The Just Judge

الْحَكَمُ

Al-Ḥakam — The Judge

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges

Surah At-Tīn (95:8)

Intention

Today, I will withhold judgement on one person or situation — and leave it to Al-Ḥakam.

Reflection

Al-Ḥakam is The Judge. Not the judge who is guessing, or the judge who can be swayed, or the judge who is missing half the evidence. The Judge who knows every detail, every intention, every context. When human judgement fails you — and it will — there is a court that never gets it wrong.

On this verse

Another rhetorical question that is also a declaration. When the world feels unjust, this verse is the ground beneath your feet.

Du'a

Seeking refuge from committing injustice, not only from suffering it. The believer fears being unjust as much as being wronged.

Hadith

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Beware of injustice, for injustice will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection.”

— Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2578