The Quran declares that human beings are God’s ‘khalifa’ of vicegerents or representatives on earth. A ‘khalifa’ of God then cannot be a subject of another khalifa as a ruler as the status of khalifas are equal on earth. status. One khalifa cannot rule the others without the consent of the other khalifas in an area. Therefore the Quran prescribes self-rule or a democratic system in which a government must get the consent from the people it governs.