At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
'Arjun makes this one of the clearest social laws: God does not change a people's ease and blessing until they change the obedience and goodness in themselves — a law covering good and ill alike 1. False wishes and crying unaccompanied by earnest work carry no weight in these laws 1. He ties the law to the fitra on which God created mankind: distort it by misconduct and punishment descends to awaken them; return to good and He lifts it.
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Sunan Allah in Society through the Qur'an — Muhammad al-Sadiq Arjun , p. 52
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islam.museum contributors. “God does not change a people's state until they change what is in themselves”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/la-yughayyiru-ma-bi-qawm/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.