When managing people it is important to have written rules that all the employees read and sign. This idea that the law should be known before the violators can be justly punished seems essential. Hammurabi famously engraved his laws in stone. Moses or God did the same according to the Bible. Apparently Caligula posted the tax laws in such fine print and so high that his subjects could not read them. A more modern example that comes to mind is Saddam Hussein whose laws were ad hoc. In many cases Saddam would become frustrated and immediately shoot his subjects. Saddam essentially was the law himself.
The God of the Bible appropriately wrote some laws for Moses, and Muslims believe that God updated these laws for Muhammad. The problem is that many people do not believe the religious texts where these laws are defined. This is somewhat like Caligula where the laws are available if your eyesight is good enough to read the fine print at a distance.
God needs to make His authority and His rules clear to everybody before He can claim to be just IMO. God cannot JUSTLY punish me for breaking His rules when I do not believe His religious texts are true.
The God of the Bible appropriately wrote some laws for Moses, and Muslims believe that God updated these laws for Muhammad. The problem is that many people do not believe the religious texts where these laws are defined. This is somewhat like Caligula where the laws are available if your eyesight is good enough to read the fine print at a distance.
God needs to make His authority and His rules clear to everybody before He can claim to be just IMO. God cannot JUSTLY punish me for breaking His rules when I do not believe His religious texts are true.