The Call of the Quran
5. The call of da‘wah in the modern age
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specific purpose of training and educating people
with purely da’wah requirements in mind. And
true da’is, whose motivating force is to serve the
cause of God, can never be turned out by merely
having classical literature and modern sciences
imparted to them, no matter how well qualified
their teachers may be, or how high the standards of
their chosen institute of learning. It is a matter of the
greatest urgency then that an institute of an
appropriate nature should be established, whatever
the cost of setting it up and running it may be in
terms of today’s economy. It is only after having
been satisfactorily trained in such an institute that
da’is
will be able to effectively disseminate the
message of divine religion and bring people to an
understanding of what awaits them in the
Hereafter.
It is imperative, however, that such trained
individuals should not only be equipped with
knowledge of religion, but that they should also be
imbued with a sense of purpose. Knowledge
unaccompanied by a sense of purpose is no better
than a meaningless accumulation of information.
But when knowledge comes with the inner
