probably that unknown ideal for which he
has been striving all along, but without any
success. Finally he leaves the world without
having found his ideal.
This is the place where a
da‘i
(the one who
calls people to God) has to perform his task
of
dawah
, that is, to tell man that the ideal
for which he has been searching for is none
other than Almighty God and His Paradise.
It is God alone who can enable him to find
his ideal and it is only by his finding God
that this can happen. It is only after reaching
Paradise that man will be filled with bliss,
as he will find there the world for which he
has been striving all along.
In this way, every man is the target of a
da‘i
(the one who calls people to God). A
da‘i
has to reach out to every individual. He has
to remove the veil from every eye. In other
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