Standard of Moral Judgment

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4. Standard of Moral Judgment:

Coming now to the standard of moral judgment, it is Law, as has been clearly set down, among others, in the following verses: 

 

“And those who do not judge on the standard of what Allah has revealed, verily they are transgressors.” (5:50).

“And those who do not judge on the standard of what Allah has revealed, verily they are unjust.” (5:48).

“And those who do not judge on the standard of what Allah has revealed, verily they are infidels.” (5:47).

 

This means that only actions performed in obedience to ‘Law’— the Law grounded in the transcendental value of Divine Pleasure—are morally approvable or virtuous,^[1] and those performed in defiance of ‘Law’ and obedience to ‘Desire’ are morally condemnable or vicious.^[2]

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[1] Cf. the verses:

“Say: ‘Truly, my prayer and my (service of) sacrifice, my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds: No partner has He: This am I taught, and I am the first of those who bow to His Will”. (6:162-163).

[2] Cf. the verse:

“… and follow not the lusts (of the instinctive urges), for they will mislead you  from the Path of Allah …” (38:26).

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to be continued . . . . . 

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