Quaid-e-Azam, Islam, and Pakistan
By M. Waqas (Ex MPA) • Aug 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look • 12 CommentsLet’s see our Quaid in the mirror of his own words and nothing else will remain to explain that what kind of person he was and what was his vision about the Pakistan.
Quaid-e-Azam said in his presidential address in 1940:
“It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends fail to understand the real nature of Islam and Hinduism. They are not religions in the strict sense of the word but are, in fact, different and distinct social orders… The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, literature. They belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects of life and our life are different.”
In his speech at the Frontier Muslim League Conference on November 21, 1945, he said:
“We have to fight a double edged battle, one against the Hindu Congress and the British Imperialists, both of them being capitalists. The Muslims demand Pakistan where they could rule according to their own code of life and according to their own cultural growth, traditions and Islamic laws.”
In a message to NWFP Muslim Students Federation in April 1943, he said:
“You have asked me to give a message. What message can I give you? We have got the great message in the Quran for our guidance and enlightenment.”
In an Eid message to the nation in 1945, he said:
“Every Muslim knows that the injunctions of the Quran are not confined to religious and moral duties. Everyone except those who are ignorant, knows that the Quran is the general code of the Muslims. A religious, social, civil, commercial, military, judicial, criminal and penal code; it regulates everything from the ceremonies of religion to those of daily life; from the salvation of the soul to the health of the body; from the rights of all, to those of each individual; from morality to crime; from punishment here to that in the life to come, and our Prophet (S) has enjoined on us that every Muslim should possess a copy of the Holy Quran and be his own priest. Therefore, Islam is not confined to the spiritual tenets and doctrines and rituals and ceremonies. It is a complete code regulating the whole Muslim society in every department of life, collectively and individually.”
In August 1941, Quaid-e-Azam gave an interview to the students of the Osmania University. The replies he gave to the questions asked by the students explain his depth and comprehension of the basic foundations of Islam. Here are excerpts from the interview:
Q. What are the essential features of religion and a religious state?
A. When I hear the word “religion,” my mind thinks at once, according to the English language and British usage, of private relations between man and God. But I know full well that according to Islam, the word is not restricted to the English connotation. I am neither a Maulwi nor a Mullah, nor do I claim knowledge of theology. But I have studied in my own way the Holy Quran and Islamic tenets. This magnificent book is full of guidance respecting all human life, whether spiritual, or economic, political or social, leaving no aspect untouched.
Q. What is the distinctive feature of the Islamic state?
A. There is a special feature of the Islamic state which must not be overlooked. There, obedience is due to God and God alone, which takes practical shape in the observance of the Quranic principles and commands. In Islam, obedience is due neither to a king, nor to a parliament, nor to any other organization. It is the Quranic provisions which determine the limits of our freedom and restrictions in political and social spheres. In other words, the Islamic state is an agency for enforcement of the Quranic principles and injunctions.
There will be no economic exploitation by the capitalists in an Islamic state. In his presidential address delivered to the annual session of the All India Muslim League, in Delhi on April 24, 1943, he said:
“Here I should like to give a warning to the landlords and capitalists who have flourished at our expense by a system which is so vicious, which is so wicked and which makes them so selfish that it is difficult to reason with them. The exploitation of the masses has gone into their blood. They have forgotten the lessons of Islam. Greed and selfishness have made these people subordinate to the interests of others in order to fatten themselves. It is true we are not in power today. You go anywhere to the countryside. I have visited villages. There are millions and millions of our people who hardly get one meal a day. Is this civilization? Is this the aim of Pakistan? Do you visualize that millions have been exploited and cannot get one meal a day? If this is the idea of Pakistan, I would not have it. If they are wise, they will have to adjust themselves to the new modern conditions of life. If they don’t, God help them, we shall not help them.”
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Mr Mohammad Ali JInnah (The Quiad-e-Azam / Actually the only Leader we eve had) had a press conference July 14th (1947) in Delhi, following is Q & A session. You can find the text of this press conference in the book “Jinnah - Speeches and Statements 1947-1949″ (Published by Oxford University Press) and from it some portions :
Q. Could you as governor-general make a brief statement on the minorities problem?
A. At present I am only governor-general designate. We will assume for a moment that on August 15 I shall be really the governor-general of Pakistan. On that assumption, let me tell you that I shall not depart from what I said repeatedly with regard to the minorities. Every time I spoke about the minorities I meant what I said and what I said I meant. Minorities to whichever community they may belong will be safeguarded. Their religion or faith or belief will be secure. There will be no interference of any kind with their freedom of worship. They will have their protection with regard to their religion, faith, their life, their culture. They will be, in all respects, the citizens of Pakistan without any distinction of caste or creed. The will have their rights and privileges and no doubt along with this goes the obligations of citizenship. Therefore, the minorities have their responsibilities also, and they will play their part in the affairs of this state. As long as the minorities are loyal to the state and owe true allegiance, and as long as I have any power, they need have no apprehension of any kind.
