In this episode, we confront one of the most direct and personal passages of the surah: the sky was raised, the scale was set, so that you do not violate the balance.
The harmony of the universe is not just scenery. It is evidence. If you look at the sky long enough, you would conclude that whoever designed this loves balance. Galaxies don’t drift randomly. The sun, the moon, distances, mass, rotation, everything is measured with precision.
And then the ayah turns the spotlight on you.
If the entire universe operates on balance, why is your behaviour out of balance? Why are your priorities distorted? Why are you putting weight on the wrong things?
The word mizan is repeated again and again. First, the balance of the cosmos. Then the command not to violate it. Then the demand to establish weight with justice. This is no longer about astronomy. It is about your relationships, your priorities, your excuses, your worship, your sense of fairness.
Everything in life carries weight. Time carries weight. Words carry weight. Responsibilities carry weight. Truth carries weight. Feelings do not automatically carry weight. Culture does not get to assign weight. Only the One who designed the universe assigns weight.
If you understand a designer by their signature, then the universe reveals its signature clearly: balance.
The question is whether you will live by it.
Surah Ar-Rahman recitation recorded and provided by Qari Ibraheem Bakeer -
https://youtube.com/@Maqamat_with_Bakeer
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