God created man in ‘the best mould’ and
then ‘cast him down to the lowest of the
low.’
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The process of
dawah
is to bring the
individual back to his original state, to help
him to gain entry into Paradise once again
and to bring him under the protection of the
Lord’s blessings.
The example of a man who is away from
God is like a fish which has been taken out
of water and thrown in the desert. Such a
fish, completely out of its element, will soon
face extinction. The best way to help it is to
return it to water again.
In the same way, man is also an inhabitant
of Paradise. He has a tremendous urge to
find an unknown ideal. Every man is running
after this unknown ideal. Over and over
again, he leaps towards some worldly
success or the other. He hopes that this is
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