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The political thought of Sayyid Qutb : the theory of jahiliyyah
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The political thought of Sayyid Qutb : the theory of jahiliyyah

Sayed Khatab

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What the early Muslims meant by jahiliyyah
The Arabs before Islam
Arabian politics before Islam
Belief and conceptions in pre-Islamic Arabia
Lexical origins of the term jahiliyyah
Jahiliyyah and knowledge (ʿilm)
Variations of the jahiliyyah concept in pre-Islamic Arabic
Jahiliyyah and ummiyyah
Jahiliyyah and gentleness (hilm)
The Qurʾanic concept of the term hilm
Jahiliyyah is the antithesis of sovereignty
Qutb's intellectual life and character
Rural phase
Modern phase
Character and social relations
The jahiliyyah theory's first stage : 1925-1939
Justice and harmony
Islam versus al-jahalat
The body, intellect and unity
The great unity
The jahiliyyah theory's second stage : 1939-1948
Qutb and the future of Egypt
Qutb focuses on the Qurʾan
Qurʾanic conceptions versus jahili conceptions
Qutb's appreciation of his culture
Social reform
Social justice in Islam
The jahiliyyah theory's third stage : 1948-1950
On the eve of his trip
Qutb in the United States
The jahiliyyah theory's fourth stage : 1950-1966
The concept of jahiliyyah
Development of the concept of jahiliyyah.

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