Defending Truth
\r\n Al-Baqara (The Cow) Chapter 2: Verse 143 (partial)
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"Thus we have made you a middle nation, so that you may be witnesses for humankind"
A middle nation enjoins justice and reminds humanity of God's rights. When people give up enjoining what is right or even admitting that there are absolute and objective values that are not subject to the whims of mankind, then evil spreads. The best of witnesses was the Prophet (peace be upon him), then his Companions, and then their Successors. Each generation subsequently takes on this office of witnessing, although hardly to the degree exhibited in the early generations. At the end of earthly time, the world will virtually be without witnesses to truth, and truth itself will be scarce. No one will defend it. Humanity has the right to have witnesses living among them, those who are willing to defend the truth no matter how unpopular it may be.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n \"Purification of the Heart\" - Hamza Yusuf, p. 132