Is it permissible to say: "The servant wronged his Lord"?
The injustice inflicted by a servant upon others involves harming their honor, bodies, or wealth without right. As for what a servant commits by way of negligence and dereliction concerning the rights of Allah, this is injustice from the servant to himself, for Allah Almighty is not harmed by the disobedience of His servants, nor does He benefit from their obedience, as He says: (And they did not wrong Us, but they were wronging themselves). Injustice is only inflicted upon the helpless or the weak, and Allah is far removed from that. The correct statement is: the servant wrongs himself in what is between him and his Lord, not that the servant wrongs his Lord. The injustices among servants—Allah will not leave anything of them unaddressed. Whereas the servant's injustice to himself in what is between him and his Lord is something Allah does not care about, and associating partners with Allah is the unforgivable sin. Injustice is of two types: injustice to oneself, the gravest of which is polytheism and sins; and a servant's injustice to others concerning blood, wealth, and honor. Thus, all of a servant's sins are injustices to himself, or injustices committed by the servant in what is between him and Allah, not injustice to the Lord; for Allah is too exalted and mighty to be wronged.
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