Ghulam Ahmed Perwez Explained

Ghulam Ahmad Parwez
Birth Name:Ghulam Ahmad Parwez
Birth Date:9 July 1903
Birth Place:Batala, Punjab, British India
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Known For:Islam: A Challenge to Religion; Exposition of the Holy Qur'an; The Quranic System of Sustenance; What Is Islam
Occupation:Senior Civil Servant, Department of Interior Ministry, Government of India and later, Department of Home and Interior Affairs, Karachi, Pakistan

Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|غلام احمد پرویز; 1903–1985) was a well-known teacher of the Quran in India and Pakistan.[2] He posed a challenge to the established Sunni doctrine by interpreting Quranic themes with a logical approach.[3] [4] The educated populace held Parwez in high esteem, despite his encounter with numerous criticisms from conservative Islamic scholars throughout his tenure. The work 'Islam: A Challenge to Religion' is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant works in the history of Pakistan, according to Nadeem F. Paracha.[5]

Early and personal life

Parwez was born on 9 July 1903 in Batala, Punjab, in British India. He migrated to Pakistan in 1947. He delved into the holy book of Islam and other religious texts. In 1934, he obtained a master's degree from the Punjab University.[6] [7] His ideas, based on modern science, helped people better understand Islam. He was introduced to Muhammad Ali Jinnah by Muhammad Iqbal. He was appointed to edit the magazine Tolu-e-Islam, which was established to counteract the propaganda emanating from certain religious circles that favour Congress. He was 81 years old when he passed away.[6]

Career

Parwez was appointed to the Central Secretariat of the Government of India in 1927, and became an important figure in the Home Department. When Pakistan became independent, he stayed in the same job in the government and retired early as an Assistant Secretary (Class I gazetted officer) in 1955. He spent all his time doing his job.[8] Parwez argued that his insights from the Quran were in stark contrast to both capitalist and Marxist political ideologies.[9] Before the creation of Pakistan, Parwez was recruited by Muhammad Ali Jinnah to help popularize the need for a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia.[10] He emphasized the importance of the government's structure in adhering to Islamic ideals. The principles of Islam, as enumerated in the Quran, require that individuals reside in a nation that upholds God's commands, rather than their own.[11] [12]

Ideas and contributions

See main article: Ideas of Ghulam Ahmed Pervez.

Even though this right almost always came before any form of authority, Parwez believed in individual freedom.[13] Parwez, in line with this, strongly opposed slavery, arguing that it lacked any legal justification according to the Quran. Further, he said that Islam challenged the truth, validity, and very idea of religion.[14] [15]

Parwez assessed the supporting evidence for the suppositions contained in the Quran passages that are often associated with awe-inspiring happenings, celestial beings, and jinns, weighing it all objectively, without attempting to invoke the supernatural.[16] [17] Parwez also pushed for the adoption of Islamic socialism, a political philosophy that seeks to reorganize society in line with Islamic ideals.[18] He argued that socialism is the most efficient means to uphold the principles of property, justice, and the distribution of wealth, as outlined in the Qur'an. In addition, he said that the Prophet was a prophet who wanted to stop capitalists and the corrupt bureaucracy of Byzantium and Persia from exploiting Quraish merchants although Quraish merchants had little contact with the traders from the then two supreme powers. He advocated the implementation of scientific and agricultural reforms to improve economic development.[19] Parwez has been called a "quranist" by Nadeem F. Paracha,[20] as Parwez rejected some hadith.[21] In essence, the rejection of one well known hadeeth means the rejection of Sunnah. Further, Paracha claimed that Parwez approved praying Namaz in Urdu. Even while Parwez was alive, his opponents spread these claims.[22]

Translated works

The books written by Syed Abdul Wadud, a close friend of Parwez, are based on his ideas.

Publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: G A Parwez | Bazme Tolue Islam Toronto.
  2. Book: Religious Heritage of India: Islam. Sharma. Sharma. Usha. 2004. 9788170999607. 238. Suresh K.. Mittal Publications .
  3. Book: Jawed. Nasim A.. Islam's Political Culture: Religion and Politics in pre-divided Pakistan. 107.
  4. News: The volatile fusion: Origins, rise & demise of the 'Islamic Left'. 23 July 2015. 24 July 2015. Dawn News.
  5. News: Shaping histories: The most influential books in Pakistan. 24 August 2015. DAWN News.
  6. News: The rise and fall of a spiritual rebel. Daily Dawn.com. 21 September 2014. 26 August 2015.
  7. Web site: Introduction – Biography of G.A.P, taken from "The Life in the Hereafter (Translation of Jahan e Farda by Ejaz Rasool)". Tolue-Islam-Trust. 5 July 2015. 10 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221423/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-Life-in-the-Hereafter-G-A-Parwez-Tolue-Islam-Trust.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: G A Parwez Tolu e Islam Trust. islamicdawn.com. 2020-02-19.
  9. Book: G. A. Parwez. The Quranic System of Sustenance. 12, 30, 72, 127, 170. 27 August 2015. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105004026/http://tolueislam.org/urdu-books/english-books-pdf/. dead.
  10. News: The volatile fusion: Origins, rise & demise of the 'Islamic Left'. 24 August 2015. DAWN News.
  11. Book: G.A. Parwez. Islam: A Challenge to Religion. 230–247. Political System Part II: Quranic System. 27 August 2015. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105004026/http://tolueislam.org/urdu-books/english-books-pdf/. dead.
  12. Book: G. A. Parwez. The Quranic System of Sustenance. 57. 27 August 2015. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105004026/http://tolueislam.org/urdu-books/english-books-pdf/. dead.
  13. Book: Kurzman. Charles. Liberal Islam: A Source Book. 1998. 24. Oxford University Press . 9780195116229.
  14. Book: Singh Sevea. Iqbal. The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India. 29 June 2012. 125. Cambridge University Press . 9781139536394.
  15. Book: Jafrī. Maqsood. The gleams of wisdom. 2003. Sigma Press.
  16. Book: Guessoum. Nidhal. Islam's Quantum Question: Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science. 30 October 2010. I.B.Tauris . 9780857730756.
  17. Book: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN ISLAM: Linguistics, Context and Rationality. 9781469148328. Nazer. Abdul Elah. 28 April 2012. Xlibris Corporation .
  18. Book: Daechsel. Markus. Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan. 19 March 2015. 198. Cambridge University Press . 9781107057173.
  19. Web site: Islamic Socialism: A history from left to right . Paracha . Nadeem F. . Nadeem F. Paracha . 21 February 2013 . dawn.com. 21 November 2020.
  20. Web site: Paracha. Nadeem. The volatile fusion: Origins, rise & demise of the 'Islamic Left'. Dawn.com. 23 July 2015. Dawn News. 27 August 2015. Parvez was a prominent ‘Quranist’, or an Islamic scholar who insisted that for the Muslims to make progress in the modern world, Islamic thought and laws should be entirely based on modern interpretations of the Qu’ran..
  21. Book: Guessoum. Nidhal. Islam's Quantum Question: Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science.. 30 October 2010. I.B.Tauris . 9780857730756.
  22. Web site: Khan Adeeb . www.parwez.tv . 2020-04-17.
  23. Web site: Exposition . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  24. Web site: Human fundamental rights . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  25. Web site: Vol I . qes.no . 2020-04-17.
  26. Web site: VII . qes.no . 2020-04-17.
  27. Web site: VIII . qes.no . 2020-04-17.
  28. Web site: VIV . qes.no . 2020-04-17.
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  36. Web site: Jihad is not terrorism . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  37. Web site: GLOSSARY: Terms starting with letters A-D . 2020-04-17.
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  40. Web site: Conspiracies against the Quran . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  41. Web site: Phenomena of nature . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  42. Web site: Quranocracy . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  43. Web site: The Heavens The Earth . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
  44. Web site: Gateway to the Quran . resurgentislam.com . 2020-04-17.
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  46. Web site: Lugat'ul Quran . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527030001/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lq.pdf . dead .
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  53. Web site: Saleem Kay Naam Khatoot: Part 1 . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527025915/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/skn1.pdf . dead .
  54. Web site: Tahira Kay Naam Khatoot . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527112325/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tknk.pdf . dead .
  55. Web site: Qurani Faislay: Part 1 . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527112246/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/qf1.pdf . dead .
  56. Web site: Miraj-e-Insaniyaat: Life of Muhammad . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 26 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526172728/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mei.jpg . dead .
  57. Web site: Parwez on Moses, Torah, Suliman, Solomon, David, Daoud, Yunus, Jonah, Ayub, Psalms and other Prophets . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701152228/http://tolueislam.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mei.pdf . dead .
  58. Web site: Parwez on Noah, Ad, Luqman, Salih, Ibraheem, Abraham, Ismael, Lut, Yusuf, Joseoph, and Shoaib . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015805/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jn.pdf . dead .
  59. Web site: Shola-e-Mastoor: Life of Zakriya, Yahya, Isa (Jesus), People of Kahf . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527025903/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sm.pdf . dead .
  60. Web site: Mon-o-Yazdaun: Concept of God in Quran . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527112010/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/moy.pdf . dead .
  61. Web site: Shahkar-e-Risalat . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701155558/http://tolueislam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Shahkare-Risalat-New-Edition-G-A-Parwez-Tolue-Islam-Trust.pdf . dead .
  62. Web site: Iblis wa Adam: Parwez on Adam, Insaan, Malika, Iblis, Satan . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527040050/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ioa1.pdf . dead .
  63. Web site: Parwez on Heaven, Hell, Life after death, Judgement Day, Punishment . Tolueislam.com . 2013-12-23 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015757/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/flipbook/82/book.html . dead .
  64. Web site: Mazahibe Alam Ki Aasmani Kitabein by G A Parwez - Tolue Islam Trust . Islamicdawn.com . 2020-04-17 . 5 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705000306/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/flipbook/71/book.html . dead .
  65. Web site: Asbabe Zawale Ummat by G A Parwez Tolue Islam Trust . Islamicdawn.com . 2020-04-17 . 27 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015725/http://islamicdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/flipbook/40/book.html . dead .

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