QUAID-E-AZAM

SPEAKS

HIS VISION OF

PAKISTAN

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECHES

AND WRITINGS OF QUAID-E-AZAM
MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH

Lahore
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The Nation’s Voice, vol.I to IV
Quaid-e-Azam Academy

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PREFACE
Quaid-e-Azam was no doubt the great leader of the Muslim
world and the most important man of Asia as a British
writer, Beverly Nichols accurately judged him. His greatness
lies in his sincerity to the Faith of Islam and his
determination and strenuous efforts to unite, organize and
revolutionalize a scattered, defeated and desperate group
in an empire ruled by aliens. His miraculous leadership
formed the Muslims of India into a nation and guided them
to achieve Pakistan - a separate homeland to live therein
according to the Divine Writ which is the source of their law,
culture, economy and politics. He, thus, not only freed the
vast majority of the Muslims in the sub-continent from
chains of the white imperialism of the British but also saved
them from the clutches of the black Hindu Raj.
Unfortunately his image has perpetually been distorted by
certain vested quarters that he wanted not to establish an
Islamic state but to form in Pakistan a secular state. To
remove doubts from minds of the present and the future
generations, we have made humble effort to collect the
relevant material to include in this booklet to show what his
dreams and determinations were. We are thankful to the
Quaid-e-Azam Academy which has published very
authentically and comprehensively volumes of almost all
his speeches and writings.
We are confident that all those fair and just will be
convinced that Muhammad Ali Jinnah lived, died and strove
for the cause of Islam. That is why he is respected and
regarded as the real great hero of Islam and Pakistan, and
will never be forgotten.
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1. ADDRESSES CALCUTTA MUSLIMS - "PROUD TO BELONG
TO ISLAM"
Public Speech, Star of India, 7 January 1938
Referring to the welcome address which paid tribute to Mr.
Jinnah for renouncing Privy Council practice and a life of
princely ease and comfort in London in response to the call
of the Muslim India which elected him leader of the Muslim
League in 1935 at a most critical and chaotic state of Muslim
politics, he said that he left London and adopted the
present course of strenuous life only because he had no
doubt in his mind that the political future of the Indian
Muslim community and Islam, to which he was proud to
belong, was in danger of disintegration for want of a bold
and correct leadership and the utter lack of organization.

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2. EXHORTS MUSLIMS _ "KEEP THE FLAG OF ISLAM

FLYING"
Public Speech, Star of India, 8 January 1938
Allahabad
Mr. Jinnah said that the League wanted to declare in the
clearest terms that it did not want Muslims to be mere
camp followers of Hindus. It wanted free Muslims in a free
India. There had been a wonderful Muslim awakening in
India and what was needed at present was that this should
be harnessed and properly mobilized. He concluded by
exhorting the Muslims to prepare themselves for the future
and to keep the flag of Islam flying.

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3. "ISLAM A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE" - FLAG OF ML IS
FLAG OF ISLAM"
Public Speech, Star of India, 11 January 1938
Gaya Railway Station Bihar
The crowd of tens of thousands raised cries of 'Allah o
Akbar' which could be heard for miles around. Cries of
'League Zindabad Jinnah Zindabad' and 'Islam Zindabad'
were incessantly raised.
Mr. Jinnah's reply to the address of Muslims of Gaya, Bihar.
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen! Let me congratulate
you all for this unique feature. It is the first public meeting
of the Musalmans where arrangements have been made for
the ladies. I welcome the ladies who are taking part in the
meeting and are sitting behind the purdah. We will be
greatly handicapped in our work if the ladies do not work
shoulder to shoulder with us. The history of Islam is full of
events where the Muslim ladies have taken active part in
the political, economic, social and educational activities.
Islam a Complete Code of life
"The honour and regard which you have shown to me as
Mr. Jinnah, you have shown that to the Muslim League and
Islam. That is you are showing that you are wholeheartedly
with the Muslim League. Today in this huge gathering you
have honoured me by entrusting the duty to unfurl the flag
of the Muslim League, the flag of Islam, for you cannot
separate the Muslim League from Islam. Many people
misunderstand us when we talk of Islam particularly our
Hindu friends. When we say 'This flag is the flag of Islam'
they think we are introducing religion into politics a fact of
which we are proud. Islam gives us a complete code of life.
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It is not only religion but it contains laws, Philosophy and
politics. In fact, it contains everything that matters to a man
from morning to night. When we talk of Islam we take it as
an all-embracing word. We do not mean any ill will. The
foundation of our Islamic code is that we stand for liberty,
equality and fraternity.
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4. APPEALS GAYA MUSLIMS - FOLLOW PROPHET'S
EXAMPLE AND "STAND UNITED" BEHIND ML
Public Speech, Star of India, 13 January 1938
GAYA (BY MAIL)
"Yesterday you granted me the honour of unfurling the flag.
I have unfurled it and am leaving it to your sacred charge.
This flag symbolizes your honour, the honour of the
Muslims and the honour to Islam. The flag of the Muslim
League is the flag of Islam. This is not a new thing. It is there
since the last 1300 years. But it had for some time past
fallen into Oblivion. To raise this flag is to elevate our
honour……..”
Our Prophet was a Minority of one,
"Surely our percentage is low but that alone should not give
us any cause for anxiety. Thirteen hundred years ago, our
Prophet (Peace be upon him) preached his faith when there
was no Muslim. In 20 years’ time our Prophet (peace be
upon him) had spread not only his (SAAW) faith in Arabia,
Egypt and Europe but also brought them under his (SAAW)
suzerainty. If a single Muslim can do all this, what is it which
9 crore of Muslims cannot do? If the Muslims have ever
been discomfited, it was by another Muslim. And I say if you

