This paper explores one of the examples of the devout women, Maryam, and the mother of Jesus.It investigates the theory of Readerresponse in relation to Sayyid Qutb's response to the story of Maryam as it is mentioned in the Qur'an.For examining Qutb's interpretation of the story of Maryam, it is clear that he encompasses the various perspectives of Reader-response theory-phenomenological, psychol...