Reformed Life

The right way for a person is to lead his life without corrupting the reformed world. He should live a life based on the principles of honesty and justice.

The Quran tells us that God’s messenger, Shuayb, was sent to the people of Midian by God. These people had become corrupt, so he addressed them thus: “O my people, worship God; you have no other god but Him. A clear sign has indeed come to you from your Lord. So give full measure and full weight, and do not deliver short. Do not corrupt the land after it has been set in order. This is for your own good, if you are true believers.” (7:85)

According to the Quran the present world is a place of reform. Here, the right way of for a person is to lead his life without corrupting the reformed world. If he introduces perversion into the set plan of nature, that will be an unforgivable offense. For such a crime, a person cannot save himself in the court of God.

One aspect of this plan of nature relates to the material world, for instance, the systems of air, water, trees, and agriculture. It is a person’s right to make use of these things without making any changes in them. But if he changes the system, in any way, for instance, if he cuts down all the trees, and pollutes all the water or reservoirs or indulges in any such activity by which he may change the proportion of gases in the air, this will be an unforgiveable offence.

The other plan for human society is that the weighing scale should be accepted as a symbol of justice. The virtue of the weighing scale is that it weighs things with total exactitude. Showing less or more than the actual weight is against nature. A person too should develop this virtue. He should adopt the principle of justice exactly like the weighing scale in his dealings with others. He should carve out his entire life in line with the principle of justice.

The weighing scale in one respect is a symbol of correct weight. And in another respect so far as moral values are concerned, it is a symbol of justice and honesty.