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stand united there is no power on earth which can suppress
or oppress you"
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5. HOMAGE TO IQBAL - "MAIN SOURCE OF MY
INSPIRATION AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT"
Public Speech, Star of India, 22 April 1938
CALCUTTA, 21 APRIL
Mr. M.A. Jinnah said that the sorrowful news of the death
of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal had plunged the world of Islam
in gloom and mourning. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was
undoubtedly one of the greatest poets, philosophers and
seers of humanity of all times. He took a prominent part in
the politics of the country and in the intellectual and
cultural reconstruction of the Islamic world. His
contribution to the literature and thought of the world will
live forever.
"To me he was a personal friend, philosopher and guide and
as such the main source of my inspiration and spiritual
support while he was ailing in his bed it was he who as the
President of the Punjab Provincial Muslim League, stood
single handed as a rock in the darkest days in the Punjab by
the side of the League banner, undaunted by the opposition
of the whole world. When on account of his serious illness
he was confined to bed, he resigned the post of the
President ship of the Punjab League but was instead elected
its Patron. He still continued to guide the work of the Punjab
League from his bed and has somebody to reply to all letters
concerning the League. It would have been a matter of
great satisfaction for him to hear the news with great
delight that the Bengal and Punjab Muslims were absolutely
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united on the common platform of the All India Muslim
League. In that achievement the unseen contribution of Dr.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was the greatest. No greater blow has
struck the Muslims at this juncture”
"Mission Fulfilled"
Maulana Shaukat Ali, said that Iqbal was the poet of hope
and the philosopher and teacher of self-realization and self-
culture.
The dream of Iqbal was being actually realized by the union
of the Islamic states and peoples. Iqbal died with the
satisfaction of his heart that he had seen his mission
fulfilled. Iqbal, was dead but he had given new life to
millions of human beings and delivered a message of life
and selfhood to the entire Muslim world. Maulana Zafar Ali,
said that Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a great poet, a great
philosopher and a seer, and the greatest and most original
interpreter of the reality of the Islamic World.
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6. ML FLAG "SEVERAL CENTURIES OLD"
News Report, Tribune, 7 June 1938
BOMBAY, JUNE 6
Mr. M.A. Jinnah, unfurling the League flag, observed that it
was not a new flag. It was several centuries old and was
given to them by the Prophet. The disorganization among
the Muslims made them forget their own flag. But a new
awakening among the Muslims had come about which had
kept the flag afloat. He declared that no power on earth
could bring their flag down.
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7. ADVISES MUSLIM STUDENTS _ “RALLY ROUND ML AND
WORK FOR ISLAM"
Public address, Civil & Military Gazette, 12 October 1938
KARACHI, OCTOBER 11
It was high time that they should work for Islam and the
economy, educational and industrial uplift of their land.
Concluding Mr. Jinnah declared: "Muslims have no home
and no place to call their own, and the Muslim League has
created a home for them and a platform for you. Rally
round this flag and believe me you will come into your own
sooner than you imagine."
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8. "ISLAMIC CODE OF LAW MOST EQUITABLE"
Press Statement, Star of India, 23 November 1938
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 22
Mr. M.A. Jinnah, President All India Muslim League, in a
statement to the Associated Press says……. I find and I have
no hesitation in saying this that Islamic code of law with
regard to succession is most equitable, most just, most
advanced and most progressive. I therefore, say that let the
Muslims at least be governed by it.
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9. ML FLAG IS "FLAG OF ISLAM"
News Report, Star of India, 24 December 1938
The party was greeted with cries of 'Allah-o- Akbar', 'Jinnah
Zindabad', Muslim League Zindabad'
Mr. Jinnah said: "By inviting me to hoist this flag of Islam,
you have done me the greatest honour. This is the flag of
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the Muslim League. It means that all Muslims should rally
under it. When Muslims will be united under the flag of
Islam, no earthly power will defeat them. Victory and
success will be theirs. Let every Muslim come under this flag
and realize the mission of Islam in the World".
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10. MESSAGE TO PALESTINE CONFERENCE_ "ML SOLIDLY
SUPPORTS ARABS”
Message, Star of India, 15 February 1939
Mr. Jinnah's Message:
"Muslim India heartily wish all success to Arab Delegations.
Muslim League solidly supports you. There is only one thing
more for me to say. I wish you, the Delegates of the Arab
and Muslim World, success in your deliberations. May Allah
crown your efforts with success, for this success will bring
joy and happiness to every Arab and Muslim home. The day
the message goes forth from London that right has
triumphed will be the day of the third and the greatest Id
this year, for Muslims. May Allah grant you courage and
wisdom and may you be guided to success by His light.
Amen!”
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11. MUSLIMS IN STATES "NO GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS
CAN DIVIDE CHILDREN OF ISLAM".
Public Speech, Star of India, 8 April 1939
ALIGARH, APRIL 6
Mr. Jinnah said:
"The Rajputana Students had clearly stated in their address
that their goal was complete national, cultural and political
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independence. A few days ago the Working Committee of
the All India Muslim League at Meerut had laid down our
policy regarding Indian States, namely we advise the
Muslims in the States to organize themselves and resist
tyranny and the Muslim League would render every
assistance to them wherever they may be. No geographical
limits can divide the children of Islam (cheers). About our
ideals there was no doubt now. But how are we going to
achieve them? It is in the hands of the Muslims themselves.
I am glad that they are realizing it now. They must first grasp
the fundamental principle of their existence and then back
it up with all sacrifice.
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12. "MUSLIMS AND HINDUES ARE TWO NATIONS"
Public Speech, Star of India, 12 April 1939
ALIGARH, APRIL 12 (BY MAIL)
Mr. Jinnah said that Aligarh, "was the hope and the
aspiration of the Muslims.” He had almost retired from
public life but when the call of Islam came he could not keep
himself away.
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13. "I WAS BORN A MUSLIM AND SHALL DIE A MUSLIM"
Speech, Star of India, 7 August 1939
BOMBAY, AUGUST 6
Mr. Jinnah narrated "So far as I am concerned, I am willing
to be branded so for doing my duty to Muslims, I was born
a Muslim; I am a Muslim; and I shall die a Muslim".
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14. MESSAGE TO ALIGARH STUDENTS "STAND SOLIDLY BY
MUSLIM LEAGUE".
Message, Star of India, 6 October 1939
ALIGARH, OCTOBER 5
Muslim League as you know stands for complete freedom
of India not for one community only but for all the people
composing this great sub-continent; and Muslim to do his
duty to his people, and no service or sacrifice should be too
great on the part of anyone of us at this most critical time
in the history of India in order to establish and maintain an
honourable place worthy of our traditions and past
heritage.
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15. (ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM)

