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       

Quaid-i-Azam's Vision of Islam and Pakistan

*   
**   
Abstract
The creator of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,
was inclined towards Islam. He founded an independent Islamic state
for the Muslims of India, where they could live according to the
teachings of Quran and Sunnah and develop their own culture and
religious rites. He favoured an Islamic constitution for the country
based on the Islamic principles of equality, justice, brotherhood, and
protection of rights for all communities irrespective of religion, belief,
cast and creed. In the struggle of Pakistan movement, Jinnah was
deeply motivated by Islam. Without the vision of an Islamic state as an
inspiring stimulant, and intense religious fervour on the part of the
Muslim masses, Jinnah could not have achieved Pakistan. But since
the independence of Pakistan, there is a reparable perplexity in the
minds of people in general and Jinnah's opposition in particluar, that
Jinnah was a secular and western educated person who had no
knowledge of Islam and that he wanted a secular state. This mental
agony has now become a controversy among the people of our own
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                 
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                     
                 **
                 
           ______________________________________ 

countr y. This r esear ch p ap er is an a tt emp t to sh o w the

Quaid-i-Azam's perception of Islam, and Pakistan in the light of his
speeches, statements and massages which he gave to the nation on
different political, social and religious occasions and to highlight his
altruistic services which he rendered to the cause of Muslim India and
Pakistan. The main purpose of this research article is to apprise the
public with the ideals Jinnah stood for and also to prevent the
spread of erroneous notions about him.
                
                       
                   
                  
                  
                   
                  
                       
                    
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                 
                       
                   
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                  
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                   
                        
                         
           
       
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 _____________________________________________        

                  

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                    
                       
                  
                  
   
                  
                  
        
         
                  
                
                    
                   
                    
                  
                    

                    
                   
                  
                    
                
                    
                      
           ______________________________________ 

               

        
                   
                 
                       
                      
                     
                    
                  
                   
                     
                    
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                 
                      
 
                    
               
                  
                  
    
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                     
               
                    
                 
                
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 _____________________________________________         

                    
                   
                
    
                  
                     
           
         
                  
                    
                  
                      
                  
                 
               

                    
                     
              
         
      
                   
                  
  
        
    
        
   (Deena)                
                  
             
          
           ______________________________________ 

                    

  
 
              
                 
 
                  

                      
                
   
     
 

              
              
                    
                 
 
                     
                   
              
                   
                    
   
                   
                     
      
        
      

                       
                    
               
 
 _____________________________________________         

                  

                       

                     
                  
                    
                  
                 
                      
                 
                  
                    
               
 
            
     
   
                 
                 
      
                 
        
                
                 
                
                    
      
                  
           _______________________________________

                   

                 
                     
                     
                     
Muslim            
        
                   Views
                     
                
    
                   
                  
              
       
                   
                   
               
      
              
                   
                   
                      
                    
               
                     
 
 ______________________________________________        

                 

                  
                   
                 
                  


                   
  
                  
                  
                 
     
             
             
        
                    
            
                    
                     
                   
                   
                
                     
                     
         
                   
           
           ______________________________________ 

                  
                    
                    
                   
                
               
             
               
     

                    
               
                      
                   
                      
       
                  
                      

                    
                    
                   
               
              
      
                    
                  
                  
   
 
 ______________________________________________        

                      
                
              
 
                     
                    
                

                 
                   
                   
     


               
                    
                    

                     
  
                   
    
               
              
     

                    
                      
                 
                 
           ______________________________________ 

             

 
                 
                
        
              
                   
                  
                  
                   
                   
                   
              
                       
                    

                     
                   
                    


     

                
                     
                     
 
 _____________________________________________        

                     

                    

                    
                    
                
                
 
                  


                   
                    
                     
                     
                   
                   
                   
                   
                     
                
                  
                    
                   
                  
                  
                 
           ______________________________________ 

                    
   
                  
                      
         
          
          
                    
                        
      
              
                    
            
                    
                  
                
  
                
                  
               
               
                 
                 
                   
                  
                  
                  
                     
                     
 
 _____________________________________________        

                        
                       
                        
                
         
               
                   
                    
                     
              
   
                    
                   
                   
                
                   
            
     
                    
                        
                  
                
   
                   
                     
               
       
           ______________________________________ 

                 
                 
  
  (Daily Herald)          
     
       (Captain Victor Thompson) 
                   
                 
                 
                    
               

              
                  
                 
                  
                   
                   
                
          
   
                
          
                
                   
                   
 
 _____________________________________________        

                       

                     
                     
    
                  
                   
         
          
 
                    
                    
       
    
                    
       
            
                   
                 
                     
                 
                  
 
                       
                     
                    
                  
     
                    
                        
           ______________________________________ 

                       


                       
   
                
                  
                
                      
            

                 

                     
                       
                   
                   
              
       
                     
               
      
         


                 
                    
                     
                 
 
                   
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        
                  
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  _____________________________________________         

                  
                        
                   
                   
                   
                      
                
          

 

                  
              
       
                    
                 
                 
      
                     
                    
                     
                   
                  
