对于任何社会的民众而言，掌权者的状况都至关重要。因为他们做出的每一项决定、推行的每一条规定，都会产生影响，波及整个民众。因此，当掌权者存在缺陷时，整个社会也会因此呈现出这些缺陷的特征。

The situation of those in authority is of utmost importance for the people of any society. This is because every decision they make and every rule they implement has repercussions which affect the whole population. So, when those in authority have failings, the whole society becomes characterised by these failings.

如今，全世界都受制于人造的法律。人类知识有限，容易犯错，又易受偏见和贪欲的左右。因此，支配世界的规则也反映出人性的这些特点，导致弱者受压迫、不公正和腐败横行。世界的某一部分人任由饥饿蔓延，而另一些地方却将过剩的农产品焚毁或倾倒入海。我们被迫缴纳并不情愿、也无力承担的税款。而我们能做什么、不能做什么，则由少数政客来决定，他们并不比我们更好，通常还要糟糕得多。

Today, the whole world is subject to man-made laws. Man who is limited in his knowledge, prone to errors and subject to prejudice and greed. As a result of this, the rules which govern the world reflect these aspects of man’s character - leading to oppression of the weak, injustice and corruption. People in one part of the world are allowed to starve, while in another, surplus produce is burnt or dumped in the sea. We are subject to taxes we do not want and cannot afford to pay. And we are told what we can and cannot do by a handful of politicians who are no better than and usually much worse than ourselves.

伊斯兰的统治制度是唯一能够解决这些问题的制度。我们的生活与社会不受人定法的支配，也不必使一个人向另一个人低头，而是由至高无上的真主（SWT）的律法来治理。

The Islamic ruling system is the only one which gives a way out from these problems. Instead of being subject to man-made laws, where one person is made to bow before another, our lives and society are governed by the law of Allah (swt) the Supreme.

在这里，应由民众拥有权力，确保统治者只执行安拉的律法，并且全部执行，决不随从自己的私欲和好恶，从而避免沦为独裁者。

Here, it is the people who have authority to ensure that the ruler implements Allah’s law, solely and in its entirety, and that he never follows his own whims and desires, so becoming a dictator.

国家统治体系的职责，是确保其境内的一切行政事务顺利运行，并在伊斯兰框架之内，为其臣民（无论穆斯林还是非穆斯林）的便利生活提供保障。

It is the job of the Ruling System of the State to make sure that all the administrative matters within its boundaries run smoothly and facilitate the easy living of the subjects, whether Muslim or not, within the Islamic framework.

此外,国家将成为向世界各国传达伊斯兰呼召的有效途径。它拥有强大的军队来促成这一使命,并保卫其边境,抵御当今折磨穆斯林世界的侵略者之流;波斯尼亚、印度和以色列的问题将不过是一段痛苦但已遥远的记忆。

As well, the State will be the effective means of delivering the call of Islam to all the nations of the world. It has a powerful army to facilitate this task, and also to defend its frontiers from the likes of the aggressors who currently plague the Muslim world; the problems in Bosnia, India and Israel will be no more than a painful, but distant memory.

伊斯兰的所有制度汇集于此，彼此紧密相连，构成一个完美平衡、协调一致的整体。每一项制度的运作都依赖于其他制度，单独考察任何一项，都不足以称为完整。由此可见，伊斯兰的统治制度将它们全部联系在一起，形成了一种在人类历史上无与伦比的生活方式。

All the systems of Islam that are collected here are tied together to form a perfectly balanced and co-ordinated whole. Each is dependent for its functioning on the others, and none would be complete if considered on its own. You can see therefore how the Ruling System of Islam ties them all together to give a way of life that is unsurpassed in the history of humanity.