Public Speech, Civil & Military Gazette, 9 November 1939
Mr. Jinnah next refuted the cry that the Muslim League had
denounced democracy. Democracy in the abstract was
quite different from democracy as practiced. Democracy
was like the chameleon, changing its complexion according
to the environment. Democracy was not the same in
England as it was in France or America. Islam believed in
equality, liberty and fraternity, but not the democracy of
the western type - the democratic parliamentary system in
which party government was the basic principle of the
constitution. Such a system had failed in India where the
Hindus were in a majority of three to one against the
Muslims.
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16. Id DAY MESSAGE – “WORK FOR THE GREATER GOOD
OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS” - (ISLAM MEANS ACTION)
Broadcast Talk, Star of India, 14 November 1939
BOMBAY, NOVEMBER 13
The following is the extract from the text of the broadcast:
"The discipline of the Ramazan fast and prayer will
culminate today into an immortal meekness of heart before
God, for it is the outstanding paradox of all religions that
the humble shall be the strong and it is of particular
significance in the case of Islam, for Islam as you all know
really means action. The discipline of Ramazan was
designed by our Prophet to give us the necessary strength
for action. And action implies society of man.
"According to the Holy Qur`an very real connection exists
between prayer and life. You will remember how many and
wonderful are the opportunities given to us to meet our
fellow beings, to study them, to understand them and
through understanding serve them and you will notice that
all these opportunities have been created by laying down
the law for prayers. Five times during the day we have to
collect in the mosque of our mohalla (area), then every
week on Friday we have to gather in the biggest mosque in
the town, then again once a year we have to congregate in
the biggest mosque outside the town on the Id day, and
lastly, there is the Haj to which Muslims from all parts of the
world journey once at least in their lifetime to commune
with God in the House of God. You will have noticed that
this plan of our prayers must necessarily bring us into
contact not only with other Muslims but also with members
of all communities whom we must encounter on our way. I
don't think that these injunctions about our prayers could
have been merely a happy accident. I am convinced that
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they were designed thus to afford men opportunities of
fulfilling their social instincts.
"Man has indeed been called God's caliph in the Qur`an,
and if that description of man is to be of any significance it
imposes upon us a duty to follow the Qur`an, to behave
towards others as God behaves towards His mankind. In the
widest sense of the word, this duty is the duty of love and
to forbear. And this, believe me, is not a negative duty but
a positive one.
Communal Strife
All our leaders both Muslim and Hindu continue to be
pained at communal strifes. I shall not enter into the history
of its causes but there will arise moments when the minds
of men will be worked up and then differences will assume
the character of a conflict. It is at such moments that I shall
ask you to remember your Id prayer and to reflect for a
while if we could not avoid them in the light of the guidance
given to us by our Qur`an and that mighty spirit which is
Islam.
"All social regeneration and political freedom must finally
depend on something that has a deeper meaning in life.
And that, if you will allow me to say so, is Islam and Islamic
spirit".
In the pursuit of truth and cultivation of beliefs we should
be guided by our rational interpretation of the Qur`an and
if our devotion to truth is single minded we shall, in our own
measure, achieve our goal. In the translation of this truth
into practice, however, we shall be content with so much,
and so much only, as we can achieve without encroaching
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our efforts always to achieve more. Finally, I would urge you
never to forget that Islam expects every Muslim to do his
duty by his people.
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17. "WHEN I AM CONVINCED OF MUSLIMS READINESS I
WILL GIVE THEM MARCHING ORDERS"
Jamil-ud-Din Ahmed, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah
op cit pp 138-40
DELHI, 22 FEB. 1940
Mr. Jinnah paid a tribute to the late Maulana Shaukat Ali
who served the Muslim community for the best part of his
life.
He was true, faithful and loyal to Islam. No temptation could
make him budge an inch from the path he chose for himself.
His methods might have been right or wrong, but once he
believed that, that was the road to glory of Islam, he waked
on that road without fear or hesitation.
With all the difficulties with which they were faced, he still
believed that the Muslims were more politically minded
than any other community. Political sagacity was steeped in
their blood and remnants of past Islam were pulsating in
them.
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18. "TWO NATIONS IN INDIA" BY M.A. JINNAH
Article Time & Tide (London) 9 March 1940
"India is inhibited by many races.. often as distinct from one
another in origin, tradition and manner of life as are the
nations of Europe. Two third of its inhabitants profess
Hinduism in one form or another as their religion, over 77
million are followers of Islam; and the difference between
the two is not only of religion in the stricter sense but also
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of law and culture. They may be said, indeed, to represent
two distinct and separate civilizations. Hinduism is
distinguished by the phenomenon of its caste, which is the
basis of its religious and social system, and, save in a very
restricted field, remains unaffected by contact with the
philosophies of the West; the religion of Islam, on the other
hand, is based upon the conception of the equality of man".
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19. IQBAL "A DYNAMIC PERSONALITY"
Public Speech, Civil & Military Gazette, 26 March 1940
UNIVERSITY HALL LAHORE, 25 MARCH 1940
“If I live to see the ideal of a Muslim State being achieved in
India, and I were then offered to make a choice between
the works of Iqbal and the ruler ship of the Muslim State, I
would prefer the former.”
Continuing, Mr. Jinnah said that in April 1936, he thought of
transforming the Muslim League, which was then only an
academical institution, into a parliament of the Muslims of
India. From that time to the end of his life, he continued,
Iqbal stood like a rock by him. Iqbal, Mr. Jinnah said, was
not only a great poet who had a permanent place in the
history of the world's best literature, he was a dynamic
personality who, during his lifetime, made the greatest
contribution towards rousing and developing of Muslim
national consciousness.
Sir Abdul Qadir, in the course of his speech, said that Iqbal's
secretary told him an incident which was very significant.
On April 20, 1938, being the last day of the poet's earthly
existence, a cutting from an English paper of Natal was
received by Iqbal. It contained an account of the
proceedings of a meeting of the Muslims of Natal who
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offered prayers for the long life of Iqbal, Jinnah and Kemal
Ataturk. When this account was read over to the poet, he
said: 'I have now finished my life's work. Mr. Jinnah had yet
to fulfill his life's mission. Let the Muslims, therefore, pray
for his long life. Professor Munir-ud-Din, in the course of his
paper on 'Re- orientation of religious values in Iqbal' said:
'During the last 500 years Iqbal was the first to appreciate
fully the need of Ijtihad - innovation in the static world of
Islam. Iqbal revived the whole metaphysical background of
Islam. His notes on 'destiny' and 'freedom of action' are of
particular value. Iqbal's re-orientation of religious values is
particularly valuable on account of his rediscovery of fresh
levels of human consciousness. These levels of
consciousness are super- intellectual modes of approach to
reality and vary from simple intuition to the degree of Miraj
- perfection which the Prophet (SAAW) achieved.
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20. PARTITION RESOLUTION - "SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE -
THAT OF ISLAM"
News Report, Civil & Military Gazette, 26 March 1940
BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
The session, which concluded amidst scenes of
unprecedented enthusiasm and resounding shouts of Allah-
o- Akbar and Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad.
Islamic Traditions
He (Mr. M.A. Jinnah) concluded by pointing out the social
and religious differences between the Muslims and the
majority community and asserted that in accordance with
Islamic traditions, Muslims would get freedom and live
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A LANDMARK
Continuing, Mr. Jinnah said that the Lahore session had
really proved to be a landmark in the history of Muslim India
because they had defined their goal. He assured the
gathering that they would fight for that goal. They had
taken the decision in right earnest. Finally, he appealed to
the Muslims of the Punjab to organise the League in the
province and carry its message from village to village and
house to house. He exhorted workers, peasants,
intelligentsia, landlords and capitalists to speak with one
voice that of Islam.
The session concluded with deafening shouts of 'Allah-o-
Akbar' and 'Mohammad Ali Jinnah Zindabad'.
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21. LET US IN MINORITY PROVINCES FACE OUR FATE BUT

