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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
171 books2,116 followersSayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb (Arabic: سيد قطب) was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
As the author of 24 published books, with around 30 unpublished for different reasons (mainly destruction by the state), and at least 581 articles, including novels, literary arts critique and works on education, Qutb is best known in the Muslim world for his work on what he believed to be the social and political role of Islam, particularly in his books Social Justice and Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (Milestones). His magnum opus, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an), is a 30-volume commentary on the Quran. Even though most of his observations and criticism were leveled at the Muslim world, Qutb also intensely disapproved of the society and culture of the United States, which he saw as materialistic, and obsessed with violence and sexual pleasures. He advocated violent, offensive jihad.
During most of his life, Qutb's inner circle mainly consisted of influential politicians, intellectuals, poets and literary figures, both of his age and of the preceding generation. By the mid-1940s, many of his writings were included in the curricula of schools, colleges and universities. In 1966, he was convicted of plotting the assassination of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and was executed by hanging.
Qutb has been described by followers as a great thinker and martyr for Islam, while many Western observers (and some Muslims) see him as a key originator of Islamist ideology, and an inspiration for violent Islamist groups such as al-Qaeda. Qutb is widely regarded as one of the most leading Islamist ideologues of the twentieth century. Strengthened by his status as a martyr, Qutb's ideas on Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic Arabia) and his close linking of implementation of sharia (Islamic Law) with Tawhid (Islamic monotheism) has highly influenced contemporary Islamist and Jihadist movements. Today, his supporters are identified by their opponents as "Qutbists" or "Qutbi".
As the author of 24 published books, with around 30 unpublished for different reasons (mainly destruction by the state), and at least 581 articles, including novels, literary arts critique and works on education, Qutb is best known in the Muslim world for his work on what he believed to be the social and political role of Islam, particularly in his books Social Justice and Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (Milestones). His magnum opus, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an), is a 30-volume commentary on the Quran. Even though most of his observations and criticism were leveled at the Muslim world, Qutb also intensely disapproved of the society and culture of the United States, which he saw as materialistic, and obsessed with violence and sexual pleasures. He advocated violent, offensive jihad.
During most of his life, Qutb's inner circle mainly consisted of influential politicians, intellectuals, poets and literary figures, both of his age and of the preceding generation. By the mid-1940s, many of his writings were included in the curricula of schools, colleges and universities. In 1966, he was convicted of plotting the assassination of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and was executed by hanging.
Qutb has been described by followers as a great thinker and martyr for Islam, while many Western observers (and some Muslims) see him as a key originator of Islamist ideology, and an inspiration for violent Islamist groups such as al-Qaeda. Qutb is widely regarded as one of the most leading Islamist ideologues of the twentieth century. Strengthened by his status as a martyr, Qutb's ideas on Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic Arabia) and his close linking of implementation of sharia (Islamic Law) with Tawhid (Islamic monotheism) has highly influenced contemporary Islamist and Jihadist movements. Today, his supporters are identified by their opponents as "Qutbists" or "Qutbi".
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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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