JUSTICE AND HUMAN RELATIONS IN SAID NURSI’S WORK AS SEEN FROM A COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE

Andi Faisal BaktiSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University,Jakarta, Indonesia.

I. IntroductionA. Questions:

- How does Said Nursi discuss in his work the idea of justice?

- How does he define justice?

- What are his interpretations of ‘adalah in the Qur’an and

how are these interpretations relevant to the modern tradition?

B. Statement: ’adalah (Qur’an)

- God: Planets, Animated entities, Human beings

- God’s encouragement to human beings to be just

- Rulers/leaders to be just

- Judges to be fair

C. Metodologi/theory:- Inter textualities

- Indexicalities

II. Justice in Communication

• Every one accepts and knows that the others accept the same principles of justice

• Social institution satisfy and are known to satisfy their principles

III. Said Nursi’s Treatment of Justice

• Affirmative: giving and deserving his rights

• Negative: chastising the unjust wrong doers their due:

- Requital

- Punishment

IV. God’s Justice

• God’s wisdom/ mercy/ balancing of the universe.

• Surah al-Rahman 7-9: mention 4 times: balance! (Wassama’a rafa‘aha wawadha‘a al-miizan. Alla tatghaw fiil miizan. Wa’aqimul wazna bil qisti walaa tukhsiru al-miizan)

• Shari‘a: The core of justice

• Illustrious Shari‘a :

- Mutual consultation

- Restriction of power to the law

- Make the authority apply justice

Two examples of Shari‘a:

- Inheritance

- Cutting hand

Good deeds

Unbelievers’ good deed; still put in Hell

Unbeliever = 1000 murders

1 minutes murder = 15 years (nearly 8 million minutes) of imprisonment (Hell).

1 minute’s disbelieve = nearly 8 billion minutes

1 year of disbelieve = 2.880 billion minutes

V. Ruler’s Justice

• The companions of the Prophet Muhammad

• The Rightly-guided Caliphs

- Caliphs

- Presidents

• The 10 Promised Paradise

• Kings / rulers (many unjust practices):

- Bourgeoisie Vs Proletariat

- Racialism Vs nationalism

VI. People’s Justice

• Criminals are sinful in the view truths

• Western civilization is not based on truth but on: - Force

- Conflict

- Aggression

- Evil of civilization

VII. Conclusion• God’s Justice: a perfect balance and equilibrium

• Humanity: - Good deeds Paradise

- Bad deeds Hell

• Shari’a on Vs Western tradition on

- Inheritance 2:1 - Inheritance 1:1

- Stealing = cutting hand

- Thief = Imprisonment

• Emulation of

- Prophet Muhammad His family members- His Rightly Guided Caliphs

- The 10 Promised with paradise

• Nursi is critical of any kind of

- Oppression; umayyad’s/abbasid’s

- Injustice of…

Except: Umar bin Abdul Aziz

• Turkey court practices are unjust/ unfair

• Nationalism & Radicalism; sources of injustice

• Supports Communitarian Islam; Ummah

• General population are to be defended from;

- Oppression

- Tyranny

- Corrupt

• Good deeds of Westerners are not based on Shari’a!

Practices