29) Is the secular for Heschel similar to jahiliyyah in Sayyid Qutb, a state of rebellion against God's sovereignty?

[12] Islam must, therefore, regain its role in world leadership to liberate men from their meandering, the alternative being jahiliyyah and extinction.

The Prophet's intention of creating an Islamic identity, or ummah, was to replace the tribalism of the jahiliyyah period, which fueled constant conflict, with a notion of identity based on human God-given values mandated by the above-mentioned verses [and others] which urge humanity to live by the second commandment of the Abrahamic faith traditions: to love thy neighbor as thyself, to treat others as you would want yourself to be treated.