Calling people to God means warning man
of the evil consequences of the self-oriented
life, and therefore, inviting him to adopt the
God-oriented life. The most authentic and
reliable source of knowledge of the divine
teachings on both types of life has been
preserved for us in the form of the Quran.
Calling people to God is purely other-
worldly in nature. That is, it is in no way
directly associated with national, social or
economic issues. It is a campaign to call
people to God. It starts in the spiritual and
religious idiom and goes on in the same
idiomand style till the end.
The mission of calling people to God is, in
essence, a divine task, which is performed
by human beings. It is important that it
should be performed in a spiritual way. Any
work done in a non-spiritual way will not
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