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best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts) lest ye swerve and if ye distort (justice)
or decline to do justice verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. 544645
644 When the emigration took place from Makkah to Madinah, bonds and links of brotherhood were established between
the Emigrants and the Helpers, and they shared in each other's inheritance. Later, when the Community was solidly
established, and relations with those left behind in Makkah were resumed, the rights of blood-relations in Makkah, and
the Helper-brethren in Madinah were both safeguarded. This is the particular meaning. The more general meaning is
similar; respect your ties of blood, of neighbourhood, and of friendly compacts and understandings. Be just to all.
(4.135)
645 Some people may be inclined to favour the rich, because they expect something from them. Some people may be
inclined to favour the poor because they are generally helpless. Partiality in either case is wrong. Be just, without fear
of favour. Both the rich and the poor are under Allah's protection as far as their legitimate interests are concerned, but
they cannot expect to be favoured at the expense of others. And He can protect their interests far better than any
man. (4.135)
5:8 - O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah as witnesses to fair dealing and let not the hatred of
others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to Piety:
and fear Allah for Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. 706707
706 Cf. iv. 135. (5.8)
707 To do justice and act righteously in a favourable or neutral atmosphere is meritorious enough, but the real test comes
when you have to do justice to people who hate you or to whom you have an aversion. But no less is required of you
by the higher moral law. (5.8)
5:44 - It was We who revealed the law (to Moses); therein was guidance and light. By its standard
have been judged the Jews by the Prophet who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah's will by the
Rabbis and the doctors of Law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah's Book and
they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men but fear Me and sell not My Signs for a
miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed they are (no
better than) unbelievers. 750751752753
752 They were living witnesses to the truth of Scripture, and could testify that they had made it known to the people: Cf. ii.
143, and iv. 135. (5.44)
5:106 - O ye who believe! when death approaches any of you (take) witnesses among yourselves
when making bequests two just men of your own (brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are
journeying through the earth and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their
truth) detain them both after prayer and let them both swear by Allah: "We wish not in this for
any worldly gain even though the (beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the
evidence before Allah: if we do then behold! the sin be upon us!" 812
812 Ordinarily this oath should be decisive, and the matter must rest here. But if it gets known that the oath was false,
other evidence may be taken as in the next verse. (5.106)
10:61 - In whatever business thou mayest be and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from
the Qur'an and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing We are Witnesses thereof when ye
are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom
on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are
recorded in a clear Record. 1450
1450 There is nothing that men can do but Allah is a witness to it. We may be deeply engrossed in some particular thing
and for the time being be quite unconscious of other things. But Allah's knowledge not only comprehends all things,
but has all things actively before it. Nothing is hidden from Him. And His knowledge has another quality which human
knowledge has not. Human knowledge is subject to time, and is obliterated by time. Allah's knowledge is like a Record
and endures forever. And His Record has a further quality which human records have not. The most permanent
human record may be quite intelligible to those who make it but may be ambiguous to others and may become
unintelligible with the progress of time, as happens almost invariably to the most enduring inscriptions from very
ancient times: but in Allah's "Record" or knowledge there is no ambiguity, for it is independent of time, or place. This is
the force of Mubin ("clear") here. (10.61)
11:17 - Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord and whom a witness
from Himself doth teach as did the Book of Moses before it a guide and a mercy? They believe
therein; but those of the Sects that reject it the Fire will be their promised meeting place. Be
not then in doubt thereon: for it is the Truth from thy Lord: yet many among men do not
believe! 15121513
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