Egyptian here, actually Qutb risked his life and lost it for his &quot;cause&quot; and there&#x27;s a lot of controversy surrounding this issue and it&#x27;s a recurrent hot topic in political discussions here that his unlawful detention by the military authorities and the subsequent execution might have resulted in his radicalization and him espousing more extremist views of jihadism and political violence to effect social change in the nation because he was very aware of the fact at the time that he would be executed at any point so he had maybe a &quot;fuck it&quot; moment and decided to screw the world he would depart involuntarily by leaving his vile and despicable writing behind as a vendetta