FREE MUSLIM MAJORITY PROVINCES
Public address, Ahmedabad (Gujrat) December 27, Star of
India, 28 December 1940
Pakistan had existed for ages. Their homeland were in the
north-west and east where the Muslims were even today in
a majority of 70 percent. In these regions there should be
independent Muslim states so that they could lead their life
in consonance with their religion, culture and laws.
'Pakistan' was the quickest way of achieving freedom for
both the communities. "Let us in the minority provinces",
Mr. Jinnah added, "face our fate but free the Muslim
majority provinces to live and form their own government
in independent states in accordance with Islamic Laws".

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22."I AM HUMBLE AND PROUD FOLLOWER OF MY FAITH"
Presidential address, special Pakistan session of Punjab
Muslim Students Federation, 2 March 1941, Speeches and
Writings of Mr. Jinnah pp.221- 37
"Ladies and Gentlemen! I am not learned Maulana or
Maulvi. Nor do I claim to be learned in theology. But I also
know a little of my faith and I am a humble and proud
follower of my faith" said Mr. Jinnah.
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23."PAKISTAN, THE ONLY GOAL TO SAVE ISLAM"

"ALIGARH IS THE ARSENAL OF MUSLIM INDIA"
Address, Aligarh Muslim University Union, Aligarh, March
10, Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, pp. 237-44
ALIGARH, MARCH 10
"Pakistan is not only a practicable goal but the only goal if
you want to save Islam from complete annihilation in this
country. We have yet to go a long way.”
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24."HINDU RAJ IS A DREAM" "ISLAM WILL TREAT

MINORITIES AS CITIZENS OF THE STATE"
Address, public meeting of Hindus and Muslims,
Ootacamund, June 3, Hindu, 5 June 1941
OOTACAMUND, JUNE 3
I can give you the highest authority of our book in Islam and
the authority of our history that Islam has not only treated
minorities justly and fairly but generously wherever they
had any authority or power. That is almost a sacred
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injunction upon the Muslims. And I may assure you that
whatever false propaganda may be carried on, Islam will
treat the Hindu minority, Sikh or any other minorities as
citizens of the state and as our brothers though we may not
agree in our respective faiths. That seems to me to be the
only possible way of solving this most complicated and
complex problem".
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25. "OUR WATCHWORD SHOULD BE FAITH, UNITY AND

DISCIPLINE"
Id day message, Dawn, 26 October 1941
Quaid-e-Azam's Id message to Muslims
"I wish the Musalmans a happy and prosperous Id."
"The month of Ramazan is the month of fasting, prayer and
communion with God. It is in this month that the Holy
Qur`an was revealed".
"Islam lays great emphasis on the social side of things. Every
day, the rich and the poor, the great and the small living in
a locality are brought five times in a day in the mosque in
the terms of perfect equality of mankind and thereby the
foundation of a healthy social relationship is laid and
established through prayer."
At the end of Ramazan comes the new moon, the crescent,
as a signal for a mass gathering on the Id day, again in
perfect equality of mankind which affects the entire Muslim
world.------
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26. ANSWERS GANDHI "HINDUS AND OTHERS WILL BE
TREATED IN PAKISTAN WITH JUSTICE, NAY
GENEROSITY AS ENJOINED BY QUR`AN AND
PROPHET(SAAW)"
Islam enjoins us to treat our fellowmen as equals. The
Hindus and other communities in Pakistan will be treated
with justice and fair play nay, with generosity. That is the
view of every responsible Musalman and, what is more, it is
so enjoined upon us by the highest authority the Qur`an and
the Prophet (SAAW).
27. “I SAY TO HINDU LEADERS LET ME LIVE ACCORDING
TO MY HISTORY" AND "ISLAM" – QUIT INDIA
CAMPAGIN "IS A CIVIL WAR.”
Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah, Vol. I, pp. 432-43
Speech at a meeting held under the auspices of Muslim
University Union, Aligarh, 2nd November, 1942:
Let me live according to my history in the light of Islam, my
tradition, culture and language, and you do the same in
your zones". (Cheers)
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28. "MUSLIM INDIA SHOWING ME MUCH AFFECTION;
MYSTERY IS I HAVE SPOKEN WHAT WAS IN THE
HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF MUSLIM"
Public Speech. 66th birthday reception New Delhi, 25
December 1942, Speech and Writing of Mr. Jinnah, Vol.
pp.458-61
----- I have spoken what was in the hearts of millions of
Muslims boldly, served you faithfully and led you truthfully.
I can give you nothing except my service. I shall continue my
service of the Musalmans and Islam" (Prolonged Cheers).
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29. MESSAGE TO N.W.F.P. MSF "WE HAVE GOT THE
GREATEST MESSAGE IN QUR`AN"
Message, 4 April 1943. Speeches and Writings of Mr.
Jinnah, Vol.1, pp. 471-73
"Your province, by virtue of its unique position, is a very
important province. Its importance will still be increased by
the establishment of our national homelands of Pakistan for
which we are struggling now. It is a source of great
encouragement to me that our people in your province
have started to organize themselves. Strengthening
yourselves is, really speaking, strengthening the borders of
Pakistan, a thing which will enable us to achieve our goal
and thus maintain our freedom, honour, prestige and glory
of Islam for which we are now fighting.
MESSAGE IN THE QUR`AN
"You have asked me to give you a message. What message
can I give you? We have got the greatest message in the
Qur`an for our guidance and enlightenment. All that we
have got to do is to know ourselves and the great qualities,
virtues and powers that we possess. Let us work up to that
great ideal.
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30. MESSAGE TO PATHANS OF FRONTIER - "YOU WILL BE
UNCONQUERABLE SOLDIERS OF ISLAM"
Message, Peshawar, July 20, Civil & Military Gazette, 21
July 1943
PESHAWAR, JULY 20:
"All Muslim India's eyes are today towards you. If you fail in
your duty, you will shock the Musalmans of India. The
Musalmans of India have great faith and hope in you and
believe that you will be the unconquerable soldiers of Islam

