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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ethical Discourses: Volume 1 Discourse 6: If Sahib Al-Zaman Were To Come (Right Now)… Speaking about our living Imam is both enlightening and one which spiritually trains and educates all of us.

“When al-Qaim makes his advent, he will judge with justice and during the time of his advent, all forms of tyranny will be removed and the paths (towards him) will be made safe.

The Earth will bring forth Her blessings and the rights of each and every person will be given to them and no person who follows any other religion (din) will remain except that they will accept al-Islam and will come towards true faith.”[^1] In this tradition, there are seven tasks which have been mentioned that the Imam will accomplish: 1 and 2: The government of justice and the removal of all forms of tyranny: The opposite of justice (عدل) is oppression (ظلم) - not tyranny (جور) - whereas equality (قسط) is the opposite of tyranny (جور) (according to the 'Arabic definition and the Islamic understanding of these words and their meanings).

The difference between justice (عدل) and equality (قسط) is that as justice refers to not taking away the rights of another person, equality means that there is no differentiation between people. Therefore, oppression means that you take something from another for your own self, where as tyranny means that you take something from a person and give it to somebody else. For example, if I forcefully take away Zaid's house from him for my own personal use - this act is oppression.

But if I take Zaid's house and give it to another person - this is tyranny. The exact opposite of this is that I do not take Zaid's house for my own personal use - and this is justice, and if I do not take it for the use of another person - then this is equality. Therefore, equality means that differentiation does not exist where as justice means that oppression does not exist. The paths will be made safe: The paths towards the Imam will be made safe and secure.