Injustice and Oppression: Imam Ali (as) - Part 5

Know that injustice is of three kinds:

The injustice that is not forgiven

The injustice that is not left [unquestioned], and

The injustice that is forgiven without being questioned.

As for the injustice that is not forgiven, it is the ascribing partners to Allah as He, the Most High, says:

"Verily Allah does not forgive that any partner should be ascribed to Him, but He forgives anything besides that to whomever He wishes"

As for the injustice that is forgiven, it is the injustice of a person to himself in committing some small sins.  And as for the injustice that is not left unquestioned, it is the injustice of the people on one another.  In this case the punishment is sever, not [simply] wounding with knives or striking with whips, rather it is a punishment in comparison to which all this seems small.