G.A. Parwez: The State is God

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

والصلاة والسلام على خاتم النبيين

My master the Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam) prophesied:

يَكُونُ دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ مَنْ أَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهَا قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا

There will come callers at the gates of Gehinnom. Whoever responds to them they [Angels] throw him into it

(Sunan Ibn Majah: Abwab ul-Fitan; Hadith #3979)

Undoubtedly, G.A. Parwez was one such caller to the gates of Gehinnom. He shamelessly taught doctrines that disregard the sovereignty and supremacy of Allah Most High, and likewise the status of the Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam). Parwez wrote:

المسلمين کیلئے خلافت علی منہاج نبوت کا فیصلہ، خدا اور رسول کے فیصلے کے مرادف تھا

For the general Muslim populace, the decision of the Caliphate upon the Prophetic Method were synonymous with the decisions of God and the Apostle (Qurani Faisalay; v.1 p.336):

This heresy expressed by Parwez is clearly so because it elevates the status of the Caliphs to that of being direct representatives and spokesmen of God Himself, such that they become Prophets and Apostles of God for all intents and purposes.

In fact, Parwez goes further in declaring that the authority of the central state is higher than the authority of Allah Most High and His Apostle (sall Allahu alaihi wasallam):

اس وقت افراد امت کو اس کی اجازت نہیں ہوگی کہ وہ قرآن کریم۔ سنت رسول اللہ یا فقہ ائمہ پر اپنی صوابدید کے مطابق اپنے طور پر عمل کریں۔

یہ بات کہ قرآن کریم میں جہاں اس ضمن میں اللہ اور رسول کے الفاظ آئے ہیں۔ اس سے مراد اسلامی نظام ہے۔

At that time the individuals of the Ummah won’t be licensed to act upon the noble Quran, the Sunnah of the Apostle of Allah or the fiqh of the Imams according to their own discretion.

Wherever the noble Quran has mentioned the words ‘Allah and the Apostle’ what is intended is the Islamic system (ibid; p.337):

Parwez goes on to explain that this term ‘Islamic system’ refers to a state or government without which Islam cannot practically exist or manifest itself:

جب صحیح اسلامی نظام یا خلافت علی منہاج رسالت باقی نہ رہے تو پھر دین عملا موجود نہیں رہتا

When the correct Islamic system or Caliphate upon the Apostolic Method doesn’t remain then the Din [Islam] practically doesn’t exist (ibid; p.344):

To conclude, it is quite apparent that G.A. Parwez sought to validate his statist ideology through manipulating the interpretation of the holy Quran. For a materialist like Parwez, Islam the Religion is synonymous with the central State and the laws and orders of the State are for him the laws and orders of God Himself!