Q. Would your interest in the Muslims of Hindustan continue as it is today?
A. My interest will continue in Hindustan in every citizen and particularly the Muslims.
Q. As president of the All India Muslim League what measures do you propose to adopt to assure the safety of Muslims in Hindu provinces?
A. All that I hope for is that the Muslims in the Hindustan states will be treated as justly as I have indicated we propose to treat non-Muslim minorities. I have stated the broad principles of policy, but the actual question of safeguards and protection for minorities in the respective states can only be dealt with by the Constituent Assembly.
Q. What are your comments on recent statements and speeches of certain Congress leaders to the effect that if Hindus in Pakistan are treated badly they will treat Muslims in Hindustan worse?
A. I hope they will get over this madness and follow the line I am suggesting. It is no use picking up the statements of this man here or that man there. You must remember that in every country there are crooks, cranks, and what I call mad people.
Q. Would you like minorities to stay in Pakistan or would you like an exchange of population?
A. As far as I can speak for Pakistan, I say that there is no reason for any apprehension on the part of the minorities in Pakistan. It is for them to decide what they should do. All I can say is that there is no reason for any apprehension so far as I can speak about Pakistan. It is for them to decide. I cannot order them.
Q. Will Pakistan be a secular or theocratic state?A. You are asking me a question that is absurd. I do not know what a theocratic state means.
A correspondent suggested that a theocratic state meant a state where only people of a particular religion, for example Muslims, could be full citizens and non-Muslims would not be full citizens.
A. Then it seems to me that what I have already said is like throwing water on a ducks’s back. When you talk of democracy I am afraid you have not studied Islam. We learned democracy thirteen centuries ago.
Just under one month later, on August 11, Jinnah addressed his Constituent Assembly at Karachi. He told the future legislators :
“. . . . . . . you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state. ”
It was quoted by Mr A. Cowasjee also in one of his columns in DAWN a while back, if you so wish you can read this there, too.
very well Mr Aftab
in a sense you completed my presentation on Quaid’s views about pakistan.thanx
Qauid was very clear regarding minorities and he stated pure Quranic point of view as it is famous verse of Quran
LA IKRAHA FE DIN
There is no compulsion on accepting any Deen.(religion)
its the right of every individual to adopt a specific way of life and in pakistan all of them will be protected as long as they remain faithful to pakistan and its constitution.
as you quoted Qauid said
…I am afraid you have not studied Islam. We learned democracy thirteen centuries ago…….
that was his vision to establish pakistan as islamic democratic country based on glourious priciples of Quran and sunnah.
Of course, Qurtan teaches many wonderful things but question is what have we learnt from our Book? Following describes how seriously we take the Teachings. I have not heard one word of condemnation or protest from any, I reapest, any self appointed “fake” and “fraud guardians” of our sacred religion or anything that it stands for. Read it and “enjoy” it for this has been perhaps the
only cause and mission the your party had, I am sure that Mr Mohammed Ali Jinnah would be “proud” to see Pakistan persecuting its own citizens in the name of religion. Now here it goes:
(following is an extraction from a recent article - ‘The brutalizing law’ by Mr Kunwar Idrees:
“…………The sectarian divisions since then have been exacerbating and turning violent. But no government has been able to bring itself up to scrap the laws and policies which have institutionalised intolerance and hate. Now all sections of society are its victims — the majority as much as the minorities. An agenda that was essentially political in the course of time has become a mindset to which the moderate, the tolerant, the intellectuals and the judges all have been succumbing. Let it be illustrated by a few recent events.
First, a gathering of religious leaders over which Mr Rafiq Tarar presided has ruled that any Muslim who changes his religion must be put to death and his property confiscated. Mr Tarar should have known that the country of which once he was the president is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That declaration enjoins religious freedom which expressly includes the freedom to change one’s religion. If he was a conscientious objector to this policy of the state he should have refused to become its president where, in any case, for all of his tenure he remained a silent spectator of fateful events.
