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In the Shade of Quran #7
In the Shade of the Qur'an Vol. 7
Vol 7 Surah 8 - Surah Anfal - The Spoils of War
184 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1971
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Sayyid Qutb
164 books2,111 followersThe saying that ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ accurately describes the life-story of Sayyid Qutb ( سيد قطب ); who was an Egyptian prominent revivalist, ideologue, thinker, and a leading intellectual of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (al 'Ikhwan ul- Muslimun) in the 1950s and 60s.
He is best known for his work on redefining the role of Islam in social and political change, particularly in his book Ma'alimu fi-l-Tareeq (Milestones). But the majority of his theory could be found in his extensive Qur'anic commentary(tafseer) : Fi zilal il-Qur'an (In the shade of the Qur'an); the noteworthy multi-volume work for its innovative method of interpretation; which contributed significantly to modern perceptions of Islamic concepts.
His early life was spent in an Egyptian village. Then he moved to Cairo where he received his university education between 1929 and 1933, and where he started his career as a teacher.
During his early career, Qutb devoted himself to literature as an author and critic.
Writing such novels as Ashwak (Thorns) and even elevating Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz from obscurity.
In 1939, he became a functionary in Egypt's Ministry of Education (Wizarat ul-Ma'arif ).
From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study the educational system, studying at Colorado State College of Education (Now the University of Northern Colorado).
It was during this period that Qutb wrote his first major theoretical work of religious social criticism, al-'Adala Tul-Ijtima'iyyatu Fil-Islam (Social Justice in Islam), which was published in 1949, during his time overseas.
Though Islam gave him much peace and contentment, he suffered from respiratory and other health problems throughout his life, thus he never married.
Qutb was extremely critical of many things in the United States: its materialism, brutal individualism, merciless economic system, unreasonable restrictions on divorce, sick enthusiasm for sports, "animal-like" mixing of the sexes (which went on even in churches), and lack of support for the Palestinian struggle.
Qutb discovered -very early- that the major aspects of the American life were primitive and "shocking".
His experience in the United States is believed to have formed in part the impetus for his rejection of Western values and his move towards Islam upon returning to Egypt. Resigning from the civil service, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1950s and became editor-in-chief of the Brothers' weekly al-'Ikhwan ul-Muslimun, and later head of the propaganda section, as well as an appointed member of the Working Committee and of the Guidance Council, the highest branch.
سيد قطب إبراهيم حسين الشاذلي كاتب وأديب ومنظر إسلامي مصري وعضو سابق في مكتب إرشاد جماعة الإخوان المسلمين ورئيس سابق لقسم نشر الدعوة في الجماعة ورئيس تحرير جريدة الإخوان المسلمين. ولد في قرية موشا وهي إحدى قرى محافظة أسيوط بها تلقى تعليمه الأولي وحفظ القرآن الكريم ثم التحق بمدرسة المعلمين الأولية عبد العزيز بالقاهرة ونال شهادتها والتحق بدار العلوم وتخرج عام 1352هـ 1933م. عمل بوزارة المعارف بوظائف تربوية وإدارية وابتعثته الوزارة إلى أمريكا لمدة عامين وعاد عام 1370هـ 1950م. انضم إلى حزب الوفد المصري لسنوات وتركه على أثر خلاف في عام 1361هـ 1942م وفي عام 1370هـ 1950م انضم إلى جماعة الإخوان المسلمين وخاض معهم محنتهم التي بدأت منذ عام 1954م إلى عام 1966م وحوكم بتهمة التآمر على نظام الحكم وصدر الحكم بإعدامه وأعدم عام 1385هـ 1966م. مر سيد قطب بمراحل عديدة في حياته من حيث الطفولة ثم أدب بحت في مدرسة العقاد ثم ضياع فكري ثم توجه للأدب الإسلامي إلى أن صار رائد الفكر الحركي الإسلامي وهذه المرحلة هي التي يعرف الناس اليوم بها سيد. ويعتبر من أكثر الشخصيات تأثيرًا في الحركات الإسلامية التي وجدت في بداية الخمسينيات من القرن الماضي، له العديد من المؤلفات والكتابات حول الحضارة الإسلامية، والفكر الإسلامي. هو الابن الأول لأمه بعد أخت تكبره بثلاث سنوات وأخ من أبيه غير شقيق يكبره بجيل كامل. وكانت أمه تريد منه أن يكون متعلمًا مثل أخواله كما كان أبوه عضوًا في لجنة ا
He is best known for his work on redefining the role of Islam in social and political change, particularly in his book Ma'alimu fi-l-Tareeq (Milestones). But the majority of his theory could be found in his extensive Qur'anic commentary(tafseer) : Fi zilal il-Qur'an (In the shade of the Qur'an); the noteworthy multi-volume work for its innovative method of interpretation; which contributed significantly to modern perceptions of Islamic concepts.
His early life was spent in an Egyptian village. Then he moved to Cairo where he received his university education between 1929 and 1933, and where he started his career as a teacher.