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like your unconquerable rocks and through you Islam in
India will be able to revive the glorious past."
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31. "UNITED INDIA IS A BRITISH CREATION, A VERY
DANGEROUS MYTH" - "ISLAM A PRACTICAL CODE OF
CONDUCT".
Interview to Beverly Nichols, Bombay, 11 January 1944, QAP
F-785/98 – 104
Self: When you say the Muslims are a nation are you
thinking in terms of religion?
Jinnah: "Partly, but by no means exclusively. I am thinking
in terms of life, of everything important in life. You must
remember that Islam is not merely a religious doctrine but
a realistic and practical code of conduct. I am thinking in
terms of our history, our heroes, our art, our architecture,
our music, our laws, our jurisprudence."
This sentence in italic and underlined is added by Jinnah in
his own handwriting in Nichols' text.
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32. "ISLAM DID NOT RECOGNISE CLASSIFICATION OF
CASTE" "OUR BEDROCK AND SHEET ANCHOR IS
ISLAM"
Address, Punjab Muslim Students Federation, Lahore,
March 20, Star of India, 21 March 1944
LAHORE MARCH 20:
"Mr. Jinnah then proceeded to criticize what he described
as a sinister move started by a Jat in the Punjab that the
Muslims Jats and the Hindus Jats were one, and he warned
those who were trying these methods. Mr. Jinnah declared
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amidst cheers that Islam did not recognize any kind of
distinction of various classification of castes and the
Prophet (SAAW) was able to level down all casts and create
a national unity among Arabs in Arabia. They wanted to
destroy the curse of the caste system which had been the
ruin of Muslim India. "Let it be clear, "he said, "that the
League is not going to allow anyone to create disruption by
these methods among Muslims. Our bedrock and sheet
anchor is Islam. There is no question even of Shias and
Sunnis. We are one and we must move into nation as one
and then alone shall we be able to retain Pakistan". He
declared that the caste system was responsible for the
slavery of India. Mr. Jinnah also warned the Communist
party to keep their hands off the Muslims. They did not
want any flag other than the League flag and Islam was their
guide and the complete code for their life. They did not
want any isms.
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33. "WITH FAITH IN OUR HEART, UNITY IN OUR CAMP

AND DISCIPLINE IN OUR RANK, I AM CONFIDENT OF
SUCCESS."
Pakistan Day message, Lahore, March 22, Civil & Military
Gazette, 23 March 1944
Mr. M.A. Jinnah has given the following message in Pakistan
Day to be observed on March 23.
"For us Pakistan means our defence, our deliverance, and
our destiny. It is the only way which will ensure to us our
freedom and the maintenance of our honour and the glory
of Islam.
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34. IQBAL WAS A TRUE FOLLOWER OF THE HOLY
PROPHET (SAAW) - "HIS VERSE IS ALWAYS THERE TO
GUIDE AND INSPIRE US"
Tribute to Iqbal, Lahore. December 9, Civil & Military
Gazette, 10 December 1944

The following message from Mr. Jinnah was read at the

meeting:
To the cherished memory of our national poet, Iqbal, I pay
my homage on this day which is being celebrated in
commemoration of that great poet, sage, philosopher and
thinker, and I pray to God Almighty that his soul may rest in
eternal peace. Amen! Though he is not among us, his verse,
immortal as it is, is always there to guide us and to inspire
us. His poetry, besides being beautiful in form and sweet in
language, presents to us a picture of the mind and heart of
this great poet, and we find how deeply he was devoted to
the teaching of Islam. He was a true and faithful follower of
the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) a Muslim first and a
Muslim last. He was the interpreter and voice of Islam.
No mere preacher
"Iqbal was not merely a preacher and a philosopher. He
stood for courage and action, perseverance and self-
reliance, and, above all, faith in God and devotion to Islam.
In his person were combined the idealism of the poet and
the realism of the man who takes a practical view of things.
Faith in God and unceasing and untiring action is the
essence of his message. And in this he emerges truly
Islamic. He had an unflinching faith in Islamic principles and
success in life meant to him the realization of one's self, and

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to achieve this end the only means was to follow the
teachings of Islam. His message to humanity is action and
the realization of one's self. Although a great poet and
philosopher, he was no less a practical politician. With his
firm conviction and faith in the ideals of Islam, he was one
of the few who originally thought over the feasibility of
carving out of India an Islamic state in the north-west and
north-east zones which are the historical homelands of
Muslims.
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35. MR. JINNAH QUOTES HOLY PROPHET (SAAW)

Address Gujrat Muslim Educational Conference, 14
January 1945
"The Holy Prophet (SAAW) had enjoined his followers to go
even to China in the pursuit of knowledge. If that was
commandment in those days when communication was
difficult, then, truly, Muslims, as the true followers of the
glorious heritage of Islam, should surely utilize all available
opportunities.
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36. PLEADS FOR "ABOLITION OF DISTINCTION OF