Second, a prison vast enough to accommodate 50,000 persons — men and women, young and old — may soon have to be established if the courts of law agree with the police and state prosecutors. These had held that by wearing badges which bore Quranic inscriptions the entire population of Chenab Nagar (Rabwah) had committed an offence that is punishable with imprisonment of up to three years under Pakistan’s penal code.
Third, 23 students (five among them girls) of Faisalabad’s Punjab Medical College were summarily expelled from that college by the principal on the complaint of the youth wing of a religious party that they were seen preaching their faith.
Human rights organisations worldwide have apparently taken notice of these incidents and will draw their own conclusions which, at a time when Pakistan is in the limelight for the prevalence of extremism and for sheltering terrorists, can be only scathing. Who is to be blamed more for Pakistan’s descent from a peaceable to a brutalised polity — the laws made by its assemblies or the bombers produced by its seminaries — remains a dilemma. What is not in doubt is that public opinion and the courts of law failed to play their part…………” SO MUCH FOR THE FAMOUS VERSE OF QURAN (LA IKRAHA FE DIN) ! !
kunwaridris (at) hotmail.com
PLEASE READ ‘QURAN’ by mistake it is typed Qurtan above in the first sentence - Aftab
Hats off for you Aftab Bahi. Good work indeed. Keep it up. Please accpet my wishes on such special occasions. May Allah keep all of us united regardless of sect, creed, ethnicity, religion and class. Ameen
What is this Mr Ex MPA???? COPY-PASTE????
Please see the original effort by clicking below link: Second Hand posts.
http://www.tolueislam.com/Bazm/Mansoor/MA_LT_04.htm
Should TPS direct to each individual that come up with their own posts and if can’t then at least provide reference or source of original effort.
On such noble occasion, a lead story is proved as Plagiarism. Any body can quote Quaid-e-Azam but other material should be writer’s own. It is just like “A DUSHMANI WITH TPS”.
TPS team is doing hard work day and night. They changed their site to add features related to this special day and the writer has not informed them that it is not my post. How a second hand post can be a lead story. It is not a fault of TPS. They are doing blind trust on us and few people are exploiting their trust. MashAllah, TPS is not a baby and don’t need copy paste sort of things. So please don’t do any favour by sending COPY PASTE versions.
Regards,
Saleem Khan
saleem.kh@hotmail.com
Mohammad Waqas Sahib, I have no clue about your age. Few day back you wrote something about the youth of Pakistan, actually you saw only ray of hopes in them. You are right, youth does represent - HOPE. I am glad you consider them as hope. However, knowing the party you represent (Jamaat -e- Islami Pakistan), I honest to God, do not see you accomplishing anything. Are you familiar with the slogan “NaPakistan” ? Do you know, who coined it? It was Maulana Maudoodi the “grand godfather” of JIP - and do you know that all those youngsters who are not in the business of gangsterism and terrorism (on the behest of your political party in the name of Islam!) in the educational institutions of Pakistan know this fact (their fathers and grand fathers are still around and have never forgiven your party for this insult to PAKISTAN). Sir, are you aware of the fact that the maulvis of the time called our great and the only leader (The Quid-e-Azam), do you know what the maulvis called our Quaid-e-Azam? They called him - “Kafir-e-Azam”.
Waqas Sahib, people are not as stupid as you all assume and people do not forget or forgive such insults to Pakistan or Quaid-e-Azam. Pakistan is not and never was “NaPakistan” as Maudoodi called nor Quaid-e-Azam was “Kafir-e-Azam” as other maulvis declared him to be.
i just quoted Quaid e Azam.no single word from any one else
moodoodi didnt call pakistan as napakistan nor any molvi belong to jamaat say kafer azam
the one who called so was an ahrari alem mulna mazher ali azher.
Salam.
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Thanks.
Nasir
Thats grerat @ Nasir
its eye Opener.
now another prove plz watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIqsBDpwHH8
that who order to join Pakistan of Baluch tribe leader “Khan of Qalat”
Dear All,
Yeh aik Tarekhee haqiqat hai keh Maudoodi Sahib Ne Tehreek-e-Pakistan
ke denon main Pakistan ko NaPakistan Kaha. Isko Jhutlaya Nahe Jasakta.
Inhe Logon Ne Baad Main Pakistan Main Ghusbaith karlee.