Društvena pravda u islamu Sejjida Qutba
“Social Justice in Islam” By Sayyid Qutb

Summary/Abstract: The twentieth century, during which at least two “nights of Islam” occurred (the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Caliphate in 1924 and the formation of the Zionist state on the soil of Palestine in 1948 along with a series of other “nights” throughout the Muslim world), brought a new understanding of the Qur’an that is particularly focused on that layer of the Text that deals with the repair and renewal (ar. Islāh) of Muslim societies and states. Until then, well-neglected for centuries, the social (al-ijtima’iyy), then the political (siyasi) tafsir gained momentum in the middle of the last century, a momentum which is still maintained. A kind of cornerstone of this tafsir in modern times was laid by Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966), an Egyptian writer, literary critic, reformer and mufassir, and his work Al-’Adala al-ijtima’iyya fi’l-Islam (Social justice in Islam). This work not only revealed to the humiliated Muslim humanity the Qur’anic layers concerning society and organization of the state, but also encouraged a new paradigm in the understanding of the Qur’an. “Without a doubt, Qutb’s Social Justice is the main work that most influenced the generations of Arab-Muslim intelligentsia in the post-World War II period” (Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi’). (...)

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