Oppression And Injustice

Allah, the Wise, has said: 

وَ سَيَعْلَمُونَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَتقَلِبُونَ 

“And they who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back.” (Surah Alshuara 26:227)

Imam Al-Baqir (‘a) said: 

مَا مِنْ أََحَدٍ يَظْلِمُ بِمَظلِمَةٍ إِلاَّ أََخَذَهُ اللهُ تَعاَلـى بِهَا فِي نَفْسِهِ أََوْ مَالِهِ. 

“There is none who commits oppression by means of an (act of) injustice, except that Allah afflicts him or his wealth because of it.” 

(Jamial sadaat, vol 2)

Short Explanation 

Oppression and injustice are, in reality, insubordination to the orders of Allah, acts of transgression and a consequence of transcending the limits of the Shari'ah and the intellect. 

All throughout history that which has befallen the weak and the oppressed has been due to the oppression of the oppressors. Power and craving for dominance serve as a prelude for a disobedient soul to oppress the vulnerable and weak individuals. 

One who transgresses the Divine limits and is uninhibited with respect to every kind of oppression and injustice such as murder, Abuse, vilification, fornication, rape, usurpation of the property of others, etc… has, in effect, gone out of the bounds of Allah's obedience, drowned himself in carnal desires and become afflicted with the disease of rebelliousness. Such a person, sooner or later, shall be seized by punishment and retribution, since the lamentations of the weak, oppressed and the orphaned ones possess negative overtones, which manifest themselves in this world and the hereafter.

Source : Anecdotes For Reflection,  Part 3 ( 54. Oppression and Injustice)

Sayyid Ali Akbar Sadaqat 

Website : alislam.org