Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of a true Islamic state.

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah presented the clearest possible vision of a true Islamic state in 1941.

“In Islam, the ultimate obedience belongs to God alone. The only way to follow His guidance is the Holy Qur’an. Islam does not preach obedience to a king, parliament, person, or any other institution. The Islamic government means the Rule of the Qur’an. And how can you establish the Rule of the Qur’an without an independent state? In this state, legislation will take place within the boundaries drawn by the Qur’an.”

Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s interview with the Student Union of Osmania University in Hyderabad, Deccan, 19 August 1941, as reported by Orient Press.Reproduced in Urdu in Roznama (Daily) Inqalab, January 1942.