Page 11 - Justice and Compassion in the Qur'an

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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

the same basic concepts, and these are accepted by the
majority of people right away. This justice will include people
from all walks of life, with no discrimination between them. It
will allocate resources fairly among people, without taking
their race, religion and language into consideration and will

aim to create a world in which the superior is the one who is
right, not the powerful.
What often distances people from justice is their rejection
of it. They may concur in principle, but they reject it when it
conflicts with their own interests. Everyone, for instance,
spurns bribery and in theory agrees that taking bribes is
immoral. However, faced with an attractive offer of a bribe,
some people fabricate "justifications" and violate the
principles they theoretically agree with.
Similarly, everybody knows and agrees that in finding out
the truth and in the establishment of justice, the authenticity of
witness statements are of major importance. In courts,
however, some people whose evidence is given may readily
lie and mislead the jury when their own interests or the
interests of someone they love are at stake. These people
accept justice in principle, yet see no reason not to violate it

when the truth and their personal interests turn out to be at
odds. Alternatively, everybody agrees that public resources
should be shared equally. However, the recipients of an "aid
campaign" may attempt to take a greater share and even tread
over others to accomplish that. In this case, too, personal
interests supersede justice.
The examples are legion. Yet we ultimately face the very
same truth: even if some people believe in the necessity of
justice, they may violate it when their interests are at stake.