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- The Prophetic Era
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Summary
Sha'rawi holds that God distributed talents among creatures and did not gather them in one person, so that society completes itself and each person needs the talents of others 1.
Complementarity, not favour
He says this joining is not a favour from the rich to the poor but a necessary coexistence, since each needs what the other produces, and difference of rank is needed for complementarity 2.
A community with equal talents
He holds that a group whose talents are the same will compete and destroy itself, that people are best when they differ, and that the small peak is carried by the broad base, and the one who reaches the top should be helped to stay there 2.
Not yet checked
The social reasoning is Sha'rawi's own and has not been checked against works of sociology or economics. 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.1143
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.1144
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islam.museum contributors. “Diversity of talents and social interdependence”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/diversity-of-talents-and-interdependence/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.