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| The Fair Difference between Allah and Human Versions |
Justice is the top priority source sought by humans. The majority of people think that being under the umbrella of justice is everything. So that everyone will demand justice.
Because the main factor for the emergence of commotion and riots both on a small scale such as in the family sphere and on a large scale such as in organizations and in the state is caused by perceptions of justice.
It is this embryo that raises voices and protests against something that feels wronged by the existing system. Hehe...
However, how exactly is fair in the sight of God and man? Is it the same or different? Or maybe it doesn't need to be discussed because it's not important. Oh no no hehe... just watch in full, God willing, it won't disappoint you.
Well, I'll start by bringing an interesting and very inspiring story, namely the story of Nasruddin Hodja, a humorous Sufi who lived in Turkey in the 13th century.
Here's
the story without further ado...
One day four children came to Nasruddin with a basket full of dates. Nasruddin had suspected that something must be wrong so they came to him.
It turned out to be true, they asked Nasruddin to distribute the dates in the basket to them fairly.
Before dividing it fairly, Nasruddin asked first, "Do you want me to distribute it humanly or Allah's way?"
Without thinking twice, the children answered in unison: "God's way." At first, glance, what crossed their minds was that they believed that God must be fair in dividing things.
After everyone agreed and agreed, Nasruddin began distributing dates in baskets. Nasruddin took the dates and gave two handfuls to the first child.
For
the second child, he gave just one handful. For the third child, he gave only
two grains, while for the fourth child, he did not give one at all.
Then they protested and raised their voices, "What kind of distribution is this?" they asked with great annoyance and disappointment.
Nasruddin Hodja casually replied, "Yes, that's how God shares," Nasruddin answered innocently.
When he saw that they were confused, Nasruddin continued his words so that they could understand the meaning of God's version of division, "God gives to certain groups in large quantities, to other groups He gives but only a little, and some He does not give at all. What if earlier you ask me to share dates with the human version, of course, I will share equally."
What can we learn from the anecdote above? Nasruddin Hodja simply teaches us about the concept of God's version of justice and the human version which is easily understood and understood even by children.
Humans often view the concept of justice as a form of equal sharing, as much, no less, and no more. Even though it shows the weakness of us humans. In fact, it actually shows human limitations in understanding the dynamics, context, and human involvement both psychologically, historically, and politically towards phenomena.
Meanwhile,
Allah's version of the just concept, do we doubt it? God definitely has his own
way that is different from humans. As the creator of the working mechanism of
this universe, of course, the concept of justice that is carried out by Allah
always concerns all life both in the heavens and on earth which is very broad,
deep, large, and unreachable by any creature.
Therefore, we now realize that what is shared and given by God to us is God's version of justice. Because Allah knows better about the condition and even what our movements are.
We can't complain about what we got now. of course, everything has its own wisdom that we do not know. Our duty as servants is to be grateful for the favors given, not to protest against the concept of justice, Allah SWT's version.
So, Allah SWT may not feel fair to creatures called humans, but He is fair to the entire universe so that everything can continue to be balanced and normal as it is today.
Let's get rid of bad thoughts about Allah SWT because whatever comes to our minds, Allah knows everything.
That's
roughly the lesson that Nasruddin Hodja is trying to convey to us. May we all
be made easy in all matters of this world and the hereafter. Amen amen...
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