How do you interpret Allah Almighty’s saying: "And Allah is never unjust to [His] servants," knowing that negating the hyperbolic form (ظلام - greatly unjust) might suggest affirming the root attribute (ظلم - injustice) for Allah, and this contradicts the doctrine of Tawhid (Oneness of God)?
The negation of injustice towards Allah the Almighty is mentioned in many verses using the superlative form, such as in His saying: "And that Allah is not at all unjust to His servants" and "And I am not at all unjust to My servants." The inquirer's statement "And Allah is not at all unjust to His servants" was not ورد بهذا اللفظ in the Quran. The meaning of the verses is to negate all forms of injustice from Allah the Almighty, and that He does not punish those who are not criminals. The negation of the superlative form indicates the negation of injustice at its root, as in His saying: "Indeed, Allah does not wrong [even] an atom's weight" and "Indeed, Allah does not wrong mankind in anything." Scholars have addressed the issue of "ظلّام" being a superlative form by explaining that when negation is directed at a restricted statement, it may be a negation of the restriction itself. And it is part of Allah's perfect justice that He made all degrees of injustice equivalent to severe injustice. Furthermore, Allah negated His injustice towards His servants, who are extremely numerous. This necessitates a great number of negated instances, corresponding to the large number of servants from whom injustice is negated. If a little injustice were to befall each servant, the total would be immense. Thus, the superlative form came to negate the very essence of injustice from every servant.
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