Believers! Be ever steadfast in upholding justice and equity, bearing witness to the truth for thesake of God, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents and kin. Whetherthe person concerned be rich or poor, God’s claim takes precedence over [the claims of]either of them. Do not, then, follow your own desires, lest you swerve from justice. Ifyou distort [the truth] or decline to do justice, then [know that] God is indeed aware ofall that you do.
(The Qur’an, 4:135)
The trust the believers have been assigned is to maintain justice, in its absolute sense, in every situation. It is the sort of fairness which prevents aggression and oppression anywhere on earth. It guarantees justice between people, giving everyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, their rights. In their entitlement to justice, all people, believers and unbelievers, are equal in God’s sight, as we have seen in the incident involving the Jewish man in Madinah. Similarly, relative and stranger, friend and foe, poor and rich are treated with absolute equality.
It is not enough for believers to uphold justice themselves; they are expected to be its standard-bearers. They are supposed not merely to practise justice in their own dealings but to strive for its triumph. They have to do all within their power to ensure that injustice is eradicated and replaced by equity and justice. A true believer is required to be the pillar supporting the establishment of right and justice.
The testimony of the believers should be solely for the sake of God the Almighty.