Justice in the Heart
\r\n Al-Nahl (The Bee) - Chapter 16: Verse 90 (partial)
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\"Behold, God enjoins justice, and excellence (sincerity)"
To apply absolute justice to our own self, within our inward and outward life, alone or in society, with our friends or with our foes, all this seems to be the greatest level a Believer can achieve. This is a very high level indeed, but the Quran teaches us that there is even more than this.
\r\nMore than the mere implementation of a visible justice – which has to be fulfilled – the Muslim must go beyond this stage and reach a state within whereby he is in permanent remembrance and, thus, has a continuous link with God so as to nourish the notion of justice (and its accomplishment) with the intense light of a wakeful Faith. In this way, the requirement of justice, before God and deep inside the Believer, becomes a demand of the heart. This is much more profound and intense than any intellectual propensity which can be disturbed by material, social or political interests. Within the heart, moulded by deep Faith, justice and equity are no longer notions or categories of the mind, but are rather the required stations of a genuine access to bounty, generosity, mercy and love which permit the Believer to be in God’s vicinity. This is the path of individual Islamic spirituality which, by virtue of the effort required of everyone, should lighten the hope of the whole community.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n \"To Be A European Muslim\" - Tariq Ramadan