KHOJAS, BOHRIS AND MEMONS AND UNIFICATION
OF THEM ALL INTO ONE MUSLIM NATION".
Address, Khoja Girls' Orphanage, Bombay, January 21,
Bombay Chronicle, January 1945
Proceeding Mr. Jinnah pleaded for the abolition of such
distinctions as Khojas, Bohris and Memons and urged the
unification of them all into one Muslim nation. This was a
big task the fulfillment of which was only a question of time.
He, however, believed that if each community employed its

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energy towards turning this stone rough diamond into a
perfectly cut diamond, the time would come when they
would pick up these precious stones and put them into a
mosaic framework.
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37. "ISLAM CAME IN THE WORLD TO ESTABLISH
DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND JUSTICE"
Message to editor Muslim Views, Columbo (Ceylon) on
Holy Prophet's (SAAW) Birthday, 5 February 1945, cited in
Speeches, Statements & Messages of Quaid-e-Azam
"You ask me to give you a message on the occasion of the
birthday of the Holy Prophet (SAAW). What message can I
give you today save that every Muslim throughout the
world should live up to the best traditions of Islam, the faith
which came to us through the Holy Prophet (peace be upon
his soul).
"Islam came in the world to establish democracy, peace and
justice, to safeguard the rights of the oppressed. It brought
to humanity the message of equality of the rich and the
poor, of the high and the low. The Holy Prophet (SAAW)
fought for these ideals for the major part of his life. Is it not,
therefore, the duty of every Muslim, wherever he may be,
to do his level best to preserve the great ideals and the
glorious traditions of Islam, to fight for the equality of
mankind, the achievement of man's legitimate rights and
the establishment of democracy? We in India believe that
Pakistan is our legitimate demand, our birthright. We
believe that it is in consonance with democratic principles
and justice. We are, therefore, determined to fight for it and
In sha Allah we shall win."
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38. "PAKISTAN CAN BE ACHIEVED BY OUR OWN
INHERENT STRENGTH, LET YOUR MOTTO BE UNITY,
FAITH AND DISCIPLINE".
News Report, Bombay, April 19, Dawn, 20 April 1945,
Dawn 21 April 1945
METHERAN, MAY 7
Our past history, our glorious tradition and the very spirit of
Islam revolt against the idea of our being slaves to caste
Hindu Ram raj or foreign domination and our freedom truly
lies in the establishment of Pakistan alone.
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39. "RAMAZAN TEACHES US HOW TO OVERCOME OUR

DESIRES" "I APPEAL TO EVERY MUSALMAN TO
CONCENTRATE ON FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS"
Dawn 11 September 1945
Karachi, 9 September 1945 Mr. M.A. Jinnah, President, All
India Muslim League, has issued the following Id message:
"The month of Ramazan has a great lesson for us all. It is a
great institution in itself. It teaches the Musalmans that
happiness and success and the accomplishment of one's
task can not be achieved without undergoing hardships, toil
and trouble, and that we can not attain our objectives
without making sacrifices. It teaches us how to overcome
our desires, appetites and lusts, all by ourselves and how to
resist what is morally wrong and undesirable. It is a
discipline of the highest order and strict rigidity and for us,
the Musalmans of India, in particular there is much to learn
from the regime laid down for the month of Ramazan".

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The Musalmans are realizing more and more their
responsibility in every direction. Every Musalman knows
that the injunctions of the Qur`an are not confined to
religious and moral duties. From the Atlantic to the Ganges,
'says Gibbon, the Qur`an is acknowledged as the
fundamental code, not only of theology, but of civil and
criminal jurisprudence, and the laws which regulate the
actions and the property of mankind are governed by the
immutable sanctions of the will of God. Everyone, except
those who are ignorant, knows that the Qur`an is the
general code of the Muslims. A religious, social, civil,
commercial, military, judicial, criminal, penal code; it
regulates everything from the ceremonies of religion to
those of daily life; from the salvation of the soul to the
health of the body; from the rights of all to those of each
individual; from morality to crime, from punishment here
to that in the life to come, and our Prophet (SAAW) has
enjoined on us that every Musalman should possess a copy
of the Qur`an and be his own priest. Therefore Islam is not
merely confined to the spiritual tenets and the doctrines or
rituals and ceremonies. It is a complete code regulating the
whole Muslims society, every department of life, collective
and individually.
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40. EVERY MUSLIM "WILL DIE BEFORE JEWRY SEIZES

JERUSALEM" "I HOPE JEWS WILL NOT SUCCEED IN
THEIR NEFARIOUS DESIGN"
News Report, Quetta, October 16, Dawn, 26 October 1945
On May 25, 1945, in a statement from Matheran, he said:

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"Every man and woman of the Muslim world will die before
Jewry seizes Jerusalem", he said on October 16, 1945, at
Quetta. Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah added:
"I hope the Jews will not succeed in their nefarious designs
and I wish Great Britain and America should keep their
hands off from there and then I will see how the Jews
conquer Jerusalem. Slaves and a subject race as we are, still
our hearts and souls go in sympathy with those who are
struggling for their freedom and let us hope that the people
of Palestine and Indonesians will survive the ordeals.
"Jews are also suffering from the same disease as the
Congress. The Jews, over half a million, have already been
accommodated in Jerusalem against the wishes of the
people. May I know which other country has
accommodated them?! have great sympathy for them and
have no ill-will against the Jews, but the question is that
they have entered Palestine with set motive to reconquer
Jerusalem which they lost two thousand years ago, with the
help of British and American forces.
"If domination and exploitation are carried now, there will
be no peace and end of wars. If such exploitation of small
nations is to continue even after this bloody war let us pray
to God to send some more destructive force than the
bombs to do the work and job of this world".
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41. "WE ARE NOT FIGHTING ELECTIONS TO FORM
MINISTRIES WE ARE FIGHTING TO GET VERDICT ON
PAKISTAN ISSUE"
Dawn 26 November, 1945
Peshawar 2 November, 1945

