Quote:Why is it thickheaded ? If judge x arbitrarily pardons a murderer, he is clearly unjust. If he decides not to punish someone for some misdemeanor, that doesn't make him unjust. The difference between these two instances is not hard to understand.
The level of the offense doesn’t alter the abrogation of justice. Justice may be thought of as getting what you deserve. If an offender deserves punishment X and is awarded X-n, it is merciful and - in many cases - the right thing to do. But it is not justice.
Of course, a judge (either divine or mortal) CAN be both just and merciful, but not at the same time. Allah has the prerogative, in any particular judgement, to dispense either justice or mercy, but it isn’t coherent to claim that he is always just and always merciful.
This point might be more clear to you if you’d read up on the concepts involved.
Boru
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