Quran Chapter 5 – 40 (Pt-6, Stg-2) (L-680) - درس قرآن
Islamic Punishments
Surah MAAA-‘IDAH (The Table Spread) –
Chapter – 5)
‘A-‘uu-zu
Billaahi minash-Shay-taanir- Rajiim.
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
(I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast.)
Bis-Millaahir-Rah-maanir-Rahiim.
(In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.)
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 the entire humankind.
For us, the collection of God’s Commands is Holy Qur’an and It has been conveyed by means
of the last Messenger of Allah 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 Allah 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 Allah 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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