Gravitational : Does being virtuous imply justice?

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Does being virtuous imply justice?

I came across this quote while reading manga Bleach, Chapter 385 – Vice it, Page 14 at http://www.onemanga.com/ (mind you, I ain't eating blind salary ha..I was waiting for my computer to search the document I want from the server). A little background about the chapter - The chapter is about how the fallen Captain Tousen, an ex-shinigami (I’m not gonna fill you in what a ‘shinigami’ is, you gotta read the manga for yourself..or Google it. Hihi~) battle with his ex-shinigami friend, Captain Komamura. Captain Tousen joined the shinigami academy in order to find justice for the person he love (killed during duty by her own comrade) and there he be-friended the dog/wolf headed Captain Komamura. Both religiously embraced the power of justice and believe that justice and purity is the only way to rule the world. But the beliefs is only a cover-up for Captain Tousen who betrayed his comrades and sub-ordinates and generally, the whole shinigami in Soul Society by joining forces with the ambitious Captain Aizen Sousuke and Captain Ichimaru Gin (another antagonist in this manga) to rule the evil world of Hollows – the Hueco Mundo (as an oppose to their world – Soul Society). His true reason for joining the shinigami academy in the first place was not to find justice (or in his manner of speaking during at that time..to make sure justice is being carry-out properly, without biased), but more about revenge..to avenge his deceased lover. When the cat was let out of the bag during the fight, Captain Tousen revealed his true intention to Captain Komamura who throughout all the hundred years (yes the shinigami can live up to..err..hundred of yearsssss~) was being fed by the illusion that they walk on the same path of justice and not revenge. Captain Tousen has been harbouring hatred and hatching the revenge scheme for such along time and had gone such a tremendous ordeal in order to carry out his revenge. Thus, came the quote: Does being virtuous imply justice?

The quote make me think about certain event that happened in my life..which, if I ever schemed any vengeful plan (and God knows how much the person deserve it) I would honestly believe nobody would blame me for doing so. Being virtuous surely does not imply justice. You forgive the person who did you wrong (no matter how wrong he did and for what-ever reason he did it) and hoping the person would change and mend their way. For certain people it is not as easy as it seem..the forgiven do not know how it felt like to be in your shoes, and chances are, they won’t even changed. Sometimes, you can forgive a person in a split second but sometimes it takes you years and maybe until you’re at the brink of death, to forgive a person. I guess it all depending on the degree of how wrong the act affected you. When the degree is too high I guess the price for it is revenge. But then again, how high is too high? How high is your own degree of patience to forgive a person before you fall to the level of avenging the person’s deed and holding up to the rancour?

Yes, being virtuous seldom makes you satisfied, the person does not know how it felt like to be in your shoes or how to live through the consequences of their act, but personally for me, to embrace the phrase of ‘an eye for an eye’ will level you to the level of those who ruled by their heart and emotion, instead of their brain and rationality. It takes you back to, how much faith you have in God? If revenge is the solution to your problem, then you got none. You believe that you make your own law..when by right you yourself are under God’s law. It might seem stupid to just forgive a person, but then believe when Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala said in Surah Az-Zalzalah ayat 7 - 8 (interpretation):

"Maka sesiapa berbuat kebajikan seberat zarah, nescaya akan dilihatnya dalam surat amalnya. Dan sesiapa berbuat kejahatan seberat zarah, nescaya akan dilihatnya dalam surat amalnya."

To just believe is never easy but have faith to what stated in the Quran is true, because Quran is our book of law. It will give you some sort of peace and keeps your sanity in check. The rule of Karma itself of ‘what goes around comes around’ is another way to explain ayat Al-Quran above. You need to believe and you need to have faith. Especially when you are so mad, the hatred and anger rule your every senses, always remember, Allah SWT knows what happened to you, and no, He won’t let it happened for fun. Accept everything that happened as fate, given times, no matter how hard it is you will feel better..and stronger and wiser and most important, saner. Instead of harbouring hate towards the person, take pity on them because a person such as that is pitiful since they are ruled by their own desire and emotion and un-able to think about others. Think about what their penalty will be in afterlife..that is scary enough. I dunt wanna be like that, thus I believe, though being virtuous does not apply justice, it does make you a better person and keeps you sane and justice, let’s just leave that to God. He knows how to deal with them; it’s just a matter of time. I read a phrase in a book given by a good friend as a birthday gift which said,

Biarlah kita dizalimi dari kita menzalimi orang lain.

It’s a story from Rasullullah SAW time but I couldn’t quite remember what it was about. Even our prophet does not avenged those who did him wrong, so why should we? Rasullullah SAW leave it to Allah SWT to deal with them. We should do the same and move on with our life, find other happiness instead of mourning in hatred and revenge..if it is so hard to that, then give yourself some times. Nothing is easy, but eventually, you'll walk the walk gaily enough, you'll dance the dance swiftly enough..have a lil' faith in Allah SWT and yourself. Patience is a virtue. Sabar itu kan separuh daripada iman..but if you can, try to avoid people who prone to cruelty. You never know how your iman can be tested by them.. =)

Till then, I wanna resume my manga reading. If you guys have an opposition, just shoot. Each and everyone of us is blessed with a great mind with great opinion. I so wanna hear yours! And..no, I am not a very strictly religious person. I admit I have many flaw but what-ever it is, I try to make it up by being a good person, a good daughter who care about her family and a good friend.  Have a nice week-end homosapiens! Hehehe..

Cheers! *wink*