Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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THE LAW OF BALANCE
Now let us examine this divine law. In the words of
the Qur’an it is the law of balance: “He raised the
heaven on high and set the balance, that you might
not transgress the balance. Give just weight and full
measure.”
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The universe is not composed of just one item. It is
rather a collection of highly disparate elements.
Besides this, each and every one of its components
is in motion. Not a single constituent, from the
minutest atom to the most gigantic galaxy, can ever
for a second remain static. For the precise
functioning of this infinitely complex assemblage of
moving components, limits in space and time had
to be applied so that the different parts did not
come into conflict with each other. God, therefore
— besides creating all these things — established a
systematic balance between them. This principle is
known as the “Law of Nature.”
Similarly, in the human world — also a vast
assemblage of disparate individuals — everyone is
in motion. And in order that each should continue
on his life’s journey without colliding with his
