the manifestation of loneliness in sayyid qutb’s verses

the signs of sadness, concern and losing one’s thought balance are among the varieties of the manifestation of loneliness in human beings. the contemporary arab poet is a sensitive, bright minded man, living under the dominance of colonialism or anti-freedom organizations, suffering from different forms of loneliness. such a condition will cause that poet to lose his life balance and peaceful behavior with the society or even with himself! sayeed qotb is such an arab poet who had a long struggle with the imperialistic powers from one hand, and with himself and his own society from the other. this study aims at discovering the manifestation of loneliness in his verses to provide the readers with an understanding of his personality and thought directions before his inclination toward islamic issues.