Allah's Justice

Allah's Justice

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem

When it says in the Quran that Allah punishes transgressors  - it is referring to the system of Justice that Allah (swt) has established. - This means that, inevitably, when someone breaks a law, he deprives himself of his privileges - which is his 'punishment'.

Forexample in 2:7 the Quran says:

Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing, and there is a blindfold on their sight, and there is a great punishment for them.

It is Allah's (swt) system of Justice which is being referred to - which states that a person who turns away from guidance, who is not watchful of his own actions and who does not acknowledge that there is accountability - he has blinded and deafened himself. Now he can't see truth or justice even if you show it to him.

A drowning man comes up desperately for air ... that is, of course, the one who has trained his body to swim. He will surface. What about the one who has not? He will drown. This is the accepted law of life. Can anyone question it? No.

Can anyone save him? An expert perhaps - someone who has trained in the art of saving drowning people - can drag him by his hair and pull him to the surface. Otherwise, it is a well known fact that if you are trying to save a drowning man: keep your distance - or he will drag you down!

My question now is: Even this saviour, this expert who is trained in the art of saving people - can he teach a drowning man to swim? No. Even if he tries his best he will not be able to teach him to swim. The decree will be: He should have learnt to swim when he could, when he had the opportunity. Now, it is too late. Now, he is destined to be drowned.

And who would you blame for his death? Who is responsible for his situation? He himself.

Coming to the Ayat 2:7 then, if a man's heart is 'sealed', it is because he did not open it up to guidance, if he is 'deaf' it is because he did not train himself to hear things he ought to have; if there appears to be a 'blindfold' on his eyes, it is because they are weak and have not been exercised enough to be able to 'see'. Therefore, it is he who has deprived himself of privileges granted to him. That is, undoubtedly, Allah's Justice. 

Finally, it is important to remember that, so long as you are alive you have to work on preparing for the moment when you will have to be able to 'swim' to be the survivor.

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