Page 19 - Justice and Compassion in the Qur'an

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favors the rights of the wealthy and treats the poor as second-
class citizens. Accordingly, some wealthy people benefit more
from justice and deem it as their right to be favored over the
poor. Furthermore, they try to make judicial mechanisms
work for their own interests. This mentality causes great
injustice in societies where people do not live by religion;

while some people struggle to survive in misery, others enjoy
the benefits of being wealthy.
However, despite this adverse situation, it is possible to
establish justice and social peace. The dominance of the values
of the Qur'an and peoples' unyielding insistence on living by
the values of the Qur'an can make this possible. Allah issues
the following commands in the Qur'an:
… be upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allah alone,
even against yourselves or your parents and relatives.
Whether they are rich or poor, Allah is well able to look
after them. Do not follow your own desires and deviate
from the truth. If you twist or turn away, Allah is aware of
what you do. (Surat an-Nisa', 135)
In compliance with this command of Allah, whether a

person is wealthy or poor, he who has fear of Allah, exercises
absolute justice, and his attitude never changes in line with
peoples' financial status. He knows that being rich or poor is a
worldly state of affairs by which Allah tests man. When one
dies, nothing will remain from his possessions, and only his
fear of Allah will be rewarded. The attitude which pleases
Allah is described in the Qur'an: being just, honest and
righteous. The reward for this morality is eternal gifts in the
Hereafter.