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The 365 · Verses · Day 243 · Justice


Qur'an 49:9

وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَإِنۢ بَغَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى تَبْغِى حَتَّىٰ تَفِىٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن فَآءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ

If two groups of the believers fight, you believers should try to reconcile them; if one of them is clearly oppressing the other, fight the oppressors until they submit to God's command, then make a just and even-handed reconciliation between the two of them: God loves those who are even-handed. (Quran 49:9)

Svenska: Och om två grupper av troende rakar i strid med varandra, försök då mellan dem skapa försoning... och döm mellan dem med rättvisa; Gud älskar dem som handlar rättvist. (Koranen 49:9)

A reflection to carry

Allah closed the Justice arc with one of the most operationally important verses for community life. Two groups of believers fighting. Three steps. One: aṣliḥū baynahumā. Try to reconcile them. Two: if one of them is oppressing the other, fight (oppose, restrain) the oppressor until they submit to Allah's command. Three: when they submit, fa-aṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʿadl wa-aqsiṭū. Reconcile them with justice and be even-handed. Inna Allāha yuḥibbu al-muqsiṭīn. Allah loves the even-handed. Ya akhī, ya ukhtī, read the verse against your community. Every family feud. Every masjid split. Every divorce in the community. Every business partnership that broke. Every WhatsApp group war. Allah commanded the bystanders: reconcile. Not stay neutral. Not 'I don't get involved.' Reconcile. And if one side is clearly wronging the other, do not split the difference for the sake of peace; restrain the wrongdoer first, THEN reconcile justly. The dīn does not let us call false peace 'justice.' But it does not let us let conflict fester either. The believer is summoned, by Allah Himself, to be a maker of peace, a reconciler, a builder of bridges that do not lie about which side was wrong. And the reward is the same as Day 218: Allah loves the muqsiṭīn. The just-reconcilers receive His love directly.

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Yā Rabb, You closed the Justice arc with a verse that turned every believer into a community-builder. Two groups fighting. Three steps to follow. Reconcile. Restrain the oppressor. Then reconcile justly. And You attached Your love to the closing: inna Allāha yuḥibbu al-muqsiṭīn. Allah loves the even-handed. Twice in the Quran You attached Your love directly to the muqsiṭīn (5:42, 49:9). Twice. As if to say: this is one of the few qualities I have explicitly named as beloved to Me. Be just. Be reconciling. Be even-handed. And I will love you. Ya Allāh, our communities are full of conflict that no one will reconcile. Family wounds nobody will mediate. Marriages that crumble while bystanders look away. Mosque disputes that split worship. Business partnerships that break in WhatsApp screenshots. And the believer's role, the role You named, is rarely filled: aṣliḥū. Reconcile. Forgive me, ya Rabb, for the conflicts I have walked past because 'it was not my business.' For the brothers I could have brought back together if I had been willing to be the one to call. For the sisters who needed a third voice and I stayed silent. Send me, ya Allāh, into the role You named. Make me a muṣliḥ, a reconciler. Train my tongue to soften feuds. Train my heart to be even-handed when both sides expect me to take theirs. And give me the courage to restrain the clearly oppressing side before I 'reconcile' the unbalanced relationship. Because false peace is not peace. And on the Day You separate al-muqsiṭīn from the rest, ya Rabb, place me among those You promised to love. Āmīn ya Muṣliḥ, ya Wadūd, ya Salām.

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