Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb is one of the great scholars known to the Egyptian community. He is a
figure who fought for Egypt to be free from western influence. In addition, he is also a
thinker who gave birth to many books, both about Islam, education and poetry. His most
Sayyid's life journey ended when the government decided to impose the death
penalty. Sayyid was found involved in the assassination attempt on the head of state along
Sayyid was born on October 9, 1906 in a small village called Musha, Egypt. His
father was a landowner as well as a politician in his native land, and his mother was a civil
servant.Since childhood, Sayyid was familiar with the holy Koran. His mind was very critical
when he was growing up, he even criticized the pattern of religious teachings taught to priests
British-run education. It was also in this city that he wrote and published the first book
entitled Ashwak, which means thorn. Two years after the end of the world war, Sayyid
decided to go to the United States and study at the Colorado State College of Education (now
the University of Northern Colorado). In this country, the idea of Islam is growing.
After two years of studying in Uncle Sam's country, Sayyid decided to return to
Egypt. US experience as allergic to western culture. This also prompted him to join the
Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1950s and decide to resign as a civil servant. One of his
most famous words was, "All will return to Allah when they die, but the most famous are
those who are close to Allah for the rest of their lives."
In July 1952, Sayyid supported the Free Officers Movement led by Gamal Abdel
Nasser to overthrow the king and replace it with a presidential system. During the coup,
On several occasions, Nasser often visited Sayyid's house and was creative about the
revolution. This relationship made the Muslim Brotherhood hope that Nasser would give
birth to an Islamic one. However, this did not happen, because Nasser chose a secular
nationalist ideology that was very much at odds with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Sayyed realized this and decided to step down, but Nasser insisted that Sayyed stay in line by
"We will give you any position you want in government, whether it's Minister of Education,
However, the offers were rejected. Sayyed was upset that Nasser had let him down. Until one
day, Egypt was shocked by the news of the plan to assassinate Nasser by the Muslim
Brotherhood.
The revelation of the plan led Nasser to accuse all members of the Muslim
Brotherhood of being involved. As a result, Sayyed was hunted down by the military and
thrown into prison. The first three years of being eliminated, were very bad and underwent
Eight months after the Air Minister was released, on the orders of the Prime Minister
of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, Sayyed was again imprisoned on the same charges. During the
trial, he was given various charges until the court sentenced him to death. He finally died at
Sayyid Qutb merupakan salah satu ulama besar yang dikenal masyarakat Mesir
hukuman mati. Sayyid dilahirkan pada 9 Oktober 1906 di sebuah desa kecil bernama Musha,
Mesir. Sejak kecil, Sayyid sudah akrab dengan kitab suci Alquran. Pikirannya sangat kritis
ketika mulai beranjak dewasa, bahkan pernah mengritisi pola pengajaran agama yang
diajarkan untuk imam dan kehidupan tradisional mereka. Saat berusia 23 tahun, Sayyid
memutuskan berangkat ke Kairo untuk menimba ilmu Dua tahun setelah perang dunia
berakhir, Sayyid memutuskan berangkat ke Amerika Serikat dan kuliah di Colorado State
pemikiran tentang Islam semakin berkembang. Setelah waktu selama dua tahun untuk belajar
di negeri Paman Sam, Sayyid memutuskan kembali ke Mesir. Pada Juli 1952, Sayyid
mendukung Gerakan Perwira Bebas yang dipimpin Gamal Abdel Nasser untuk menjatuhkan
Keakraban antara naser dan sayyid dirusak karn penghianatan naser yang berambisi
sesat karna jabatan dan melengserkan sayyid yang dianggap mengundurkan diri dari
pendukung naseer sehingga sayyid dijatuhi hukuman mati. Namun idiologi Sayyit qutb masih