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According, the centrality of power and authority in
human affairs is the most effective response to the
problems of inequality and oppression which have
dominated all discussions about political and economic
structures since the dawn of civilization. Power in the
hands of despots results in a society characterized by
human subjugation, moral degeneration and cultural
pollution. Human salvation, from an Islamic perspective,
therefore, depends upon wresting control of power and
authority and placing it in the hands of those who are
righteous and committed to following the Divine guidance
and actualize the Islamic system.
The Qur'an outlines the sketch of the Islamic order in
its fifteen verses, all at one place (xvii: 23-37), to which
sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi attaches the label "The Islamic
Manifesto."Briefly stated, the manifesto provides a set of
universal principles and pan-cultural values for the socioeconomic,
political and moral guidance of mankind. First
and foremost among these is the thought that real
sovereignty and lordship belongs to Allah (SWT) alone.
Man is called upon to acknowledge His supreme authority,
and to worship Him alone. His command encompasses all
spheres of life, it lays down the rules of human conduct
and serves as the principles of social, moral, economic
and political system throughout the world.
The Islamic Order enjoins unity of mankind and
brotherhood, cooperation, sympathy and justice in the
collective Muslim life. Private property is inviolable; but
unchecked acquisition of wealth for its own sake at the
expense of others is condemned in unmitigated terms. It
exhorts people to seek a prosperous life, without indulging
in extravagance, and to allocate a portion of their income
towards the maintenance their needy relatives, neighbors
and other fellow bongs The laws of inheritance, the
levying of zakat, the institutions of obligatory and
supererogatory alms, and the ban on various forms of
extravagance and luxuries are meant to transform these
ideas into living realities.
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