Sayyid Qutb Quotes

#1. Faith is not by wishful thinking, it is what takes root in the heart and shows in one's actions.

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#2. All people go to Allah after their death, but the happy person is the one who goes to Allah while still alive.

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#3. Verily, the index finger that testifies to the oneness of Allah Azzawajal in prayer, utterly rejects to write even an alphabet, endorsing the rule of the tyrant

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#4. Absolute justice demands that mens incomes and rewards should ... vary, and that some have more than others-so long as human justice is upheld by the provision of equal opportunity for all.

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#5. Islam cannot accept or agree to a situation which is half-Islam and half-Jahiliyya [separated from God].

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#6. Jazz is the favorite music [of America]. It is a type of music invented by [American] Blacks to please their primitive tendencies and desire for noise.

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#7. A martyr is the one who bears witness that the Shari'ah of Allah is more valuable to him than his own life.

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#8. Indeed our words will remain lifeless, barren, devoid of any passion, until we die as a result of these words, whereupon our words will suddenly spring to life and live amongst the hearts that are dead, bringing them to life as well.

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