لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَأَنزَلۡنَا ٱلۡحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأۡسٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٞ
We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the people may maintain [their affairs] in justice. And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might
Two things are required in religion. One is the following of religion and the other is the support of religion. The balance—or the Scales of Justice—is a symbol of the following of religion by its adherents. Just as man measures excess or shortage by means of a balance, similarly, God’s book is also a balance for Truth. People should test their actions against the standard of God’s book and find out how far they are right and how far they are wrong. Similarly, iron is the symbolic representation of the support for religion. Whenever, any problem about religion arises, a man should prove as strong as iron. He should defend religion with the strength of iron.
دین میں دو چیزیں مطلوب ہیں۔ ایک پیروئ دین، اور دوسری حمایت دین۔ ترازو گویا پیروی دین کی علامتی تمثیل ہے۔ جس طرح ترازو پر کسی چیز کا کم و بیش ہونا معلوم ہوتا ہے۔ اسی طرح خدا کی کتاب بھی حق کی ترازو ہے۔ لوگوں کو چاہيے کہ اپنے اعمال خدا کی کتاب پر جانچ کر دیکھتے رہیں کہ وہ کس حد تک درست ہیں اور کس حد تک درست نہیں۔
اسی طرح لوہا گویا حمایت دین کی علامتی مثال ہے۔ جب بھی دین کا کوئی معاملہ پڑے تو وہاں آدمی کو لوہے کی طرح مضبوط ثابت ہونا چاہيے۔ اس کو فولادی قوت کے ساتھ دین کا دفاع کرنا چاہیے۔
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