Milestones

Firstly thanks for early delivery!This is an awesome book which opens the door of heart of Islam. Till now I have read the 1st chapter, 'The unique Quranic Generation'. It makes me clear that the author's works worth his sacrificed life. I'm just amazed to read how much deep knowledge of Islam he had, and how much Hikmat he used to explain every situation. It will help you to understand how Islam can be established in every ground of our life....MashaAllah.May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdous.

Whoever wants to understand political system of islam must read

This is the literature that creates fanatics!

Sayyid Qutb Rahmatullah is an unparalleled genius in modern times

The book is awesome and the print is also nice

Worst page layout.Extremly disappointing paper quality .

it is awsome

good book but printing is very bad......

Arrived early, great quality product.

A GREAT BOOK! i really enjoyed this book. I am not muslim. I am a religious pluralist. I believe all religion has come through man's prefabricated mind. So, we must find what works best for us and make use of it. However, its very nice to hear some Islamic philosophy/theology from a truly Muslim perspective. Instead of the endless brainwashing and indoctrination of the American media. I have spent some time researching the Islamic faith and found, that while there are extremist within this religion (which extremism I DO NOT condone in any way.) There are also extremist within Christianity. though we very rarely here of them. If we do, it may be a paragraph or two. But I know many muslims that are sincere in their islamic faith and in no way approve of their extremist brethren actions. they tend to take a more mystical view of jihad. Using jihad to fight the evil and corruption within, rather than offensive jihad against their neighbor.I found this book to be quite enlightening. I mean, who doesn't want to leave their home unlocked, with no worry of some thieves breaking in and stealing all you worked so hard for, or worse? Who wants to live in a society that's going to hell for our children? the moral fabric of most societies has proven to be without a lasting answer for societies ill's? this is what the sharia solves. Once again, while i am not muslim, after reading this book i felt I could at least understand a little better the Islamic perspective. I would certainly give this work two thumbs up.

No problem at all

Sayed Qutb writes in a truly resolute fashion - there is nothing but 'jahiliyyah' (ignorance) outside of Islam and therefore all other societies, for whatever their high merits to which he awards them at the beginning of the book, must be brought into the 'truth' of Islam so that they may know true guidance - or so he makes clear in his writing. The book is a short read but a crucial insight into the fundamentalist Muhammadan mind - for it frames jihad in the spirit of a revolutionary character and not just for the establishing of Sharia and Islamic dominance. This character prevails today, where Islamic fundamentalists seek to overthrow the social and political order that ostensibly encumbers them, to replace that order with a pure Islamic caliphate where the only constitution is that of Allah and the practice of his messenger Muhammad. Qutb identifies with this strongly throughout the book, and makes clear the motivations for such a position. It is channelling the prophet Muhammad himself with his overthrowing and domination of the social and political order of Yathrib post Hijrah. With what would be called al qaeda (the base) established in Yathrib by Muhammad and his companions, Qutb saw the spread of Islam by jihad and dawah in these early years as the means to which liberation would be spread to humanity, and evokes a chillingly powerful call for believers to strive forth in establishing such a community of believers again before, as it can be rightly assumed, making jihad their calling as Muhammad and the Rashidun did in the earliest years of Islam.

I must read it at least 3 times more. Qutb provides an easy to understand rationale of several aspects of Islam which are driving the current world events at least in the West from the '93 attack on the World Trade Center. This book is useful to anyone who wants to probe in detail beyond today's' headlines of the tension that exists within Islam as well as outside toward "Western" culture. His original work "In the Shade of the Qu'ran" (30 volumes) is not available, but this precis of that tome provides adequate enlightenment. I have found some of his views of America identified during his 48-50 visit, in agreement with my own. I have recently visited the 9-11 Museum 4 times for 4 hours each. However the question of WHY? is not adequately answered. For those who are interested, this is a good start. There are many other carefully drawn analyses of the thoughts of Qutb, all fertile grounds for deeper understanding.