The Impossible State by Wael B. Hallaq

Author:Wael B. Hallaq
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013-03-11T04:00:00+00:00

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Beleaguering Globalization and Moral Economy

Money is everywhere conceived as purpose, and countless things that are really ends in themselves are thereby degraded to mere means.

—Georg Simmel, The Philosophy of Money

He who gives (of his wealth) and fears God, and who believes in doing good, We will ease his way unto an easy state. But he who hoards and deems himself independent, and disbelieves in doing good, We will ease his way unto adversity. His riches will not save him when he perishes. . . . Therefore I have warned you of the scorching fire which only the wretched must endure . . . he who denies and turns away. But saved from it is the righteous, who gives of his wealth so that he may grow in goodness.

—Qurʾān, 92:5–18

The Pious . . . in whose wealth the beggar and the outcast have due share.

—Qurʾān, 51:15, 19

You shall not drive the beggar away.

—Qurʾān, 93:10

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