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Sayyid Qutb

Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)

Sayyid Qutb

Qutb on trial in 1966[Note 1]

Born

Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb


(1906-10-09)9 October 1906

Mūshā, Asyut Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt

Died29 August 1966(1966-08-29) (aged 59)

Cairo, United Arab Republic

Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityEgyptian
EraModern era
Main interest(s)Islam, politics, Quranic exegesis (tafsir)
Notable idea(s)Jahiliyyah, Ubudiyya
Notable work(s)Milestones, In the Shade of the Quran
RelativesMuhammad Qutb (brother)
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedModern Sunni

Influenced by

  • ‘Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Taymiyyah, Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Alexis Carrel, Abbās al-Aqqād, Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi,[1]Muhammad 'Abduh,[2]Oswald Spengler, Arnold J.

    Toynbee[3]

Influenced

  • Abdullah Azzam, Abu