abu-bakr-naji-the-management-of-savagery-the-most-critical-stage-through-which-the-umma-will-pass

Education by means of the Qur'an, which some think can have an effect by merely reciting
it, teaching the laws, and extracting the moral lessons for the souls to heed and act upon, has
never been in this manner. Rather, the Qur'an was sent down to the souls when they were
broken, and before giving them the commands it tells them about what they are preoccupied
with. Its influence and understanding it is another matter.
Therefore, we should teach the people during action and use every momentous event as a
means of connecting them to servitude, obedience, and seeking refuge with God (praise and
exalted be He). Do you think the verse "O believers, respond to God and the Messenger
when he calls you unto that which will give you life; and know that God stands between a
man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be mustered" (Qur'an 8:24) was sent down to
the Companions while they were in a locked room or sitting inside the mosque? Is its effect
and the response to it like the response when it was sent down to the Companions in the
Battle of Badr? Why do they not respond when they can see with their own eyes the verses
of God regarding fighting descending and refuting (what they say)? If they violate His
command, the affliction will not be lifted until there is a response to the commands of God.
Even though the verse refers to jihad, just as it says in the interpretation, it is generally about
the importance of responding to all the commands of God. In them is life. Do you see
what the level of response would be if the verse prohibiting wine or the verse necessitating
the hijab were sent down in something other than the atmosphere of trial and horrors which
have encompassed the believers?
May God have mercy on Sayyid Qutub, who said: "Verily, this Qur'an does not reveal its
secrets save to those who rush into battles with it (at their side) and who live in an