The
Relaionship Between Crime and Punishment
The details of the Quranic Code of Laws have all been stated but often it is being asked, "What is the relationship between crime and punishment and what is the Quranic philosophy of punishment" In reply to this question I had published a short treatise in the monthly 'Tolu-e-Islam'. I deem it proper to include in this book the relevant parts of that article, so that this topic may become complete from this angle of vision as well.
Crime and Punishment.
1. In the Holy Quran one finds two kinds of injunctions; (i) Moral, and (ii) Punitive. Punitive means those laws, the violation of which becomes a social crime and Moral means those laws which cannot be categorised as a social crime. For example (17:37)
