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Most Muslims know that Islam is a universal religion, meant for all mankind.
Allah (swt) is the Lord of the entire universe, and Muslims have been entrusted
with the duty of conveying His message to all mankind. Alas, most Muslims today
have become complacent towards this duty! While accepting Islam as the best way
of life for ourselves, most of us are unwilling to share this knowledge with those to
whom the message has not yet been conveyed.
The Arabic word Islah means to improve, correct, rectify or repair. In Islamic
terminology, Islah means correcting a Muslim or providing more knowledge of
Islam to a Muslim.
It is sad to note that most of the activities, which we label as Da’wah, are actually
Islah. Activities such as classes, seminars, talks, forums and other religious
gatherings are meant and targeted to Muslims only.
On the contrary, the reward for spending our substance in the way of Allah is
70,000% as mentioned in the Qur’an (2:261);
“The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah is that of a
grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ear hath a hundred grains. Allah
giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth...” Is there any other business in the
world that guarantees you a profit of 70,000%?
The Qur’an practically guides us on how Da’wah should be done; “Invite (all) to
the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in
ways that are best and most gracious...” (Qur’an 16:125).
In the study on ‘concept of God in major religions of the world’, we will find
several verses from the Bible, Hindu Scriptures or Sri Grant Sahib (Sikh’s Holy
Scripture) that speaks about oneness of God, i.e.; Tawheed.
We must start doing Da’wah and stop giving excuses such as;