What is the meaning of the statement of Allah the Exalted: {Indeed, shirk (associating partners with Allah) is great injustice...}?
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Question:
He says: One of the brothers stated that Allah is wronged, and he cited the statement of Allah the Exalted: [Luqman: 13]. So when you transgress one of the limits of Allah, you wrong Him, but it is a wrong befitting Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is such a statement correct?
Answer:
This is not said. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: [al-Baqarah: 57]. Injustice is placing things in other than their proper place, and it does not harm Allah in any way; rather, they wronged themselves and bore the consequences of that. For this reason, He says: [al-Baqarah: 57]. Injustice is placing a thing in other than its proper place, so sins are injustice to the self, and obedience is consolation for it. Allah is not harmed by their injustice or their sins; rather, the harm is upon them: [al-Isra: 7] [Fussilat: 46].
He says: One of the brothers stated that Allah is wronged, and he cited the statement of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌAnswer:
This is not said. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.
وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَAnd they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.
وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَIf you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves.
إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَاWhoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا
Source
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