“DRUŠTVENA PRAVDA U ISLAMU” SEJJIDA QUTBA
“SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ISLAM” SAYYID QUTB

Summary/Abstract: The twentieth century, during which occurred at least two “Nights of Islam” (the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Caliphate in 1924, and the establishment of the Zionist state on the ground of Plaestine 1948), has brought a new reading / understanding of the Qur'an, which is now, along with a number of other “nights” in the Muslim world, focused on one of its layers that deals with the improvement, renewal (ar. Islah) of Muslim societies and states. After having been pretty much neglected for centuries, social (al-ijtima'iyy), but later also political (siyasi) tafsir was experiencing its revival in the mid 20th century, a still ongoing trend. A kind of foundation stone to this tafsir (Qur'anic commentary) in modern times was laid by Sayyid Qutb (1906th – 1966th), an Egyptian writer, literary critic, reformer and mufassir (interpreter of the Qur'an), and his work Al- Adala al-Ijtima'iyya fi'l-Islam (Social Justice in Islam) has not only revealed the Quranic layers that concern society and organization of the state to the humiliated Muslim population, but also encouraged a new paradigm in understanding the Qur'an. “Qutb's Social Justice is undoubtedly a major work that has affected the generations of Arab-Muslim intelligentsia in the period after the World War II” (Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi '). The main principes of Islamic justice, according to Qutb, are: 1) the absolute freedom of conscience, 2) the complete equality of all people, 3) the permanent mutual solidarity of all members of society.

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