Absolute Justice

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Absolute Justice,
Kindness and Kinship

The Three Creative Principles

Consists of Four Addresses
by
Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Khalifatul Masih IV

ISLAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship—
The Three Creative Principles
by: Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmadrh
The Fourth Successor of the Promised Messiahas

First Edition of the first part published in UK (ISBN: 1 85372 567 6)
Present Edition comprising all four parts published in UK in 2008

© Islam International Publications Ltd.

Published by:
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Printed in UK at:
Raqeem Press
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ISBN: 1 85372 741 5
Verily, Allah requires you to abide by
justice, and to treat with grace, and give
like the giving of kin to kin; and forbids
indecency, and manifest evil, and
transgression. He admonished you that
you may take heed.

(Surah al-Nahl; 16:91)

Contents

About the Author....................................................................vii
Introduction............................................................................ix
Publisher’s Note....................................................................xiii
Glossary of Terms...............................................................xvii

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Part I
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● Foreword to the First Edition of the First Part
● Prologue
1 The Three Creative Principles Defined......................11
Three Stages of Human Relations..................................11
The Most Elaborate Verse of the Holy Quran ...............14
The Application of this Verse to the Domain of the
Plant and Animal Kingdoms .........................................16
The Principle which Governs the Law Responsible for
the Creation of Equilibrium and Balance.......................17
2 The Creation of the Universe .....................................27
The Universal Law of Gravitation ................................32
3 The Ecosystem..............................................................39
Balance between Earth and the Heavenly Bodies..........39
The Earth’s Atmosphere.................................................39
The Troposphere............................................................41
The Stratosphere.............................................................42
The Magnetosphere........................................................43
The Earth........................................................................47
Mountains.......................................................................49
Balance in the Atmospheric Gases.................................54
Balance in the Vegetative and Animal Kingdoms ........55
4 The Animal Kingdom .................................................57
The Role of Sensitivity and Consciousness in Relation
to ‘Adl, Ihsan and Ita’i Dhil-Qurba...............................68
5 Further Evolution of Man ..........................................71
A Study of the Micro-Universe of Man ........................71
The Bricks of Life .........................................................74
Balance and Consciousness............................................76
6 Different Kinds of Balance within Man’s Body.........79
The Inbuilt Criterion for Good and Bad.........................79
Physical Growth.............................................................83
Protection against Disease..............................................89
The Role of Benevolence in Production of Insulin........91
Calcium .........................................................................94
Sodium and Potassium...................................................98
Cell Division .................................................................99
An Insight into the Insect Kingdom.............................101
Imbalance and Disease.................................................102
Guardian Angels...........................................................104
The Excesses of Man....................................................105
7 Violations of Justice ..................................................107
The Doctrine of Trinity ...............................................108
A Warning System to Indicate Violations of Justice...112
8 The Role of the Three Creative Principles in the
Shaping of Religion ...................................................119
The Era of Adamas........................................................120
The Paradise of Adamas................................................124
The Development of the Institution of Prophethood....128
The Development of the Teaching of Absolute
Justice...........................................................................134
9 Islam as the Ultimate Goal of Religious Teachings 137
Islam and the Advanced Era of Prophet Muhammadsa 137
The Middle Way...........................................................140
The Straight Path..........................................................142
Islam and the Nature of Man .......................................147
Accountability and Inherited Sin .................................153
Guidance for Mankind ................................................159
References Part I

