Articles by Dr. Parvez

Several thousands of years ago, when God decided to create a new species we now call human beings, he gathered the angels and informed them,  اِنِّیۡ جَاعِلٌ فِی الۡاَرۡضِ خَلِیۡفَۃً Khalifa means a person who has been delegated some authority and power by the one who originally possesses that authority and power. The political successors of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ were hence called Khalifa, because they ruled in his name, by the authority vested in them by virtue of being the Prophet's political successors. Similarly, spiritual leaders too make their most accomplished students their Khalifa, which essentially means that they too would now deem to have the same spiritual authority that they have. So when God said that He would create a new species which would act as His Khalifa, what He meant was that this new species (man) would be delegated, in some measure, some of God's own powers and attributes that other species on earth do not possess. But as all Spiderman fans kn