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In reply to the discussion: Quote from the Quran [View all]

okasha

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3. I'm not an Arabic speaker,
Sat Apr 12, 2014, 01:11 PM
Apr 2014

butI suggest that "justice" here may have a closer relationship to the meaning of the Latin justitia and Sanskrit dharma than it does to the modern English concept of reward and punishment conveyed by current usage of the word.

Justitia, dharma, Greek dike and Native American terms such as mitake ouyasin all refer to a state of right relationship not only wiithin society but between the natural and human worlds. (Native American thought does not distinguish between the two.) I think it's fsirly clear that such a state would be "nearer to. righteousness," especially for a people living in a delicately balanced dedert or semi-desert environment.

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Quote from the Quran [View all] el_bryanto Apr 2014 OP
If "righteousness" is a goal CJCRANE Apr 2014 #1
Why not cross-post this in the Islam Group? rug Apr 2014 #2
I'm not an Arabic speaker, okasha Apr 2014 #3
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