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"Muslims worship one God, they believe in one Book and
are the followers of one Prophet (SAAW). The Muslim League
has been striving to organize them politically on one
platform and under the green flag of Islam". (Cheers).
Our position was: All right, let us have general elections and
see if the Muslims want Pakistan or Hindu raj in Akhand
Hindustan. Do you want Pakistan or no?" (Shouts of Allah-
o-Akbar). "Well, if you want Pakistan, vote for the League
candidates.
Our religion, our culture and our Islamic ideals are our
driving force to achieve independence". (Shouts of Allah-o-
Akbar).
If you stand firm and resolute we, with God's help, shall
establish Pakistan. (Prolonged shouts of Allah-o- Akbar).
Time for Struggle
"As long as I live I shall never allow a single drop of Muslim
blood to be spilt in vain. I shall never allow Muslims to
become the slaves of Hindus". (Allah-o-Akbar)
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42. "IF IT (YOUR VERDICT IN THE ELECTION) IS IN FAVOUR

OF PAKISTAN NO POWER ON EARTH CAN DENY IT".
Public address. Mardan, November 25, Leader, 26
November 1945
PESHAWAR, NOVEMBER 25
Mr. Jinnah said, "I have come to the Frontier province after
9 years. The Frontier Pathan is now wide awake. He is out
of the Congress snare now. But you must work and work
hard and make the Muslim League still stronger. By doing
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so you will contribute substantially not only to the honour
of 10 crore of Muslims but to the crystallization of a free
Muslim state of Pakistan where Muslims will be able to live
and work in accordance with the Islamic code of life".
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43. "ESTABLISH COMPLETE UNITY" AND "FACE
ELECTORS" – "STUDENTS OF BENGAL, I AM
CONFIDENT, WILL NOT FAIL US"
Message to All Bengal Muslim Medical Students
Conference, Star of India, 10 November 1945
"Your telegram. Wish all success to your Conference on
December 8. My message - establish complete unity, face
electors means rescue of hundred million Musalmans,
Islam, Pakistan. Every vote against League means transfer
of slavery from British to Hindu raj. Students of Bengal, I am
confident, will not fail us, Jinnah".

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(MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN INDIA)

