📖 ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ABOUT VIOLENCE 🕌⚖️
🎯 Objectives:
- To understand the importance of Mercy 💚 and Justice ⚖️ in Islamic perspective 🕌
- To understand the importance of Knowledge 📚🧠 in creating equilibrium ⚖️ in Justice and Mercy 💚
🕌 Morality is Essential ✨
According to our Islamic perspective 🕌 morality is essential ⭐. Islam ☪️ can be called the religion of morality 💫. Islam presents a very effective ✅ and comprehensive moral system 📋 for all circumstances 🌍. Thus whatever leads to the welfare 🤝 of the individual 👤 or the society 👥 is morally good ✅ in Islam ☪️ and whatever is injurious ❌ is morally bad 🚫. We find in the Qur'an 📖: "And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character." ⭐ (Surah 68: 4)
Good morality ✨ in Islam ☪️ is not a favour but a duty 📋. As if to enlighten 💡 the quality of fine morals 🌟, the Qur'an 📖, repeatedly uses the phrase: "those who believe 🤲 and do good works ✅".
Also we find 📖: "You have indeed in the Apostle of Allah 🕋 a beautiful pattern of (conduct) ⭐ for anyone whose hope 🙏 is in Allah and the Final Day ⏳ and who engages much in the praise of Allah 🤲." [Surah 33:21]
Muhammad [PBUH] ﷺ was ennobled by his Lord 🕋; he was blessed ✨ by the noblest of virtues 🌟. He embodies the totality of virtuous action 💪 and thought 🧠, the best of which is reflected in the attainment of moral virtue ⭐. The Prophet [PBUH] ﷺ has acquired the moral characteristics 📋 needed for his own moral development 📈 that makes him capable of laying down rules 📜 for other people 👥, through laws ⚖️ and the establishment of justice ⚖️. He has said "I was sent to complete the good morals." ✨
👤 Man's Essence is Divine ✨🕋
Man 👤 is made in the Divine Image 🕋✨. Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Jesus were sent to this earth 🌍 with divine essence ✨.
⚖️ View About Punishment 🔨
The Holy Quran 📖 says: "If someone kills 💀 one man 👤 it is as if he has killed 💀 all mankind 👥." but if you forgive 🤲💚 that is even better ⭐. Many Islamic scholars 👨🏫📚 believe that all sins ❌ and wrong deeds 🚫 must be punished 🔨 but this concept is borrowed from Bani-Israel 📜, as Judaism is fear 😨 based religion.
✋🚫 Only Authorized Violence is Permissible in Islam ☪️
As for the meaning of violence 👊💥 as 'rough or injurious physical force ⚡ or action', Islamic Law ⚖️ opposes 🚫 all uses of force 💪 in this sense except in the case of war ⚔️ or for punishment 🔨 of criminals 👤🚫 in accordance with the shari'a 📜. Even in war ⚔️, however, the inflicting of any injury 🤕 to women 👩 and children 👶 is forbidden 🚫 as is the use of force against civilians 👥. Only fighters ⚔️ in the field of battle 🏟️ must be confronted with force 💪 and it is only against them that injurious physical force can be used ⚡.
💚⚖️ A System Based on Justice and Mercy
Islamic perspective 🕌 about legal system ⚖️ is purely and completely based on Justice ⚖️ and mercy 💚. Infact Mercy 💚 is considered a step ahead ⬆️ to Justice ⚖️.
There are many different words 📝 in the Quran 📖 related to forgiveness 🤲💚:
- Afw 🤲: To pardon ✅, to excuse for a fault ❌ or an offense 🚫 or a discourtesy, waiver of punishment 🔨 and amnesty 🕊️.
- Safhu 🔄: to turn away from a sin ❌ or a misdeed 🚫, ignore 👀 (Quran 📖: 2:109, 15:85 and 43:89)
- Ghafara or Maghrifa 💚: to cover 🫣, to forgive 🤲 and to remit ✅. (Quran 📖: 2:263 and 43:43)
⭐ Following Points Enlighten 💡 the Importance of Mercy 💚 and Justice ⚖️:
- ✨ Mercy 💚 is a step ahead ⬆️ to justice ⚖️
- ⚖️ Justice or "Adl" is a name 📛 of God 🕋
- 💚 Mercy: Rahman 💚 and Raheem 💚 are also Divine Names 🕋
- ⚡ Qahhar 💪, Jabbar 💪, Muntaqim ⚔️ are also Names of Allah 🕋 and He takes revenge for His persons 👥
- 🔄 Synthesis of all of these is essential ⭐
- 💫 Allah 🕋 says "My Mercy 💚 overcomes my wrath 😠"
- 🌟 The Holy Prophet ﷺ (PBUH) is Mercy 💚 upon mankind 👥🌍
🕋✨ Divine Names of Allah and Importance of Mercy 💚 and Justice ⚖️
⚖️ Al-'Adl (The Just)
- 👑 The One who is entitled to do what He does
- ⚖️ The justice, the equitable. The Just ✨
💚 Rahman and Raheem (The Most Merciful)
The first aya 📖 of Al-Fatiha 🤲 firmly establishes that these two names 📛 refer to Allah 🕋, the Supreme Power 💪✨, and to Him exclusively. They are used together (as a pair) 🔗 and separately (individually) throughout the Qur'an 📖 extensively to describe or refer to Him in various contexts 📋.
