And if justice were according to what the People of the Exoteric [Ahl al-Zahir] claim, then the disparity would be entirely in His creation—Exalted is Allah above that, a great Exaltation—and He would be unjust, not just.
For we see in this world all [manner of] disparity: for among them are the chronically ill, the paralyzed, the blind, the maimed, the sickly, and the poor.
And we see the healthy, the beautiful in form, and the possessor of abundant wealth; so one spends the night hungry, while another has numerous slaves, attendants, and servants throwing away1 food.
And this, by the life of Allah, is disparity and injustice itself according to the belief of one who believes that this is justice from the Creator in this manner, and who argues by deferring [the recompense for] all that befalls him in the world to the Day of Resurrection.
And this is a corrupt, absurd opinion in which the Creator is attributed with injustice—Exalted is Allah above that, a great Exaltation.