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Conflict between two falsehoods

الصراع بين الباطلين

Sha'rawi holds that there is only one truth, so a battle between truth and falsehood is short, while a battle between two falsehoods lasts unless a common principle or a reconciling third party appears. In his own age, he says, the absence of such a party prolongs wars 1 2 3.

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Summary

Sha'rawi holds that there is one truth. A battle between truth and falsehood is short, while a battle between two falsehoods lasts because neither side has a better claim to God's help 1 2.

Truth is one

He says that what might be called two rival truths is not so: truth is one, and a battle is either between truth and falsehood or between two falsehoods 1.

The third party

He notes that the verse on two groups of believers fighting (49:9) orders others to reconcile them, then to fight the aggressor, then to act with fairness. He holds that this reconciling party is missing from the wars of his age, so they last 2.

What remains

He holds that God leaves falsehood's partisans to fight among themselves, so that elements of good remain in the world for someone to notice. He takes this as God's mercy toward the worlds 3.

Not yet checked

This is Sha'rawi's reading of the wars of his time and has not been checked against historical sources. The academic view and any non-Sunni view have not been checked.

People and things also explored

Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)

Sources

  1. Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1062
  2. Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1063
  3. Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1064
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