Ghulam Ahmed Perwez

Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (Punjabi: 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]

Ghulam Ahmad Parwez
غلام احمد پرویز
Born
Ghulam Ahmad Parwez

9 July 1903
Batala, Punjab, British India
(present-day Punjab, India)
Died24 February 1985(1985-02-24) (aged 81)[1]
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Senior Civil Servant, Department of Interior Ministry, Government of India and later, Department of Home and Interior Affairs, Karachi, Pakistan
Known forIslam: A Challenge to Religion; Exposition of the Holy Qur'an; The Quranic System of Sustenance; What Is Islam

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
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. 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] Further, Paracha claimed that Parwez approved praying Namaz in Urdu.[6] Even while Parwez was alive, his opponents spread these claims.[22]

Translated works
  • Exposition of the Holy Quran[23]
  • Human Fundamental Rights[24]
  • Dictionary Of the Holy Quran Vol 1-4[25][26][27][28]
  • What Is Islam[29]
  • The Quranic System of Sustenance[30]
  • Islam: A Challenge To Religion[31]
  • The Life In The Hereafter[32]
  • Islamic Way Of Living[33]
  • Letter To Tahira[34]
  • Quranic Laws[35]
  • Jihad Is Not Terrorism[36]
  • Glossary of Quranic Words[37]
  • Human and Satan[38]
  • Constitution Of Islamic State[39]

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

  • Conspiracies Against the Quran[40]
  • Phenomena Of Nature[41]
  • Quranocracy[42]
  • The Heavens the Earth and the Quran[43]
  • Gateway to the Quran[44]

Publications
  • Matalibul Furqaan (7 vols.)[45]
  • Lughat-ul-Quran (4 vols.)[46]
  • Mafhoom-ul-Quran (3 vols.)[47]
  • Tabweeb-ul-Quran (3 vols.)[48]
  • Nizam-e-Rabubiyyat[49]
  • Islam A Challenge to Religion (English version)[50]
  • Insaan Ne Kiya Socha (What Man Thought, A History of Human Thought)[51]
  • Islam kia he (second part of Insan ne kia socha)
  • Tasawwaf Ki Haqiqat (The reality of Islamic Mysticism[52]
  • Saleem Ke Naam (3 vols.)[53]
  • Tahira Ke Naam[54]
  • Qurani Faislay (5 vols.)[55]
  • Meraj-e-Insaaniat (about Muhammad)[56]
  • Barke toor (about Mosa)[57]
  • Joe noor (about Ibrahim)[58]
  • Shola e mastoor (about Esa)[59]
  • man(o) yazdan (Me and God, about Allah in light of the Quran)[60]
  • Shahkar-e-Risalat (a biography of Caliph Omar)[61]
  • Iblis o Adam (Satan and Man)[62]
  • Jahane farda[63]
  • Mazahebe Alam ke Asmani Kitaben[64]
  • Asbab e zwal e ummat[65]

See also

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