At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
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Summary
What humans do not control
He says that the sun, moon, air and rain work in order because humans have no hand in them, and that corruption comes where humans act without God's method 1.
What humans control
He urges that people set a measure in every matter they choose, so they do not transgress, and he draws on the Ya Sin verse about the celestial order 2.
Not yet checked
This is Sha'rawi's reading of the Rahman and Ya Sin verses. The classical exegesis of "balance", the academic view and any non-Sunni view have not been checked.
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1064
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1065
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islam.museum contributors. “The balance (al-mizan)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-mizan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.