44. "GLANCY BUREAUCRACY IS WORKING IN A
TYRANNICAL WAY" "IF WE DO NOT GET PAKISTAN,
WE SHALL BE SLAVES OF HINDUS."
Address (Urdu). Muslim women, Habibia Hall, Lahore,
January 17, Dawn, 18 January 1946. Civil & Military
Gazette, 18 January 1946
If we do not succeed in our struggle for Pakistan, the very
trace of Muslims and Islam will be obliterated from the face
of India.
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45. "MUSLIMS ARE WILLING TO FIGHT IF BRITISH FAIL TO
PROVIDE FOR PAKISTAN" MUSLIMS WILL HELP
ARABS, VIOLENCE IF NECESSARY"
Interview to New York Times correspondent, February 13,
Hindustan Times, 15 February 1946
New York, February 13
The correspondent then asked Mr. Jinnah about reports
concerning Muslims sympathy with the Arab and Mr. Jinnah
replied: The Indian Muslim will do everything in his power
to help the Arab; he will go to any length because we do not
want Palestine to go out of Muslim hands". When asked to
define "any length" Mr. Jinnah said: "It means whatever we
can do, violence, if necessary".
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46. "I WISH THE MAGAZINE WHICH AIMS AT MOULDING
YOUNGER MUSLIM GENERATION ACCORDING TO
TRADITIONS OF ISLAM ALL SUCCESS"
Message, Sind Muslim College Magazine, Dawn. 14 March
1946
"I am very glad to know that the Sind Muslim College
Magazine is making its first appearance shortly. In a
national institution like the Sind Muslim College which
aims chiefly at moulding the younger Muslim generation
according to the tradition of Islam and at giving them a
training conforming to the heritage that we Muslims are
proud of, the Magazine has no doubt to play an
important role.
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MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH "THE SWORD OF ISLAM"
In view of Quaid-e-Azam's above speeches and writing, and
many more which could not be collected here, and his
sincerity and dedication one member of the British
Parliamentary Delegation1 which met Quaid -e- Azam on 10
January 1946, Mr. R.W. Sorensen cautioned in his book "My
Impression of India." (Meridian Books Lid. London, July
1946, pp.108-12).
Quote:
He (M.A. Jinnah) is the sword of Islam resting in a secular
scabbard.
Unquote:
(Quaid-e-Azam's often misunderstood speech and quoted
without taking into consideration Quaid's speeches /
writings since 1938. Para eight should be read with Quaid's
speech / writing on page 16 extract no 24, and page 24
extract no 37, page 11 Para 1 & 2.)
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Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of
Pakistan, 11August 1947
Mr. President,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
"I cordially thank you, with the utmost sincerity, for the
honour you have conferred upon me - the greatest honour
that is possible for this Sovereign Assembly to confer by
electing me as your first President. I also thank those
leaders who have spoken in appreciation of my services and
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1Professor Robert Richards was the Leader of the delegation consisting
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their personal references to me. I sincerely hope that with
your support and your co-operation we shall make this
Constituent Assembly an example to the world. The
Constituent Assembly has got two main functions to
perform. The first is the very onerous and responsible task
of framing our future Constitution of Pakistan and the
second of functioning as a full and complete Sovereign body
as the Federal Legislature of Pakistan. We have to do the
best we can in adopting a provisional constitution for the
Federal Legislature of Pakistan. You know really that not
only we ourselves are wondering but, I think, the whole
world is wondering at this unprecedented cyclonic
revolution which has brought about the plan of creating and
establishing two independent Sovereign Dominions in this
sub-continent. As it is, it has been unprecedented; there is
no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty sub-
continent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought
under a plan which is titanic, unknown, unparalleled. And
what is very important with regard to it is that we have
achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the
greatest possible character.
"Dealing with our first function in this Assembly. I cannot
make any well-considered pronouncement at this moment,
but I shall say a few things as they occur to me. The first and
the foremost thing that I would like to emphasise is this -
remember that you are now a Sovereign Legislature body
and you have got all the powers. It, therefore, places on you
the gravest responsibility as to how you should take your
decisions. The first observation that I would like to make is
this: You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty of
a Government is to maintain law and order, so that the life,
property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully
protected by the State.
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"The second thing that occurs to me is this: One of the
biggest curses from which India is suffering - I do not say
that other countries are free from it, but, I think, our
condition is much worse is bribery and corruption. That
really is a poison. We must put that down with an iron hand
and I hope that you will take adequate measures as soon as
it is possible for this Assembly to do so.
"Black-marketing is another curse. Well, I know that black-
marketers are frequently caught and punished. Judicial
sentences are passed or sometimes fines only are imposed.
Now you have to tackle this monster which today is a
colossal crime against society, in our distressed conditions,
when we constantly face shortage of food and other
essential commodities of life. A citizen who does black-
marketing commits, I think, a greater crime than the biggest
and most grievous of crimes. These black-marketers are
really knowing, intelligent and ordinarily responsible
people, and when they indulge in black-marketing. I think
they ought to be very severely punished, because they
undermine the entire system of control and regulation of
food-stuffs and essential commodities, and cause
wholesale starvation and want and even death.
"The next thing that strikes me is this: Here again it is a
legacy which has been passed on to us. Along with many
other things, good and bad, has arrived this great evil the
evil of nepotism and jobbery. This evil must be crushed
relentlessly. I want to make it quite clear that I shall never
tolerate any kind of jobbery, nepotism or any influence
directly or indirectly brought to bear upon me. Wherever I
will find that such a practice is in vogue, or is continuing
anywhere, low or high. I shall certainly not countenance it.
"I know there are people who do not quite agree with the
division of India and the partition of the Punjab and Bengal.
Much has been said against it, but now that it has been
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accepted, it is the duty of every one of us to loyally abide by
it and honourably act according to the agreement which is
now final and binding on all. But you must remember, as I
have said, that this mighty revolution that has taken place
is unprecedented. One can quite understand the feeling
that exists between the two communities wherever one
community is in majority and the other is in minority. But
the question is, whether, it was possible or practicable to
act otherwise than what has been done. A division had to
take place. On both sides, in Hindustan and Pakistan, there
are sections of people who may not agree with it, who may
not like it, but in my judgment there was no other solution
and I am sure future history will record its verdict in favour
of it. And what is more it will be proved by actual experience
as we go on that that was the only solution of India's
constitutional problem. Any idea of a United India could
never have worked and in my judgment it would have led
us to terrific disaster. May be that view is correct; may be it
is not; that remains to be seen. All the same, in this division
it was impossible to avoid the question of minorities being
in one Dominion or the other. Now that was unavoidable.
There is no other solution. Now what shall we do? Now, if
we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and
prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on
the well-being of the people. And especially of the masses
and the poor. If you will work in co-operation, forgetting
the past, burying the hatchet you are bound to succeed. If
you change your past and work together in a spirit that
every one of you, no matter to what community he
belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the
past, no matter what is his colour, caste or creed, is first,
second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights,
privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the
progress you will make.
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"I cannot emphasise it too much. We should begin to work
in that spirit and in course of time all these angularities of
the majority and minority communities. the Hindu
community and the Muslim community because even as
regards Muslims you have Pathans, Punjabis, Shias. Sunnis
and so on and among the Hindus you have Brahmans,
Vashnavas, Khatris, also Bengalees, Madrasis, and so on will
vanish. Indeed if you ask me this has been the biggest
hindrance in the way of India to attain freedom and
independence and but for this we would have been free
peoples long long ago. No power can hold another nation;
and specially a nation of 400 million souls in subjection;
nobody could have conquered you, and even if it had
happened, nobody could have continued its hold on you for
any length of time but for this. Therefore, we must learn a
lesson from this. You are free; you are free to go to your
temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other
places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong
to any religion or caste or creed-that has nothing to do with
the business of the State. As you know, history shows that
in England conditions, some time ago, were much worse
than those prevailing in India today. The Roman Catholics
and the Protestants persecuted each other. Even now there
are some States in existence where there are
discriminations made and bars imposed against a particular
class. Thank God, we are not starting in those days. We are
starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no
distinction between one community and another, no
discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We
are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all
citizens and equal citizens of one State. The people of
England in course of time had to face the realities of the
situation and had to discharge the responsibilities and
burdens placed upon them by the government of their
country and they went through that fire step by step.
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Protestants do not exist; what exists now is that every man
is a citizen, and equal citizen of Great Britain and they are
all members of the Nation.
"Now, I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal
and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease
to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not
in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of
each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the
State.
"Well, gentlemen. I do not wish to take up any more of your
time and thank you again for the honour you have done to
me. I shall always be guided by the principles of justice and
fair-play without any, as is put in the political language,
prejudice or ill-will, in other words, partiality or favouritism.
My guiding principle will be justice and complete
impartiality and I am sure that with your support and co-
operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of
the greatest Nations of the world.
"I have received a message from the United States of
America addressed to me. It reads:
'I have the honour to communicate to you. In Your
Excellency's capacity as President of the Constituent
Assembly of Pakistan, the following message which I have
just received from the Secretary of State of the United
States:
'On the occasion of the first meeting of the Constituent
Assembly of Pakistan. I extend to you and to members of
the Assembly, the best wishes of the government and the
people of the United States for the successful conclusion of
the great work you are about to undertake."
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SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE STATE BANK
OF PAKISTAN, 1 JULY 1948
Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah,
Speeches as Governor General of Pakistan, 1947-19 48,
Islamabad, 1989, pp.159-61.
MONETARY POLICY OF THE STATE BANK WILL SOLVE
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF OUR TRADE AND COMMERCE
...."I shall watch with keenness the work of your Research
Organization in evolving banking practices compatible with
Islamic ideals of social and economic life. The economic
system of the West has created almost insoluble problems
for humanity and to many of us it appears that only a
miracle can save it from disaster that is now facing the
world. It has failed to do justice between man and man and
to eradicate friction from the international field. On the
contrary, it was largely responsible for the two world wars
in the last half century. The Western world, in spite of its
advantages of mechanization and industrial efficiency is
today in a worse mess than ever before in history. The
adoption of Western economic theory and practice will not
help us in achieving our goal of creating a happy and
contented people. We must work our destiny in our own
way and present to the world an economic system based on
true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social
justice. We will thereby be fulfilling our mission as Muslims
and giving to humanity the message of peace which alone
can save it and secure the welfare, happiness and
prosperity of mankind."
(The above Extract is from the book "Quaid-e-Azam speeks
His vision of Pakistan" Quaid-e-Azam academy)
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