⚡💪 Al-Qahhar (The Subduer)
- 💪 The Subduer who has the perfect Power ⚡ and is not unable over anything
- 👑 The Almighty, the Dominant ⚡
💪👑 Al-Jabbar (The Compeller)
- 🕋 The One that nothing happens in His Dominion 👑 except that which He willed ✨
- 💪 The all Compelling ⚡
⚔️🔥 Al-Muntaqim (The Avenger)
- ⚔️ The One who victoriously prevails 🏆 over His enemies 👤❌ and punishes 🔨 them for their sins ❌
- ⚡ The Avenger 🔥
🤲💚 Forgiveness of Hind, of Quraysh
Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is mercy 💚 for all mankind 👥🌍. The mercy 💚 of the Prophet ﷺ even extended to those who brutally killed 💀 and then mutilated the body 🫀 of his uncle Hamzah 👤, one of the most beloved ❤️ of people to the Prophet ﷺ. When Hind 👩 quietly came to the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam ☪️, he recognized her 👀 but did not say anything 🤐. She was so impressed 😮 by his magnanimity ✨ and stature that she said 💬, "O Messenger of God 🕋, no tent 🏕️ was more deserted in my eyes 👀 than yours; but today no tent 🏕️ is more lovely ❤️ in my eyes 👀 than yours."
❤️🧠 Human Emotions and Morality
- 😨 Judaism is fear-based, legalistic 📜: Torah 📖 talks that an eye 👁️ for an eye 👁️, a tooth 🦷 for a tooth 🦷, life for life 💀
- ❤️ Christianity is Love-based: Bible 📖 talks, turn the other cheek 🙂
- 📚🧠 Islam is Knowledge-based: Holy Quran 📖 says "You have the right ✅ to do what was done unto you but do not transgress 🚫 and if you forgive 🤲💚, Allah loves Muhsineen ❤️"
Islam ☪️ is a religion based upon knowledge 📚🧠 for it is ultimately knowledge 🧠 of the Oneness of God ☝️🕋 combined with faith 🤲 and total commitment 💪 to Him that saves 🛡️ man 👤. Such sayings 💬 of the Prophet ﷺ as "Seek knowledge 📚 even in China 🇨🇳", "Seek knowledge 📚 from the cradle 👶 to the grave ⚰️", and "Verily the men of knowledge 👨🏫📚 are the inheritors of the prophets 🕋", have echoed throughout the history 📜 of Islam ☪️.
🎓📚 How to Educate Ourselves to Avoid Violence? 🚫👊
This can be possible through ⬇️:
- ⚖️ Equilibrium (A'itidaal) 🔄
- 🧘✨ Educating the Soul (Tarbeeyat-i-Nafs) 🌱
⚖️🔄 Equilibrium - The Middle Path 🛤️
Fear 😨 of Allah 🕋 should be in equilibrium ⚖️ to the passionate Love ❤️🔥 for Allah 🕋. Balancing Justice ⚖️ with Mercy 💚 through Knowledge 📚🧠. Knowledge 🧠 leads to forgiveness 🤲 and mercy 💚.
Islam ☪️ bases itself upon the idea 💡 of establishing equilibrium ⚖️ within the being of man 👤 as well as in the human society 👥 where he functions and fulfills the goals 🎯 of his earthly life 🌍. This equilibrium ⚖️ is the basis upon which the soul 🧘 takes its flight ✈️ towards peace ☮️🕊️.
Equilibrium ⚖️ means:
- 🛤️ The Middle Path 🔄
- ⚖️ Balancing Justice ⚖️ with Mercy 💚 through Knowledge 📚
- ❤️😨 Fear and Love must be in equilibrium ⚖️
- 📚🤲 Knowledge leads to forgiveness 💚
- 🧠💡 Knowledge can help discern when to punish 🔨 and when to forgive 🤲
🌱🧘 Educating the Soul (Tarbeeyat-i-Nafs) ✨
In Islamic perspective 🕌, Tarbeeyat-i-Nafs 🧘 is the key 🔑 component to avoid violence 🚫👊 and aggression 😠. Peace ☮️ for the soul 🧘 is only possible through tarbeeyat-i-Nafs 🌱, educating 📚 the soul.
- 🌟👤 Islam ☪️ believes in the potential 💪 of every man/woman 👨👩 to develop into a good citizen 🏛️
- 📖🎓 Education can help everyone realize their true potential 💪⭐
- 💫📚 Knowledge is also a Divine Name 🕋
☪️🕊️ Islam Means Peace ☮️
Islam ☪️ is the religion of peace ☮️🕊️. Its very name 📛 is derived from the word 'salam' 👋. Salam is not only the absence 🚫 of violence 👊 and aggression 😠 but it also means total well being 🌟 and happiness 😊. It means literally 'to be safe 🛡️, secure 🔒, sound ✅, wholesome 💚, unharmed 🙏, unimpaired and intact ✨'.
In the Qur'an 📖, God 🕋 is called Al-Salam ☮️ i.e. the Perfect one ⭐ (Surah 59:23). The state of salam ☮️ is the state where every thing finds its fullness 💯, glory 🌟 and perfection ✨. Hence the Qur'an 📖 calls Heaven 🏛️✨ as Dar al-Salam 🕊️ which is the abode of peace ☮️ and perfection ⭐.
The Prophet ﷺ (peace be upon him) said 💬, "The best Islam ☪️ is to give salam 👋 to every one 👥, whether you know 🧠 that person or not." (al-Bukhari 📚, Hadith no 11)
Peace ☮️ creates a chain reaction 🔗⬇️:
- 🧘☮️ Peace for the soul 💚
- 🏘️🤝 Leads to peace for the neighbor 👥
- 👥🌆 Leads to peace for the community 🏛️
- 🌍🕊️ And ultimately leads to peace for the nation 🇵🇰