Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Responsibility of Preaching
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RESPONSIBILITY OF PREACHING
In this world, floods come to remind us of a greater
flood which will come in the Hereafter. Every year,
in some part of the globe, towns and villages are
submerged in flood waters. The day when man
rises from the dead, there will be a huge flood of
this nature. All protective measures will
disintegrate before the oncoming flood. It will
submerge all of us; even high mountains will not be
able to give us safe harbour.
The ones who survive worldly floods are those who
have prepared boats before the coming of the flood.
So, the survivors of the great flood of the Hereafter
will be those who ride in God’s boat by giving
themselves up to Him.
Mankind must be warned of the flood that is
descending upon him. To issue this warning is the
greatest task in the world today. It was to warn
mankind of the coming of this flood that God sent
His messengers to the world; so that after death,
when man is brought before God, no one will be
able to claim ignorance, and say that he is being