During his early career, Qutb devoted himself to literature as an author and critic.
Writing such novels as Ashwak (Thorns) and even elevating Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz from obscurity.
In 1939, he became a functionary in Egypt's Ministry of Education (Wizarat ul-Ma'arif ).
From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study the educational system, studying at Colorado State College of Education (Now the University of Northern Colorado).
It was during this period that Qutb wrote his first major theoretical work of religious social criticism, al-'Adala Tul-Ijtima'iyyatu Fil-Islam (Social Justice in Islam), which was published in 1949, during his time overseas.
Though Islam gave him much peace and contentment, he suffered from respiratory and other health problems throughout his life, thus he never married.
Qutb was extremely critical of many things in the United States: its materialism, brutal individualism, merciless economic system, unreasonable restrictions on divorce, sick enthusiasm for sports, "animal-like" mixing of the sexes (which went on even in churches), and lack of support for the Palestinian struggle.
Qutb discovered -very early- that the major aspects of the American life were primitive and "shocking".
His experience in the United States is believed to have formed in part the impetus for his rejection of Western values and his move towards Islam upon returning to Egypt. Resigning from the civil service, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1950s and became editor-in-chief of the Brothers' weekly al-'Ikhwan ul-Muslimun, and later head of the propaganda section, as well as an appointed member of the Working Committee and of the Guidance Council, the highest branch.
سيد قطب إبراهيم حسين الشاذلي كاتب وأديب ومنظر إسلامي مصري وعضو سابق في مكتب إرشاد جماعة الإخوان المسلمين ورئيس سابق لقسم نشر الدعوة في الجماعة ورئيس تحرير جريدة الإخوان المسلمين. ولد في قرية موشا وهي إحدى قرى محافظة أسيوط بها تلقى تعليمه الأولي وحفظ القرآن الكريم ثم التحق بمدرسة المعلمين الأولية عبد العزيز بالقاهرة ونال شهادتها والتحق بدار العلوم وتخرج عام 1352هـ 1933م. عمل بوزارة المعارف بوظائف تربوية وإدارية وابتعثته الوزارة إلى أمريكا لمدة عامين وعاد عام 1370هـ 1950م. انضم إلى حزب الوفد المصري لسنوات وتركه على أثر خلاف في عام 1361هـ 1942م وفي عام 1370هـ 1950م انضم إلى جماعة الإخوان المسلمين وخاض معهم محنتهم التي بدأت منذ عام 1954م إلى عام 1966م وحوكم بتهمة التآمر على نظام الحكم وصدر الحكم بإعدامه وأعدم عام 1385هـ 1966م. مر سيد قطب بمراحل عديدة في حياته من حيث الطفولة ثم أدب بحت في مدرسة العقاد ثم ضياع فكري ثم توجه للأدب الإسلامي إلى أن صار رائد الفكر الحركي الإسلامي وهذه المرحلة هي التي يعرف الناس اليوم بها سيد. ويعتبر من أكثر الشخصيات تأثيرًا في الحركات الإسلامية التي وجدت في بداية الخمسينيات من القرن الماضي، له العديد من المؤلفات والكتابات حول الحضارة الإسلامية، والفكر الإسلامي. هو الابن الأول لأمه بعد أخت تكبره بثلاث سنوات وأخ من أبيه غير شقيق يكبره بجيل كامل. وكانت أمه تريد منه أن يكون متعلمًا مثل أخواله كما كان أبوه عضوًا في لجنة ا
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February 6, 2025
All who are willing to barter the life of this world for the life to come. FIGHT in the cause of God and the utterly helpless men, women and children who are crying. FIGHT, then, against the friends of Satan. FIGHT them until there is no more oppression, and all submission is made to God alone. Feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan. How perverse they are! They make of their rabbis and their monks, and of the Christ, son of Mary, lords besides God.
May Allah empower us, help us, strengthen us, neither make us from the friends of Satan nor let us be feeble enough to be entrapped in his cunningness.
In comparison to ibn Katheer’s tafseer of Surah Anfaal(i’m reading fi zilaal side by side with tafsir ibn kathir), this one begins with a massive 50 paged Prologue, to set right the context of the Surah, that is the Greater Battle of Badr .
Syed Qutb shows us these events through lens of systems, & their rise and fall. He uses Imam ibn Qayyim’s classification of Seerah, analysing ”Jihad/International Affairs/Foreign Policy” from the times of Prophet. Putting forth the reasoning, what, why & how of Jihad, and correlates it to 21st century. He cripples & chops off the apologetic narrative, in his own realistic, practical & chauvinistic way, and rightly so.
