English book · The Call of the Quran

No Interference

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

~ 101 ~ 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

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