national or political interests.
On the third level,
dawah
is to be performed
directly. Those who have the ability to present
Islam through public speaking, writing or
through themodernmeans of communication,
should call upon people to accept the divine
religion. They should try to address peoples
minds by using arguments whichmake a very
strong impression, so that their addresseesmay
leave the wrong path and come to accept true
guidance.
The phrase in the Quran, ‘and God will save
you from the people,’ means that you need not
make excuses for inaction. In this situation,
none of your excuses will be accepted byGod.
You have to leave all possible or impossible
excuses toGod and throwyourself completely
into themission of
dawah
work. In this regard
no other work for the believers would be right.
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