Islam Rediscovered
15. Preservation, Updating, Da‘wah
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reapplication, which was undertaken in the past,
will in like manner, continue to be carried out in the
future. It is this process of continual adjustment
which helps to keep Islam permanently updated.
DA’WAH
The third requirement for this continuation of the
Prophetic mission is
da’wah
work. That is, to
communicate the message of the Prophet to all
people in all ages.
Though this
da’wah
work is carried out by human
beings, it is, in fact, a divine task. That is why the
Qur’an has called it
nusrat
of God i.e., helping the
Almighty (3:52).
According to the Qur’an,
da’wah
work means to
make oneself
nasih
and
amin
, that is, an honest and
sincere well-wisher of all. (7:68)
In short, it is to become wholly honest in relation to
God and to feel and evince total goodwill towards
all of one’s fellow men.
Da’wah
work can be
properly performed only by meeting this standard.
One important condition for the performance of
