Maulana Maududi’s Writings

Maulana Maududi’s Writings this sort of power, he believed, it was impossible to attain the fundamental purpose of the deen. And so, he opined, the establishment of a ‘pious leadership’ (imamat-e saleh) and the ‘Divine System’ (nizam-e haq) was of paramount importance. ‘If there is any negligence in this matter,’ he argued, ‘there is nothing one can do to earn God’s pleasure.’ ‘Establishing and maintaining a pious leadership and the Divine System is the real aim of the deen’, he continued. ‘According to Islam, the establishment of a pious leadership is of central and basic importance,’ he wrote, adding, ‘This, according to me, is the demand of the Book of God. This is what the practice (sunnat) of the prophets was. And I cannot change my stand on this matter unless someone proves to me from the Book of God and the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) that this is not demanded by the deen.’ In the same vein, the Constitution of the Jamaat-eIslami declares: The objective of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the aim of all its efforts is the establishment of Divine Government in this world and the winning of God’s pleasure in the Hereafter. Understanding of the Deen of Islam The political nature of Maulana Maududi’s interpretation of the deen is evident from the following passage, taken from his book Musalman Aur Maujuda Siyasi Kashmakash (‘Muslims and the Present-Day Political Struggle’):