"Islam prescribes the bases of social justice. It insures that the poor have claims on the possessions of the rich, and it lays down a just policy for government and finance. It does not need to numb people's feelings and does not call on people to abandon their rights on earth and to expect them only in the Kingdom of Heaven."
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Sayyid Qutb and Islamic Activism: A Translation and Critical Analysis of Social Justice in Islam (1996), p. 16
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Sayyid Qutb
(Arabic: سيد قطب‎) (9 October 1906 – 29 August 1966) was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and the
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