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Jun 14, 2024 · Sayyid Quṭb (born Oct. 9, 1906, near Asyūṭ, Egypt—died Aug. 29, 1966, Cairo) was an Egyptian writer who was one of the foremost figures in modern Sunni Islamic revivalism. He was from a family of impoverished rural notables. For most of his early life, he was a schoolteacher.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 8, 2024 · The Egyptian Islamist ideologue Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) is a founding figure of modern Sunni militancy. The West knows Sayyid Qutb through the prism of his Milestones, the 1964 manifesto urging a Qur'anic revolution against illegitimate Muslim regimes.
- Umej Bhatia
- DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Islam
- 2005
6 days ago · Of the modern scholars who have contributed to the discourse, with much influence on the contemporary Muslim scholarship, are Sayyid Qutb and Rabi’u Madkhali. The former enjoys much patronage of the Islamists, while the latter is a diehard salafi jurist reputable for his pathological hatred and refutations for the Islamists and modernists.
Jun 21, 2024 · The Delhi Sultanate refers to a period of Islamic rule over Delhi and large parts of the Indian subcontinent from the 13th to the 16th century. It was established in 1206 by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a Turkish slave general who served under the Ghurid dynasty.
5 days ago · Sayyid Qutb also opposes citizenship of a foreign country: Once there is a place on earth, any place, which belongs to Islam and where one can feel secure declaring one’s faith and fulfilling one’s religious duties, then one must migrate in order to live under the banner of Islam and enjoy the sublime standard of life Islam affords.
5 days ago · Pondering the Quran stirs the hearts, removes veils from them, opens their windows, pours light into them, moves the feelings, purifies the conscience, and creates a life for the soul that pulsates, shines, and enlightens. [Sayyid Qutb, Fi Zilal al-Quran]
5 days ago · Sayyid Qutb's works were considered the spring for political orientation, opposition and check in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where Madkhali resides as one of the leading and elderly scholars.
