sayyid
pronunciation
How to pronounce sayyid in British English:
UK ['seɪi:ɪd]
How to pronounce sayyid in American English:
US ['seɪiɪd]
Word Origin
- sayyid
- also sayid, Islamic title of honor, applied to descendants of Hussein, Muhammad's grandson, 1788, from Arabic sayyid "lord, chief," perhaps literally "speaker, spokesman."
Example
- 1. Pre-eminently among the pioneers of 20th-century islamism , sayyid qutb has come to be seen as the evil genius who inspired today 's global jihad .
- 2. But none of this compared with the backlash building in afghanistan , where young intellectuals like ahmed shah massoud had been reading up on islamist classics such as the writings of sayyid qutb .
- 3. Sayyid qutb , a member of the muslim brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s , developed the doctrine of jihad , and the radical group hamas is believed to be an offshoot of the palestinian muslim brotherhood .