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Islam teaches that Allah does not wrong anyone, while also acknowledging that hardship and injustice are real. Revelation does not let us label every sufferer's pain as punishment or claim to know its hidden reason [1][2].
The Quran states plainly that Allah does not wrong anyone, even by the smallest amount 1. It also commands people to uphold justice, including when doing so is difficult 2. Human cruelty should therefore be named and resisted; belief in divine decree is not permission to excuse an oppressor or abandon someone who needs help.
Revelation says that people will face tests involving fear, hunger and loss, and praises those who respond with patience and return to Allah 3. That teaching gives a way to endure pain, but it does not reveal the specific unseen reason for every illness, disaster or death. We should not tell a grieving or harmed person that Allah is punishing them.
Muslims trust that Allah's judgment is perfectly just and that the full accounting belongs to Him, while doing what is within their power to reduce harm. Support victims, seek treatment, pursue lawful justice, and ask Allah for relief. If the question is personal or tied to a difficult ruling, discuss it with a compassionate scholar rather than relying on a slogan.
Allah does not do injustice, even by an atom's weight.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظۡلِمُ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةࣲۖ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةࣰ يُضَٰعِفۡهَا وَيُؤۡتِ مِن لَّدُنۡهُ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمࣰ ا ٤٠
Indeed, Allah does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward
Believers are commanded to uphold justice even toward people they dislike.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَلَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوۡمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعۡدِلُواْۚ ٱعۡدِلُواْ هُوَ أَقۡرَبُ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨
O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do
Fear, hunger and loss are named among trials, and patience is met with mercy.
وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيۡءࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٥٥ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتۡهُم مُّصِيبَةࣱ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيۡهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ١٥٦ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَلَوَٰتࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرَحۡمَةࣱۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدُونَ ١٥٧
155 And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient 156 Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return 157 Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided
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