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83:2 - Those who when they have to receive by measure from men exact full measure.
83:3 - But when they have to give by measure or weight to men give less than due.
26:181 - Give just measure and cause no loss (to others by fraud). 3216
3216 They were a commercial people, but they were given to fraud, injustice, and wrongful mischief (by intermeddling with
others). They are asked to fear Allah and follow His ways: it is He Who also created their predecessors among
mankind, who never prospered by fraud and violent wrong-doing, but only justice and fair dealing. (26.181)
FREEWILL:
10:99 - If it had been the Lord's Will they would all have believed all who are on earth! Wilt thou
then compel mankind against their will to believe! 1480
1480 If it had been Allah's Plan or Will not to grant the limited Free-will that He has granted to man, His omnipotence could
have made all mankind alike: all would then have had Faith, but that Faith would have reflected no merit on them. In
the actual world as it is, man has been endowed with various faculties and capacities, so that he should strive and
explore, and bring himself into harmony with Allah's Will. Hence Faith becomes a moral achievement, and to resist
Faith becomes a sin. As a complementary proposition, men of Faith must not be impatient or angry if they have to
contend against Unfaith, and most important of all, they must guard against the temptation of forcing Faith, i.e.,
imposing it on others by physical compulsion. Forced faith is no faith. They should strive. (10.99)
18:29 - Say "The Truth is from your Lord": let him who will believe and let him who will reject (it): for
the wrongdoers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames) like the wall and roof of a
tent will hem them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass that will
scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on! 2371
2371 Our choice in our limited Free-will involves a corresponding personal responsibility. We are offered the Truth: again
and again is it pressed on our attention. If we reject it, we must take all the terrible consequences which are prefigured
in the Fire of Hell. Its flames and roof will completely enclose us like a tent. Ordinarily there is water to quench the
heat of thirst: here the only drink will be like molten brass, thick, heavy, burning, sizzling. Before it reaches the mouth
of the unfortunates, drops of it will scald their faces as it is poured out. (18.29)
74:56 - But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness
and the Lord of Forgiveness. 5808
5808 Righteousness as well as Forgiveness have their source in Allah's Will. Man's Righteousness has no meaning except
in relation to the universal Will. For Taqwa see n. 26 to ii. 2. If we take the word here in the sense of "the fear of Allah",
the translation would be: "He alone is worthy to be feared, and He alone is entitled to grant Forgiveness." (74.56)
76:29 - This is an admonition: whosoever will let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord.
76:30 - But ye will not except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom. 5861
5861 Man in himself is weak; he must seek Allah's Grace; without it he can do nothing; with it he can do all, For Allah knows
all things, and His wisdom comprehends the good of all. (76.30)
81:28 - With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight. 5996
5996 Cf. lxxiv. 55-56. Allah is the Cherisher of the Worlds, Lord of Grace and Mercy, and His guidance is open to all who
have the will to profit by it. But that will must be exercised in conformity with Allah's Will (verse 29). Such conformity is
Islam. Verse 28 points to human free-will and responsibility; verse 29 to its limitations. Both extremes, viz., cast-iron
Determinism and an idea of Chaotic Free-will, are condemned. (81.28)
81:29 - But ye shall not will Except as Allah wills The Cherisher of the Worlds.
82:7 - Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion and gave thee a just bias; 60036004
6003 Cf. xv. 29. Allah not only created man, but fashioned him in due proportions, giving him extraordinary capacities, and
the means wherewith he can fulfil his high destiny. (82.:7)
6004 See n. 834 to vi. 1. Having given a limited free-will, He gave us a just bias through our reason and our spiritual
faculties. If we err, it is our will that is at fault. (82.7)
82:8 - In whatever Form He wills does He put thee together. 6005
6005 By "Form" (Surat) here I understand the general shape of things in which any given personality is placed, including his
physical and social environments, his gifts of mind and spirit, and all that goes to make up his outer and inner life. The
Grace of Allah is shown in all these things, for His Will is formed from perfect knowledge, wisdom, and goodness.
(82.8)
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