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to His Way. He will tell them about Allah, His Unity and attrib-
utes, the purpose of their creation, right behaviour and conduct
and the kind of life that pleases Allah, and about good, evil, right
and wrong in the Qur'an, the day of judgment, the Fire and the
Garden, and other such topics. He will tell them about the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in such a
way as to draw them to him, to following and emulating him.
The conversation that believers have among themselves is
truly mutual reminder. They call one another to obey the com-
mands of Allah and to live by the Sunnah of His Messenger, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and to live in conformity
with Islamic values. In short, the usual way of a believer is re-
membrance and reminder.
Believers use both oral and written methods of reminder,
and they may make use of today's highly developed means of
mass communication. In calling people to the teachings of the
Qur'an, they can take advantage of television, radio, books,
magazines, newspapers, Internet and other media.
As important as the daily invitation of Islam of believers
living according to the teachings of the Qur'an, there is the time
they take to prepare the invitation. In the Qur'an, Allah indicates
that those who wish to undertake the struggle of ideas on His
way must first make preparation for it. For this reason, it is ex-
tremely important that a person prepares himself in every way
for this work. Allah says:
If they had really desired to go out, they would have made
proper preparations for it… (Surat at-Tawba: 46)
To communicate Allah's message, one of the things that the
believer who is qualified to do so has to do is develop himself
and to gain every kind of useful knowledge in order to commu-
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