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التساهل في تنفيذ أحكام التوراة
Laxity in implementing the Torah’s rulings.

Knowing a divine command and putting it into practice are different achievements. This discussion associates neglect of duties with greed, selfish interest and attachment to worldly advantage—motivations that can overcome a person’s knowledge of the good.

إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي
Indeed, the soul strongly urges evil, except as my Lord has mercy. (Qur’an 12:53, relevant clause)

The Qur’anic observation concerns human susceptibility to wrongdoing, not the supposed inherent inferiority of any ethnicity. Moral diagnosis must attend to particular actions and evidence rather than stereotypes.

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Neglect of commandments and moral motivation

Qur’anic Argumentation: Debates with Jewish Interlocutors and Principles of Reform

التساهل في تنفيذ أحكام التوراة
Laxity in implementing the Torah’s rulings.

Knowing a divine command and putting it into practice are different achievements. This discussion associates neglect of duties with greed, selfish interest and attachment to worldly advantage—motivations that can overcome a person’s knowledge of the good.

إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّي
Indeed, the soul strongly urges evil, except as my Lord has mercy. (Qur’an 12:53, relevant clause)

The Qur’anic observation concerns human susceptibility to wrongdoing, not the supposed inherent inferiority of any ethnicity. Moral diagnosis must attend to particular actions and evidence rather than stereotypes.