Citation location: Episode 25: Paradise, Hell, Recompense, and the Introduction to Bequest and Inheritance, at 18:12–18:16. Audible excerpt: “The mother of injustice is making a wrong decision while insisting on it, making a wrong decision while, while insisting on it.”
Injustice Is Making a Wrong Decision and Persisting in It
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Formulation of the claim
Shahrur defines injustice as a wrong decision that is persisted in, not merely as error itself.
Explanation
He interprets injustice as a mistaken choice coupled with persistence in it. For that reason, he links it to the verses prohibiting the first tree, to seeking forgiveness, and to the idea of aggression against the unjust. In this way, he moves injustice from being a general moral description to being a structure of decision and behavior. He also insists that repentance ends injustice once persistence ceases. This definition is consistent with his tendency to read Qur’anic concepts as practical definitions.
Its place in the episode’s argument
This idea is important because it connects eternity in the Fire with injustice, and injustice, for him, is not merely a sin but persistence in error. Thus, recompense becomes tied to ongoing human decision.
Limits of the claim
It does not say that every error is injustice, but rather that injustice is error accompanied by persistence.
Brief witness
“Injustice is making a wrong decision and persisting in it.”
Related links
- Shirk
- Righteous deed
- The Qur’an