            
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 
1. Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah of Pakistan, (Karachi: Oxford university
Press, 1984),p. 26
2. Hector Bolitho, Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan, (Karachi: Oxford
University Press, 1954), p. 57
3. Sharif Al-Mujahid, Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah: Studies in Interpretation,
(Karachi: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, 1981), pp.1-2
4. M.H. Saiyid, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, A Political Study, (Karachi:
Elite Publishers Limited 1970), p.37
5. Wolpert, p.51
6. K.B. Sayeed, Pakistan: The Formative Phase 1857-1948, (Karachi:
Oxford University Press,1968), pp. 72-73
7. Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Quaid's Correspondence, (Rawalpindi:
Service Book Club, 1987), pp. 233-34
8. Wolpert, p.133
                  
   
10. Jamil-ud-Din Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam as Seen by His
Contemporaries(Lahore: Publishers United Ltd., 1966), p. 209
11. Letters of Iqbal to Jinnah (Lahore: Sheikh Muhammad Ashraf, 1968),
see the Letter dated June 21, 1937).
12. Wolpert, p.vii
13. Sayeed, p.11
14. Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam as Seen by His Contemporaries, p. 189
15. Muhammad Rafique Afzal, ed., Selected Speeches and statements of
the Quaid-i-Azam M.A. Jinnah, 1911-34 & 1947-48, 2nd ed.,
(Lahore: Research Society of Pakistan 1973), p. 445
16. Waheed-uz-Zaman, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Myth and
Reality, 2nd ed., (Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and
Cultural Research, 1985), p.1
17. Waheed Ahmad, ed., Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah: The
Nation's Voice; United We Win; Annotated Speeches and Statements,
April 1940-April 1942, Vol. II, (Karachi: Quaid-i-Azam Academy,
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1996), p. 280.
     
19. Waheed-uz-Zaman, p. 2
20. Wolpert, 53
21. Afzal, p. 249
22. Waheed Ahmad, ed., Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali: The Nation's
Voice, Towards Consolidation: Speeches and Statements, March
1936- March 1940, (Karachi: Quaid-i-Azam Academy 1992),
pp.13-14
23. Ibid., p. 382
24. Micheal Brecher, Nehru: A Political Biography, (London: Oxford
University Press, 1959), p. 231
25. Chaudhri Muhammad Ali, The Emergence of Pakistan,
(Lahore:Research Society of Pakistan, 1967), p. 29
26. Jamil-ud-Din Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol.I (
Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1968), p. 25
27. Syed Sharif-ud-din Pirzada, Foundations of Pakistan: All India
Muslim League Documents, 1906-1947, Vol.II, (Karachi: National
Publishing House 1969), pp. 265-73
28. Riaz Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam's Perception of Islam and Pakistan,
(Rawalpindi, Alvi Publishers, 1990), p. 17
29. Ibid., pp . 17-18
30. Saleem Qureshi, ed., Jinnah The Founder of Pakistan, (Karachi:
Oxford University Press, 1998, p.6
31. Ahmad, ed., Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, The Nation's
Voice, Towards Consolidation, pp, 213-14
32. Ibid., pp. 227-28
33. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. I, p. 490
34. Waheed Ahmad, ed., Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah: The
Nation's Voice, Towards the Popular Verdict: Annotated Speeches,
Statements and Interviews, November 1944-April 1946, Vol. IV
(Karachi: Quaid-i-Azam Academy, 2000), p. 59
35. Pirzada, Vol. II, p. 481
36. Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam as`Seen by His Contemporaries, p.21
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37. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol.II, pp. 208-9
38. Ibid., ppp159-61
39. Waheed-uz-Zaman, p. 36
40. Pirzada, Quaid's Correspondence, p. 320
41. Waheed-uz-Zaman, p. 36
42. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. II, p. 463
43. Ibid., p. 415
44. Ibid., pp. 422-25
45. Ibid., p. 453
46. Ibid., 456
47. Afzal, p. 456
48. Ibid., 455
49. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. II, p. 488
50. Ibid., p.534
51. Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam as`Seen by His Contemporaries, p. 57
52. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. II, p. 567
53. Ahmad, Quaid-i-Azam as`Seen by His Contemporaries, pp. 59-68
54. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. I, pp. 100-04
55. Ibid., pp. 317-18
56. Ibid., pp. 318-19
57. Ibid., pp. 435-36
58. Ibid., Vol.II, pp. 150-51
59. Ibid., pp. 317-18
60. Ibid., pp. 207-10
61. Ibid., Vol. I, pp. 89-90
62. Ibid., pp. 122-23
63. Ibid., pp. 145-48
64. Pirzada, Vol.II, pp. 337-39
65. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. I, p. 253
66. Ibid., p. 303
67. Ibid., p. 309
68. Ibid., pp. 423-25
69. Wolpert, p. 224
70. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. I, pp. 543-44
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71. Ibid., p. 405
72. Ibid., pp. 458-59
73. Ibid., pp. 476-78
74. Ibid., p. 218
75. Ibid., Vol. II, p. 2
76. Ibid., p. 28
77. Ibid., p. 165
78. Ibid., p. 168
79. Ibid., pp. 174-75
80. Ibid., p. 237
81. Ibid., p. 248
82. Waheed-uz-Zaman, p
83. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol.I, p. 326
84. K.B. Sayeed, p. 204
85. M. Haneef Shahid, ed., Tributes to Quaid-i-Azam, 2nd., ed.,
(Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications 1983), p. 214
86. Ahmad, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. II, p. 571
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