Mawlana Mawdudi and political Islam : authority and the Islamic state The life and times of Mawdudi A noble lineage. 1903 1919 A hidden power within me 1920 1930 Crisis of the spirit 1930 1939 The birth of a new party 1940 1947 The Pakistan years 1947 1979 Mawdudi and political Islam The need for intellectual independence The Salafiyyah Mawdudis paradigms: the four sources of his Islamic constitution Theo democracy (or divine government) Jihad and the permanent revolution Mawdudis legacy