پن کیا گیا ٹویٹ
This past week in geopolitics showed something we keep forgetting.
Governments make decisions.
Policies create consequences.
Leaders escalate conflicts.
But ordinary people—on all sides—pay the price.
Yet online, millions of us spend our time attacking strangers from other countries as if they personally wrote the policies we’re angry about.
The lesson this modern world needs:
Direct your anger toward systems and decisions, not toward people who were born under them.
Justice isn’t achieved by hating entire populations.
As the saying goes:
“Let not the hatred of a people cause you to act unjustly. Act justly.”
The quote comes directly from the Qur’an, specifically Qur’an 5:8.
Arabic (original):
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَاءَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا ۚ اعْدِلُوا هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Common English translation:
“O you who believe! Stand firm for Allah as witnesses in justice. And do not let the hatred of a people cause you to be unjust. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is aware of what you do.”
Reference:
Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:8)
This verse is often cited to emphasize that justice must be maintained even toward those you dislike or oppose.
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