The Islamic Law and Constitution
Abul A'la Maududi Edited and Translated by Khurshid AhmadIt also provides information about the historic struggle of the Muslims in the early years of the newborn state of Pakistan, to achieve the objectives for which this country came into being. It gives an account of the combined endeavors of the politico-religious leadership of that time to put the country in the right direction, the obstacles they faced during their struggle to achieve the objectives, and the popular ‘Movement for Islamic Constitution’, which earned the country its first “Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan”, in 1956.
Abul A'la al-Maududi was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan.
Translated by Khurshid Ahmad