The Call of the Quran
5. The call of da‘wah in the modern age
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unlike other prophets, would not be an unknown
personality. His teachings would be preserved for
all time to come. This is a great advantage for the
da’is
of Islam in modern times, since it enables
them to achieve unopposed victory in the field of
da’wah.
The urge to find God is something which man is
born with. It remains inherent in his nature. That is
why he is eternally seeking the truth. In this he
resorts to human sciences, but it is all to no avail.
Then he turns to religions, only to find that in their
present ill preserved form, they are lacking in
historical credibility. Here we are in a position to tell
the seekers after truth that what they have been
questing after has been available with us all along,
that is, the Qur’an and the hadith in their pristine
form. And if they are in that pristine form, it is
because they have been so carefully and
reverentially preserved. The Prophet of Islam may
be regarded as the definitive source of divine truth,
because his life and teachings have been fully
authenticated by historical records. It is this absence
of controversy, which has been the mainstay of the
Prophet’s reputation at all times. This is a very great
