A New Road Map: Tawhid in the 21st century
And your Allah is One Allah. There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful (Q2:163).Archive for qist
Qist in the Quran
The root of the word is the verb *QST, to act justly. Qist is ordered by Allah; it is done for Allah, and is part of the covenant that humanity has with Him. This command is for all humans, as they are vicegerents of their Creator. It is one of the characteristics of the judgment of Allah. One aspect of qist that sets it apart from several other conceptions of Justice comes with it in relation to the concept of mizan. With the two together, one realizes that qist is not relative, but absolute. It is an absoluteness that comes through the standards of Allah; there is a right and a wrong in this case. This concept is different from Adl, though Adl is certainly a part of qist. There are only 5-6 verses where Adl and Qist occur together.
