Al-Moida (Ziyofat)
Al-Maidah (The Repast)
Muqaddima
Prologue
Qur’on Allohning Elchisi Muhammadga (ﷺ) yuqoridan nozil qilingan, toki u uning vositasida davlat barpo etsin, jamoa tashkil qilsin, jamiyatni tartibga solsin, aql-zakovat va vijdonni tarbiyalasin hamda axloqiy qadriyatlarni belgilasin. Qur’on, shuningdek, musulmon jamoasi ichida amal qiladigan aloqalarni belgilashi va musulmon davlatining xalqaro munosabatlarini aniqlashi lozim edi. Bularning barchasi mustahkam bog‘lanib, yagona butunlikni tashkil etishi kerak edi: uning barcha qismlari bir manbadan kelib chiqadi va bitta hokimiyatga tayanadi. Aslida din tabiati ana shundaydir: u Xudo tomonidan belgilangan va musulmonlar haqiqatan ham musulmon bo‘lgan davrlarda shunday amalga oshirilgan.
The Qur’ān was bestowed from on high to Muĥammad, God’s Messenger, so that he might, by means of it, establish a state, bring a community into being, organise a society, cultivate minds and consciences and set moral values. The Qur’ān was also to set the bonds that would operate within the Muslim community, as also define the international relations the Muslim state might have. All these were to be firmly joined together, so that all their parts would form one coherent whole, stemming from a single source and referring to a single authority. This is, in fact, the nature of religion, as defined by God and practised by Muslims in the days when they were indeed truly Muslims.