Ijtimaiyya: Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam p-ISSN: 1979-052X E-ISSN: 2614-6215 Juni 2025 Ijtimaiyya: Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam 18 (1) (2025), 137-156 http://ejournal.radenintan.ac.id/index.php/ijtimaiyya/index THE SOCIO-ETHICAL TAFSIR OF SAYYID QUTB Ahmad Nabil Amir 1 , Tasnim Abdul Rahman 2 1 Former Associate, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, Kuala Lumpur 2 Fakulti Pengajian Kontemporari Islam, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Terengganu nabiller2002@gmail.com Abstract The paper analysed the essential methodology adopted by Sayyid Qutb in his Tafsir Fî Zilâl al-Qur'an and its instrumental role in projecting a modern Islamic outlook based on his social and dynamic exegetical orientation. Its objective is to identify the exegetical school he propounded and its role in shaping the modern Islamic worldview based on his social interpretation. The study is based on qualitative approaches in the form of textual analysis and a library survey. By using the Miles & Huberman model, it gathered related primary and secondary literature in the field. The data were analyzed based on Qutb's socio-ethico concept. The finding shows that Sayyid Qutb had formulated an inclusive method of philosophical interpretation of the Qur'an that established socio-linguistic and ethico-legal principles as its core ideological roots and basis. The pattern of thought and interpretation was influenced by this idea, reflecting the dynamic (haraki) framework it conceived in the development of his tafsir. This categorically forms the basis of his philosophy and idealism, which underlies its socio-religious outlook and its relevance in shaping the modern Islamic generation to revitalise the cultural-linguistic aspect and perennial values of tawhid in the modern narrative of dakwah. Keywords: Fî Zilâl al-Qur’an; Sayyid Qutb; Qur’anic Exegesis; Dynamic Method; Socio- Cultural Interpretation. Abstrak Penelitian ini mengkaji naratif dan horizon tafsir yang dikembangkan oleh Sayyid Qutb dalam Fî Zilâl al-Qur’an, khususnya pendekatan haraki, sosial-budaya dan etika-moralnya. Ia bertujuan mengidentifikasi aliran tafsir yang diilhamkan dan perannya dalam memproyeksikan pandangan dunia Islam yang moden berasaskan tafsiran sosial dan idealisme dakwah dan harakah yang digariskannya. Data dianalisis melalui reduksi tematik berdasarkan model Miles & Huberman, dengan fokus pada konsep adabi-ijtima‘i Qutb. Melalui metode kualitatif berbasis analisis