments whether the judge or the one being judged, they are the true believers as depicted in this Quranic verse: “The response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His Messenger that he may judge between them is only to say: We hear and we obey; and these it is that are the successful.” [24:51] The divine judgment is most beloved to true believers than their own personal desires or benefits, than their own parents and children, than their lives itself and that is the real test of faith.

For that reason, the Prophet (SA) said about those who have committed adultery then they confessed and insisted on having the divine judgment be executed on them so that they be purified with the divine judgment, he said concerning them after they were stoned to death, “They have repented a true repentance; if it was distributed among the people of the earth it would have sufficed them!” Certainly, they are true believers even if they disobeyed or committed sin, so long as they repented and preferred the divine judgment to be implemented on them.

On the contrary, those who refuse to obey and apply Allah’s judgment, they are the disbelievers, the hypocrites, the oppressors, the corrupt people, and that is depicted in the following verses: “And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger that he may judge between them, lo! A party of them turns aside.” [24:48] And also in the following verse: “Have you not seen those who assert that they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you?