Sayyid Qutb (Arabic pronunciation:) (an aa Said, Syed, Seyyid, Sayid, or Sayed; Koteb, Qutub, Kotb, or Kutb) (Arabic: سيد قطب; October 9, 1906 – August 29, 1966) wis an Egyptian author, educator, Islamist, poet, an the leadin Islamic theologian o the Egyptian Muslim Britherhuid in the 1950s an '60s.
Author o 24 buiks, includin novels, literary airts’ critique, wirks on education, he is best kent in the Muslim warld for his wirk on wha he believed tae be the social an poleetical role o Islam, particularly in his beuks Social Justice an Ma'alim fi-l-Tariq (Milestones). His magnum opus, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the shade o the Qur'an), is a 30-volume commentary on the Qur'an.
Even though maist o his observations an criticism wur leveled at the Muslim warld, Qutb is an aa kent for his disapproval o the society an cultur o the Unitit States which he saw as obsessed wi materialism an violence. Views on Qutb vary widely. He haes been described bi supporters as a great airtist an martyr for Islam, but bi mony Wastren observers as ane who shaped the ideas o Islamists an particularly o terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda The day, his supporters are aften identified as Qutbists or "Qutbi", though they dae no uise the term tae describe thairsels.
