At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
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Summary
Sha'rawi holds that compulsion governs bodies, while true faith is chosen. So God left belief and obedience to choice 2.
Compulsion and love
He says humans are compelled in many bodily matters and events, but love cannot be compelled. He gives the image of a gun forcing a man to bow, which cannot force love 2.
Iblis
He cites Iblis's oath by God's might. He holds that had God willed all to obey, none could disobey. He wanted to know who comes willingly, so that the servant lives between fear and hope 3.
Not yet checked
This is Sha'rawi's reading. The kalam discussions of qadar and kasb, the academic view and any non-Sunni view have not been checked. See qadar.
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.1075
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1076
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1077
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islam.museum contributors. “Free choice and compulsion”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/free-choice-and-compulsion/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.