Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi

HOLE OF HISTORY IN RISE & FALL OF NATIONS
over all things. Similarly, if He wills, the cries of
the oppressed may become ineffective and no revolution
or change may occur as a result of their
grievances. Hut He does not act in this manner,
for although He is a ruler, He is also Wire. Of
course He can do anything He likes, but He does
what justice, equity and wisdom require Him to
do. In connection with His will in regard to the
rise and decay of nations, the important thing
to note is that a society in which injustice and
oppression reign can never prosper or make
progress.
The question is : what is zulm or wrongdoing
and oppression ? Zulm (wrongdoing) means to put
a thing not in its proper place. In lexicography
this state is called zulm (wrongdoing or oppression).
Therefore, the Qur’an says that shirk or
association of other deities with God is a great
act of wrongdoing because nothing can be more
improper. This forehead has been made so
that
man may prostrate himself before God. But when
man prostrates himself before his fellow creatures,
this is an act of wrongdoing and it is clear
that if a thing is not in its proper place, it is a
state which is the negatiou of justice. Thus, these
hands of ours have been made to serve the
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