Lesson # 621 From Holy Qur’aan
Explanation
about the Islamic Punishments
‘Al-Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)–Stage
- 2
Verse
– 40 of 120, Section – 6 of 16 (Part - 6)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
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Knowest thou not that unto Allaah belongeth the Sovereignty of the
heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He will, and forgiveth whom He will.
And Allaah is Able to do all things.
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‘Alam ta’-lam
‘annAllaaha lahuu mulkus-samaawaati wal-‘arz.
Yu-‘azzibu many-yashaaa-‘u wa
yagfiru limany-yashaaa’. WAllaahu
‘alaa kulli shay-‘in
Qadiir.
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Lesson
The Punishments regarding some
crimes i.e. murder, robbery and theft etc. were discussed in the previous
lesson. It was possible that some stupid people think about these punishments
that those are very severe, because everyone is not able to prove the
punishment of any crime after understanding the badness of that crime
completely. Apparently, he thinks “Alas! A hale and healthy person has been sentenced
to death or cut off a very useful thing like one’s hand forever. Allaah Almighty already signified by
telling His one attribute with every punishment. An intelligent person will
understand immediately from it that God is Mighty and Wise also as He is Able
to do all things i.e. He knows the fact of every crime and understands the quantity
and limit of that loss which has to bear by the mankind and which disturbance becomes
public in the world. And then He determines a suitable punishment of that
particular crime, which conforms entirely according to quantity and limit of
that particular sin. But it has been disclosed such matter very clearly in this
verse for those unintelligent and imprudent people, who cannot view the end and
the far results of any deed.
Allaah Almighty commands that without any doubt the human being is ignorant but
“Can he not know only even that everything in the earth and heavens, whether
that is small or big, up or down, present or absent, human or beastly, angelus
or belongs to demons, is in the Sovereignty of Allaah Almighty. Not only He possesses but He is Owner also of everything
and manages the entire universe. He Orders, what He wills, punishes, to whom He
wishes and forgives to whom He desires. Nothing is out of His control. He knows
everything and deals properly.
The person, who will understand
this verse thoroughly, can never criticize any command of Allaah Almighty. No doubt can take place in one’s heart upon being
His order as correct and proper. Wonderful! We accept this rule regarding human
being, that the owner of anything can do, what he wants to do with the thing,
which is in his ownership, but forget entirely this principle in the case of Allaah Almighty.
Islamic
Punishments
Some people have unbecoming
thoughts about the punishments illustrated in the Holy Qur’aan. Keeping the Non-Muslims, particularly Europeans a side,
the Muslims themselves have been involved in doubts about these punishments and
are constantly thinking to amend them. Usually the imaginations like this have
been born because we have taken the Islam as a very cursive thing. First thing,
which we should understand about it is that Islam is not an invention of any
mankind. Islam has been made by Him, Who is Creator of humankind.
For us, the collection of God’s Commands
is Holy Quran and It has been conveyed through the last Messenger of Allaah Almighty, Muhammad (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon Him). Its meanings have been made us to understand
by the tongue as well as it has been shown us practically, how to act upon It.
It has been emphasized in the Holy
Qur’aan that the Muslims should
establish their collective dwelling in such a manner that anyone of them may
not do such a deed due to which mutual cooperation takes bad effect. It means
that everybody should try to escape from the evildoing in each condition due to
the fear “If one committed any sin, then all the people would break off their
all connections with one due to the command of Allaah Almighty and it would become difficult to dwell in the world
for the one”. Whenever so much fear of society will take place in the heart of
everybody, then it will be impossible for anyone to commit any crime. Wherever in
the Holy Qur’aan, there is a command about
punishment to someone, there, it has been admonished to the entire nation, “You
should punish the criminal yourselves”. It appears that the aim from it is to
terrify every person from the entire nation. Nobody has been given authority
personally to punish anyone except the Messenger of Allaah Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him).
At first, the nation should
arrange such system of education that everyone is afraid from it with effect
from the childhood and his/her heart falls back from the intentions of evil
deeds and troubling others. He/she should have faith that “My nation pursues to
remove the crimes from the world and it can punish anyone most severely for
this purpose”. After that, surely none can intend to commit any crime. Along with
it, everyone should know, “If I committed any crime, all the people will be
separate from me and break off their connections”.
Whenever the nation will succeed
in producing such atmosphere, then it is apparent that there will be no chance
of tyrannizing anyone, and if any person is punished properly, then all others
will never commit any crime or evil.
Second misunderstanding, in which
those persons, who object, are involved, is that, these punishments will be
given without making any distinction and the interested people will approach
for their enmity and malice, whereas, it is fact that before punishing the
criminal lawfully, the proof of the crime will be necessary to be obtained.
As far as the severe punishments
concern, these punishments are for establishing the nobility/politeness of high
standard and respect of law by the people of the nation. It is better to finish
the crimes through severe punishments instead of making them (punishments) as the
game of children. If one or two persons are punished severely, then other all
people will never think to commit any kind of crime.
It should be remembered that only
that society is authorized to give these punishments, whose organization has
already finished nearly all the crimes.
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