Quote of the day
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.
Sayyid Qutb
Born: October 9, 1906
Died: August 29, 1966 (aged 59)
Bio: Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and the leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s.
Known for:
- Fi Zilal al-Quran
- Milestones (1964)
- Social justice in Islam (1949)
- This religion of Islam
- A child from the village