The saying that 'The pen is mightier than the sword' accurately describes the life-story of Sayyid Qutb ( سيد قطب); who was an Egyptian prominent revivalist, ideologue, thinker, and a leading intellectual of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (al 'Ikhwan ul- Muslimun) in the 1950s and 60s. He is best known for his work on redefining the role of Islam in social and political change ...