The Call of the Quran
5. The call of da‘wah in the modern age
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FURNISHING A TASK FORCE
Present opportunities for the satisfactory discharge
of Islamic da’wah are better now than ever before,
and if they are to be availed of, a task force must be
raised. To this end the Qur’an enjoins the
preparation of select individuals by giving them
training exclusively directed towards their gaining
a deeper understanding of religious matters. When
by dint of intensive study of the subject, they have
become thoroughly versed in the message they
have to convey, and the proper strategy for its
communication, it will be their duty to spread
themselves across different nations in order to
disseminate the concept of the oneness of God and
warn people of the Hereafter. The Qur’an specified,
“it is not right that all the faithful should go to war
at once. A band from each community should stay
behind to instruct themselves in religion and to
admonish their men when they return, so that they
may take heed.” (9:122).
There are, of course, a number of madrasas and
educational institutes for Muslims, in different parts
of the world. But not one of them is devoted to the
