INTERPRETATION OF THE ISLAMIC MISSION

missionaries merely engaged in religious preaching; rather, it is a community of God’s enforcers. Its task is to eradicate oppression, corruption, immorality, tyranny, and illegitimate power from the world by force, to end the lordship of entities other than Allah, and to replace evil with goodness. Therefore, this party has no choice but to seize the reins of governmental power, for a corrupt social system is sustained by a corrupt government, and a righteous social system cannot be established until governance is transferred from corrupt hands to those of the righteous.” (Tafhimat, Vol. 1, “Jihad fi Sabil Allah”) Here, I will quote another passage that explains this perspective in more detail. Under the heading “The Islamic Objective,” it is written: “The answer given in the Quran to this question is as follows: ‘He is the one (i.e., Allah) who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth so that He may make it prevail over all religions, even though the polytheists detest it’ (9:33). In this verse, al-huda refers to the correct way of