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{{QualityScore|Lead= | {{QualityScore|Lead=3|Structure=2|Content=2|Language=1|References=3}}'''<nowiki/>'Adalah''' (عدالة) is the Arabic word for "justice" and is used in various forms throughout the [[Portal: Islamic Scriptures|Islamic scriptures]]. While the basic concept of justice in Islam and [[Portal: Islamic Law|Islamic law]] is not wholly distinct from modern conceptions of the word, in the definitional sense of justice being what is fair and reasonable, there are many contexts in which what is considered Islamically just is, in practice, significantly distinct from what a modern sense of justice would entail. An important example of this difference is found in the frequent and broad-ranging preferential legal and financial treatment of Muslims over and above [[non-Muslims]] and of men over and above [[Islam and Women|women]] in [[Sharia]] courts -- while such treatment would not evoke in many modern persons the feeling that justice had been attained, it is nonetheless considered just under Islamic law. In addition to these substantive distinctions, which are themselves significant, there are also certain recurring phraseologies and symbols with which the concept of justice is associated in the [[Portal: Islamic Scriptures|Islamic scriptures]] which are noteworthy for historical and literary reasons. One recurrent and still-popular image in the [[Quran]] is that of the Scales of Justice, which are supposed to be employed to determine individuals fate (be it [[Jahannam (Hell)|Hell]] or [[Jannah (Paradise)|Heaven]]) on the Day of Judgement. | ||
==Scales of Justice== | ==Scales of Justice== | ||