In actual life, Islam is always confronted with a host of obstacles placed in its way: beliefs, concepts, political, social, economic, racial obstacles. Deviant beliefs and superstitions add further obstacles trying to impede Islam. All these interact to form a very complex mixture working against Islam and the liberation of man. Verbal argument and advocacy face up to beliefs and ideas, while the movement confronts material obstacles, particularly political authority that rests on complex yet interrelated ideological, racial, class, social and economic systems. Thus, employing both verbal advocacy and its practical movement, Islam confronts the existing human situation in its totality
May Allah bless Adil Salahi, the translation, as always, will try to deliver the essence of quran, and come right at your neck, jerk you till your identity reveals in front of yourself, your hypocrisy, your feebleness.
”May God forgive you (Prophet)!
Why did you grant them permission to stay behind before you had come to know who were speaking the truth and who were the liars?
Those who believe in God and the Last Day WILL NOT ASK YOU TO EXEMPT THEM FROM STRIVING WITH THEIR WEALTH AND THEIR LIFE.
God has full knowledge as to who are the God-fearing.
Only those who DO NOT TRULY BELIEVE in God and the Last Day ASK FOR EXEMPTION. Their hearts are filled with doubt, and so do they waver.”
Syed Qutb develop & clear your concepts so beautifully, sharing only relevant information from wide ranging sources, restricting to the boundary of concepts & principles. Unlike the scattered and extremely academic nature of Ibn Katheer.
“We must not despair when people generally, including our own group, shake as they face danger, although they are true believers at heart. It is sufficient that people proceed along the proper way and face up to the danger, making a solid stand after the initial hesitation. Those people were the ones who fought the Battle of Badr and concerning whom the Prophet said: “How can you tell? It may be that God has looked at the people of Badr and said: `Do as you please, for I have forgiven you all.”
This volume is smaller, just 184 pages, and it doesn’t have much of the repetitiveness from previous volumes.
Now that you have also witnessed Toofan al Aqsa, you will be able to comprehend one of its prime reasons, as you understand this chapter of Quran.
Wa innahu la Jihaaad, Nasr’ann Au Istesh’haad, Wassalam u Alikum Wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh!
-Obaydah
That is all that may be said here.
❤️, as always. A must read.
May Allah empower us, help us, strengthen us, neither make us from the friends of Satan nor let us be feeble enough to be entrapped in his cunningness.
In comparison to ibn Katheer’s tafseer of Surah Anfaal(i’m reading fi zilaal side by side with tafsir ibn kathir), this one begins with a massive 50 paged Prologue, to set right the context of the Surah, that is the Greater Battle of Badr .
Syed Qutb shows us these events through lens of systems, & their rise and fall. He uses Imam ibn Qayyim’s classification of Seerah, analysing ”Jihad/International Affairs/Foreign Policy” from the times of Prophet. Putting forth the reasoning, what, why & how of Jihad, and correlates it to 21st century. He cripples & chops off the apologetic narrative, in his own realistic, practical & chauvinistic way, and rightly so.
In actual life, Islam is always confronted with a host of obstacles placed in its way: beliefs, concepts, political, social, economic, racial obstacles. Deviant beliefs and superstitions add further obstacles trying to impede Islam. All these interact to form a very complex mixture working against Islam and the liberation of man. Verbal argument and advocacy face up to beliefs and ideas, while the movement confronts material obstacles, particularly political authority that rests on complex yet interrelated ideological, racial, class, social and economic systems. Thus, employing both verbal advocacy and its practical movement, Islam confronts the existing human situation in its totality
May Allah bless Adil Salahi, the translation, as always, will try to deliver the essence of quran, and come right at your neck, jerk you till your identity reveals in front of yourself, your hypocrisy, your feebleness.
”May God forgive you (Prophet)!
Why did you grant them permission to stay behind before you had come to know who were speaking the truth and who were the liars?
Those who believe in God and the Last Day WILL NOT ASK YOU TO EXEMPT THEM FROM STRIVING WITH THEIR WEALTH AND THEIR LIFE.
God has full knowledge as to who are the God-fearing.
Only those who DO NOT TRULY BELIEVE in God and the Last Day ASK FOR EXEMPTION. Their hearts are filled with doubt, and so do they waver.”
Syed Qutb develop & clear your concepts so beautifully, sharing only relevant information from wide ranging sources, restricting to the boundary of concepts & principles. Unlike the scattered and extremely academic nature of Ibn Katheer.
“We must not despair when people generally, including our own group, shake as they face danger, although they are true believers at heart. It is sufficient that people proceed along the proper way and face up to the danger, making a solid stand after the initial hesitation. Those people were the ones who fought the Battle of Badr and concerning whom the Prophet said: “How can you tell? It may be that God has looked at the people of Badr and said: `Do as you please, for I have forgiven you all.”
This volume is smaller, just 184 pages, and it doesn’t have much of the repetitiveness from previous volumes.
Now that you have also witnessed Toofan al Aqsa, you will be able to comprehend one of its prime reasons, as you understand this chapter of Quran.
Wa innahu la Jihaaad, Nasr’ann Au Istesh’haad, Wassalam u Alikum Wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh!
-Obaydah
That is all that may be said here.
❤️, as always. A must read.
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