How did the Quran Tackle the Epstein Scandals?
Not every
scandal is a tale to be told, and not every deviation is an incident to be
recorded. Some scandals are deeper than names, older than documents, and far
more dangerous to be confined to a specific time or place.
The Quran,
unlike books of news and chronicles, was not concerned with documenting events
when it came to universal human laws. Rather, it was far more concerned with dissecting the human soul that produces those events.
That is
why it did not need to mention names or narrate details. Instead, it laid down
principles through which countless events can be understood—those that have
already occurred and those yet to come.
A Quranic
Law That Explains the Epstein Scandals
Regarding
what is now being raised about the scandals of Jeffrey Epstein, the Quran stated
a single sentence—one that reads like a prophecy for this case and all similar
ones throughout history, even those we have not yet witnessed. Allah Says, {Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds once they think
they are self-sufficient.} [Al-`Alaq 96:6–7]
This
verse is not only about wealth, nor merely about material affluence. It speaks
of a dangerous psychological moment—the moment when a human being perceives
himself as independent: independent of God, of law, of society, and of
accountability.
Tyranny does not
begin with desire, but with the collapse of limits.
The human
soul, by its very nature, is a limited being—guided by innate nature,
restrained by satisfaction, curbed by modesty, and bounded by fear.
But what
happens when the very idea of limits collapses? When there is no longer
deterrence, no oversight, and no accountability?
At that
point, it is not desire alone
that moves. Something deeper is unleashed: a drive toward tyranny, a feverish
urge to break away from the ordinary, desperate attempts to search for
something “different”—a pleasure never experienced before, even if it is not
truly pleasure at all. Enjoyment is not the objective; rather, the objective is
the sensation of crossing what is not meant to be crossed.
From
Desire to Domination
The Quran
did not say that man transgresses when he desires, loves, or weakens—never. It
said: {once they think they are self-sufficient.}
That is, when he imagines absolute independence, when he feels his hand is
completely free, and that no one will ask him: Why? How? Until when?
The most
dangerous transformation in the human psyche is not from virtue to vice, but
from pleasure to the pleasure of domination.
At first,
a person seeks gratification. Then he grows bored of gratification. Then he
searches for something else: proof of power. And this does not mean merely doing,
but doing what is forbidden.
Not to
satisfy desire—but to shatter the very logic of satisfaction itself. This is
where savagery is born—not as a momentary deviation, but as a false liberation
from all restraints.
Sadism:
Not Deviance, but a Dark Philosophy
Sadism,
at its core, is not a lust for pain, nor merely a sexual disorder as it is
often reduced to, but a dark philosophical idea: the notion that when a human
being possesses power, wealth, and immunity, he seeks to test the furthest
limits of his capacity.
How far
can he violate? What can be broken without him being broken?
This is
why isolation is always present: the remote island, the locked room, the
miniature society without law.
When
power becomes enclosed, witnesses disappear, and ceilings are lifted, the human
being turns into a small—but corrupt—god.
Why
Innocence Is Always the Target of Tyranny
In every
major moment of human savagery, a recurring pattern emerges: the violation of
innocence—not because innocence is tempting, but because it represents the
final boundary.
The
child, in human consciousness, is not merely a weak body, but an idea: that
there exists something untouchable, unconquerable, and inviolable.
When
innocence is violated, the aim is not pleasure. The aim is to destroy that very
idea—to prove, first to the tyrant himself, that nothing is immune from his
domination.
Crushing
the Innate Nature: The Final Stage of Dehumanization
At the
extreme end of savagery, the struggle is no longer with society or morality—but
with nature itself.
To eat
without hunger. To purge food in order to eat again. To transcend the logic of
the body—not to survive, but to experience the sensation of absolute control.
Here, the
human being is no longer a slave to desire, but a slave to an illusion—the
illusion that he has liberated himself from every law, even the laws of his own
body. This is the complete “self-sufficiency” against which the Quran warned.
Why
the Quran Did Not Need Scandals
Because
the Quran does not treat symptoms—it treats roots.
It is not concerned with incidents, but with the psychological structure that
will reproduce them again and again.
That is
why what we witness today was already seen by the Quran centuries ago—not as an
event, but as a human law.
Whenever
wealth exists without restraint, power without accountability, and a soul
without purification—expect tyranny. Not because the times have decayed, but
because man remains man.
The
Quran as a System of Prevention, Not Exposure
The true
miracle is not that the Quran foretold events, but that it established a system
to prevent them from occurring.
Prayer shatters
the illusion of self-sufficiency.
Zakat breaks
the monopoly of wealth.
Modesty is an
inner guardian beyond the reach of law.
Legal boundaries are reminders that there are lines that must not be crossed.
These are
not isolated commands, but a psychological and moral safety net—designed to
prevent the human being from ever reaching that moment: the moment he sees
himself above accountability.
The most
dangerous moment in history is not the moment when the mask falls—but the
moment when a human being becomes convinced that he no longer needs a mask at
all.
At that
point, we are no longer facing a passing scandal, but a human soul that has
believed the ancient illusion: once you possess, you no longer need.
And the Quran
was the first to tell us: Beware of that moment.
For Further Reading:
- The Great Scandal – The World's Great Shame
- 6 Verses Confirming the Perfection of the Holy Quran
- Shaping the Soul Through the Quran
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