Arabic · noun · Faith & Sacred History

Khalifatullah

ख़लीफ़तुल्लाह

said kha-LEE-fa-tul-LAAH

also written: khalifa-tullah

Meaning

The vicegerent of God; humanity as God's deputy on earth, entrusted to carry out His will in creation.

Literally: the vicegerent of God

Usage & notes

Iqbal's Perfect Man is the true vicegerent of God, the self that does not flee the world but governs it for the Divine.

Related words

A successor or vicegerent; the head of the Muslim community after the Prophet, and the human as God's steward on earth.

The 'conquest of nature'; the believer's mastery and harnessing of the natural world as the vicegerent of God.