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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (( He is the most just with Allah ))

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Some of them read it as the active participle, *qasit*, meaning "he is the just one with Allah, Mighty and Majestic." They resorted to this because it is known that the superlative form shares in its original meaning both the one who is preferred and the one who is preferred over. So if you say, "So-and-so is braver than so-and-so," both are brave, but this one is braver. Here, if we take the superlative form in its proper sense and say, "Their supplication to their fathers is more just with Allah than their supplication to those they adopted," it would imply that there is justice in their supplication to those they adopted, whereas there is no justice in it. Therefore, some exegetes said that the superlative form here means the active participle, so that nothing is attributed to the second party. Other exegetes said it is in its proper sense, and the Arabic language always uses the superlative form in cases where there is nothing in the other party. This is as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place. أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا
[Al-Furqan: 24]
a better abode خير مستقراً
, even though the people of the Fire have no good in their abode. Based on this, we say that keeping the verse in its apparent sense is preferable. If that is said, a question arises: Why was the superlative form used for a party where there is nothing in the other party? We say: To indicate that this is the utmost of justice. Note that its benefit is that their supplication to their fathers is the most just thing, and it is the utmost of justice. The superlative form is considered in terms of meaning, i.e., that this is the most just thing. And the word
most just أقسط
, is the superlative form from a triliteral root or a quadriliteral root? From a triliteral root, because the superlative form is only declined from a triliteral name. "And you decline them from the triliteral" Yes. Then, the quadriliteral form of this root does not mean justice, but rather injustice. The quadriliteral form means injustice. Note, the quadriliteral form means injustice. So, conversely, *al-qasit* is the unjust one, and *al-muqsit* is the just one. O my son, Allah the Exalted said:
But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.' وَأَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا
[Al-Jinn: 15] And He said:
and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly. وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ
[Al-Hujurat: 9]. So, a difficulty arises regarding the issue of
most just أقسط
here
He is the most just هو أقسط
. We say in answer to it that this is evidence for the correctness of the school of the Kufans, who say that the superlative form is permissible from other than triliteral roots. They say
most just أقسط
from the root of *iqsat*, meaning that it is the most just. And His saying:
with Allah عند الله
means in His judgment, because the judgment is the judgment of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to which it is attributed. This is similar to His saying, the Exalted, regarding those who accuse chaste women: He says:
And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah, who are the liars. فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَدَاءِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
[An-Nur: 13]. Look, reflect on His saying:
then those are with Allah فَأُوْلَئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
. We have now moved away from the verse. If a man accuses a woman of zina, then in terms of reality, it may be true or it may be false. That is, it may be true that she committed zina, or it may be false. But in the judgment of Allah,
The student: ...

The Shaykh : it is not in the judgment of Allah false. Therefore, He said:
And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَدَاءِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
[An-Nur 24:13]
. He did not say, "Then those are the liars," because it may be true in terms of reality, but in the Shari'ah of Allah, they are liars.
then it is they, in the sight of Allah, who are the liars. فَأُوْلَئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
[An-Nur 24:13]
Therefore, the hadd of qadhf is obligatory upon them if they do not bring four witnesses.
Source alathar.net

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