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Al-Nisa’ 4: 57–8

Surely Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. (57) And those who believe and do good deeds, We shall cause them to enter the Gardens beneath which rivers flow. There they shall abide forever. There they shall have spouses purified and there We shall cause them to enter a shelter with plenteous shade.

(58) Allah commands you to deliver trusts to those worthy of them; and when you judge between people, judge with justice.53 Excellent is the admonition Allah gives you. Allah is All-Hearing, All- Seeing.

53 Here the Muslims are forewarned against the evils which had afflicted the Israelites. One of the fundamental mistakes committed by the Israelites was that in the time of their decadence they had handed over positions of trust, (i.e. religious and political leadership), to incompetent, mean, immoral, dishonest and corrupt persons. The result was that corruption spread throughout the nation. The Muslims are being directed to take heed of this, and to entrust positions of responsibility only to those who are capable of shouldering the burden of such positions. The major weakness of the Israelites was that they had completely lost their sense of justice. They pursued either personal or national interests at the cost of honesty, equity, reasonableness and good faith. After informing the Muslims of the iniquity of the Jews, God now warns them against committing similar injustices. They should rather declare what is right in the face of friend and foe alike, and judge between people with justice and equity.

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