Studying them...
Studying them, it is clarified that penal laws and punishments too are another branch of Islamic clemency and benevolence, although they may seem violent at first for some. First: Studying philosophy of penal laws and punishments There are narrations about the philosophy of execution of penal laws and punishments clarifying our insight into these Islamic punishments.
Consider the following two samples: (S) says: صباحاً اربعین مطر من خیر حد اقامه "Execution of any penal law or punishment is better than forty days of rainfall." [^2] As you see, in this prophetic narration, penal laws and punishments are resembled to rain, and execution of any law (even the least form) is called better than forty days of rainfall.
The narration implies that as rain is a mercy of God, and God sends it down for the people of earth, divine penal laws too are a sort of divine blessing. In fact, execution of Islamic punishments washes away the filth from society like rain, and purifies it from the pollutions.
For instance, if one disturbs public security in the society, and violates people’s soul, wealth and honour such that a part of society is threatened, he will be an outlaw and punishment of an outlaw will guarantee security in the society. It washes away terror, fear and insecurity from the society.
Those who produce and distribute narcotics in an Islamic society, and destroy the youths through this great crime, and corrupt the country for achieving their own personal interests and profits, shall be punished for corrupting on the earth. Can we call the Islamic penal laws as resembled to rain here? We believe that such individuals and groups are liable to Islamic punishments.
Rather, it implies that He appoints (great, sincere and ambitious) men for reviving justice in the world, and revives land as a result of revival of justice.