QURANIC VERSES HAVE UNIVERSAL VALUES

A Saudi student who studies at Harvad published a picture of the poster on his Twitter page, according to the Saudi Arabic language daily Ajel.

Harvard University, the esteemed Ivy League institution, has put up a verse from the Quran at the entrance of its famed law faculty, calling it one of the “irrepressible” ideas on justice. Verse 135 from Chapter four of enjoins believers to stand firmly for justice and depose as witnesses even against oneself and one’s parents, if need be, for the sake of truth.
A Saudi student who studies at Harvad published a picture of the poster on his Twitter page, according to the Saudi Arabic language daily Ajel.
“I noticed that the verse was posted by the faculty of law, which described it as one of the greatest expressions for justice in history,” Abdullah Jumma said.

Revealed in Medina after the Prophet’s migration from Mecca in 622 CE, the verse, according to Harvard’s citation, addresses the “importance of truthfulness in testimony”.
"Words of Justice” plastered on the walls of Milstein East Conference Room have excerpts dating back to 550 BCE. Both the faculty and students made the selections.