The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb: The

Sayyid Qutb is widely considered an ideologue of the radical Islamist movements in the present world. His writings and, in particular, his theory of jahiliyyah was viewed as a threat to the nationalistic regimes in the Muslim world from Egypt to Tashkent and is now viewed as a threat to the West and America. It is through the prism of jahiliyyah that the radical Islamist movements divide the world to Islamic and jahili camps. Based on Qutb's own Arabic writings, The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb explains with others of Qutb's ideas, the force and intent of the Jahiliyyah concept; explores its development until it became a mature confrontational theory. The issues addressed in this book include: Philosophical concepts such as sovereignty, servitude, innate, human intellect and the universe Modern ideologies including Nationalism, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and Democracy The influence of Qutb's theory on Muslims, Jihad and State The book sheds light on Islamicradicalism and its intellectual origins by presenting new analysis on the intellectual legacy of one of the most important thinkers of modern Islamic revival. The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb is essential reading for those with interests in Islam, philosophy and radical Islam.

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Prologue	p. 5
Concluding remarks	p. 9
What the early Muslims meant by jahiliyyah	p. 10
Introduction	p. 10
The Arabs before Islam	p. 11
Arabian politics before Islam	p. 12
Belief and conceptions in pre-Islamic Arabia	p. 13
Lexical origins of the term jahiliyyah	p. 14
Jahiliyyah and knowledge ('ilm)	p. 16
Variations of the jahiliyyah concept in pre-Islamic Arabic	p. 21
Jahiliyyah and ummiyyah	p. 24
Jahiliyyah and gentleness (hilm)	p. 26
The Qur'anic concept of the term hilm	p. 31
Jahiliyyah is the antithesis of Sovereignty	p. 32
Concluding remarks	p. 43
Qutb's intellectual life and character	p. 44
Rural phase	p. 44
Modern phase	p. 48
Character and social relations	p. 51
Concluding remarks	p. 58
The jahiliyyah theory's first stage: 1925-1939	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Justice and harmony	p. 60
Islam versus al-jahalat	p. 68
The body, intellect and unity	p. 72
The great unity	p. 73
Concluding remarks	p. 77
The jahiliyyah theory's second stage: 1939-1948	p. 79
Qutb and the future of Egypt	p. 79
Qutb focuses on the Qur'an	p. 83
Qur'anic conceptions versus Jahili conceptions	p. 89
Qutb's appreciation of his culture	p. 98
Social reform	p. 103
Social justice in Islam	p. 115
Concluding remarks	p. 136
The jahiliyyah theory's third stage: 1948-1950	p. 138
On the eve of his trip	p. 138
Qutb in the United States	p. 139
Concluding remarks	p. 146
The jahiliyyah theory's fourth stage: 1950-1966	p. 147
The concept of jahiliyyah	p. 147
Development of the concept of jahiliyyah	p. 150
Concluding remarks	p. 170
Glossary	p. 172
Notes	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 214
Index	p. 243
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