76- THE EQUITABLE (AL-MUQSIT)
Allah, AL-MUQSIT, Praise and Glory be to Him, is the EQUITABLE Who is Just in His judgments. The Qur’an denotes that in,“Say, my Lord hath commanded justice” (A‘RAF,29), “..and be fair, for God loves those who are fair and just” (HUJURAT, 9); Allah, Glory be to Him, says, “ So establish weight with justice” (RAHMAN, 9), “Call them by the names of their fathers, that is juster in the sight of God” (AHZAB, 5).
Allah, the EQUITABLE, takes revenge from the oppressive, wards off the tyrants’ oppression and lets the oppressed triumph over the tyrants; He acts justly and removes all sorts of inequity. One of themost significant of the Divine Secrets is Allah’s Forbearance intreating the oppressive while gratifying the oppressed.
The Muslim may act unjustly unawares, he may repent without finding a way to right his evil deed; on Doomsday he will stand beside the person to whom he was unjust in front of Allah, the EQUITABLE, Who would satisfy the oppressed and may forgive the unjust; no one can do that except Allah, the truly EQUITABLE.
An episode was related by Omar Ibn Al-Khattab that Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him, was sitting with his Companions, he laughed till his front teeth appeared, so Omar said “I sacrifice my father and mother for you, O Messenger of Allah what has made you laugh?” The Prophet, Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him, said,“Two men from my people knelt before Allah, the Lord of Glory, the first man says ‘Oh myLord! Avenge me on that man.’ So Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says to the second man ‘Give to your brother all what you unjustly took from him!’ so the man says ‘O my Lord! I have nothing left of my good deeds.’Allah, the Lord of Glory, says to the first man ‘What shall you do with your brother? Nothing is left to him of his good deeds?’ so the man says,‘O my Lord! let him bear some of my sins and be punished for them instead of me.’”,then the Prophet, Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him, had tears in his eyes and said,“That will be a Great day when people will need someone to bear their sins”,then he said,“Then Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, will say to the oppressed ‘Raise your eyes and have a look at Paradise!’ the man says ‘Oh my Lord! I can see cities of silver and palaces made of gold and studded with pearls. Who is the Prophet to whom all this will be granted, who is the righteous who will have all this, or who is the martyr who will have these things?’ So Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him,says ‘ALL this will be granted to the one who can pay for it’. So the oppressed asks ‘And who can pay for it?’ Allah says ‘You can’, so he says ‘How, my Lord?’ Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says ‘By forgiving your brother’. The man says ‘O my Lord! I forgive him’. So Allah says ‘Take your brother’s hand and let him enter Paradise’ ”. Then the Prophet,Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him, said, “Fear Allah and promote accord between yourselves, for Allah will make your relations on Doomsday whole and sound?” (HADITH).
The Prophet, Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him, says,“Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says, ‘If you pray that someone is punished because of his injustice to you, and another one prays that you are punished because of your injustice to him; if you want, We will answer both prayers, else We will delay both of you till Doomsday when My Forbearance will overwhelm you all’.” (HADITH). Praise and Glory be to the Most For bearing, the EQUITABLE, He is Allah.
Source: IslamBasic
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