The Middle Witness
“You were made a community of the middle path, witnesses over mankind, not guardians over the outcomes of power. Beware of making your theology a fortress for tyrants, just as you beware of making your resistance an excuse for chaos. God’s justice does not bow to the ruler’s decree, nor does His mercy bend to the rebel’s sword. On the Day when every soul will stand alone, neither the obedience of the quietist nor the fervor of the insurgent will avail you—only a heart that loved justice and a tongue that spoke truth, even against itself. The greatest fitna is not the instability of states, but the silence of scholars and the arrogance of warriors when the truth stands clear.”
-Whalid Safodien
The Feather Pen
