“And it was the most amazing phenomenon in the history of mankind…”

From the introduction to Sayyid Qutb’s ‘Khasa’is at-Tasawwur al-Islami’:

وكانت أعجب ظاهرة في تاريخ الحياة البشرية: ظاهرة انبثاق أمة من خلال نصوص كتاب! وبه عاشت. وعليه اعتمدت في الدرجة الأولى

“And it was the most amazing phenomenon in the history of mankind: a nation emerging from the texts of a book – living by it, and depending on it as its primary source!”