The essence of what we call the “Islamic revolutionary thought”
consists of the idea that it is not enough to practice Islam in
one's individual life but that the teachings of the Qur'an and those
of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) must also be implemented in
their totality in the social, cultural, juristic, political, and the
economic spheres of life. The credit for reviving this dynamic
concept of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, after centuries of
neglect and dormancy, goes to Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The first
attempt towards the actualization of this concept was made by
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad through his short-lived party, the Hizbullah.
Another attempt was made by Maulana Sayyid Abul A`la Maududi through
his Jama`at-e-Islami; however, the decision by the Jama`at after the
creation of Pakistan to take part in the electoral process instead
of continuing the original revolutionary methodology gradually
resulted in its degeneration from a pure Islamic revolutionary party
to a mere political one.
When Jama’t-e-Islami entered in the electoral process in 1956, a
group of individuals including Dr. Israr Ahmed resigned on account
of their disagreement with the leadership of the Jama‘at on
significant policy matters. They came together and tried
unsuccessfully to form an organized group that was expected to
fulfill the vacuum created by the post-1947 change in the direction
and course of Jama‘at-e-Islami. A resolution was passed which
subsequently became the Mission Statement of Tanzeem-e-Islami.
While continuing his Quranic lectures, Dr. Israr kept waiting for
his former colleagues to initiate efforts of Islamic renaissance
through the revolutionary process. However upon realizing that
nobody was coming forward to shoulder this responsibility, he
decided to step-on for this effort and call people to make a
disciplined organization and he therefore laid the foundation of
Tanzeem-e-Islami. |
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