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Part II
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10 Freedom of Conscience in Matters of Faith............165
11 Islamic Jihad Misunderstood....................................179
12 Justice (‘Adl), Benevolence (Ihsan) & Kinship (Ita’i
Dhil-Qurba) in Worship ...........................................191
The Philosophy of Prayer.............................................198
The Universalities of Mosques.....................................216
Moderation in Worship................................................217
Categories of Prayer ....................................................219
13 Absolute Justice May Never be Withheld...............223
14 Trust and Accountability...........................................225
15 Testimony of Muslims against Non-Muslims and
Vice Versa...................................................................237
References Part II
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Part III
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16 Evidence in Financial Matters .................................253
17 Evidence of the Existence of God .............................259
The Testimony of God, His Angels and Knowledgeable
People...........................................................................259
The Evidence of the Existence of God for the
Atheists.........................................................................262
The Evidence of the Universe......................................267
18 A New Category of Testimony .................................271
Evidence of Prophetsas in Favour of other Prophetsas..274
A Universal Principle Applicable to All Cases where a
Testimony is Accepted or Rejected..............................277
Some Testimonies in Favour of the Holy Prophetsa to be
Fulfilled in the Future as many Testimonies were
Fulfilled in the Past .....................................................280
Another Category of Evidence relating to the Age when
the Holy Prophetsa Claimed to be the Messenger from
God...............................................................................283
19 The Recording System Operative in the Entire
Universe.......................................................................287
20 Covenants, their Different Categories, Punishments
and Rewards ..............................................................295
Covenant of Man with God..........................................295
The Covenant of Prophetsas..........................................299
The Covenant of the People of the Book ....................304
Punishment for the Breaking of the Covenant Binding
on the Entire People ....................................................308
A Mutual Balance between Crime and Punishment.....312
Some more Punishments in Accordance with the
Violation of Covenants.................................................314
The Reward for Keeping the Covenant........................317
A Similar Code of Ethics given to Humans is made
Binding by Allah upon Himself...................................319
Individual Covenants or Contracts...............................320
The Violation of Individual Covenants and the
Punishment...................................................................323
21 Covenants with Non-Muslims, Treaties and
Contracts ....................................................................327
Two Categories of Treaties with Non-Muslims...........329
The Treaty of Medina...................................................331
The Personal Example of the Holy Prophetsa regarding
his Commitment to Contracts.......................................335
A Prophecy Regarding the Moral Decadence of Muslim
Political Leaders in the Future ....................................337
Some other Examples of the Honouring of Contracts..339
Reference Part III
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Part IV
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22 Justice in Speech.........................................................347
One Specific Aspect of Justice in Speech....................348
Examples of Absolute Justice Dispensed by the Holy
Prophetsa of Islam.........................................................351
The First Characteristic of Justice in Speech ..............351
The Second Characteristic of Justice in Speech...........353
The Third Characteristic of Justice in Speech..............354
Justice of Speech in Household Affairs ......................355
23 The Basic Principle of Establishing Equality Among
all the Children of Adamas.........................................357
A Great Charter Proclaimed by the Holy Prophetsa on
Racial Equality.............................................................359
The Root of the Malady of Racism..............................360
Warfare Incidental to the Lack of Justice.....................362
The Danger of Wars when the Quranic Admonition is
Disregarded .................................................................363
The Quranic Teaching regarding Righteousness in the
Affairs of Mankind without Distinction.......................365
24 The Teaching of Justice and Kindness Regarding
Relatives .....................................................................369
The Rights of Parents upon their Children...................369
The Beautiful Teaching of doing Favours to One’s
Parents even After their Death ....................................380
To Seek Forgiveness on Behalf of Deceased Parents..381
The Rights of Children upon their Parents...................382
The Wisdom Underlying the above Quranic
Teaching.......................................................................384
The Teaching of Adhering to Justice between One’s
Own Children...............................................................387
The Reward for Treating Children with Justice...........388
The Teaching of Beneficence in Addition to the
Teaching of Justice concerning one’s Children...........391
No one can Dedicate one’s own Child without his
Consent.........................................................................393
The Beautiful Teaching of Treating one’s Children with
Respect.........................................................................395
The Rights of Orphans ................................................396
The Teaching of Benevolence concerning Orphans....398
Noble Conduct of the Holy Prophetsa towards Orphans
......................................................................................399
The Rights of Close Relatives......................................400
The Great Teaching of Benevolence towards Close Blood
Relatives.......................................................................402
The Relationship between those Connected through their
Mother’s Uterus and Allah’s Attribute of Rahman......403

● Epilogue.......................................................................407