INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

~ 6 ~ ought to experience at the spiritual level. He becomes a man of God through and through. EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES The Islamic man is one who, in consonance with his spiritual development, experiences constant intellectual activity which results in the most intense brain storming. The intellectual awakening, or intellectual development of an Islamic man is so extensive that he becomes cerebrally activated to the highest possible extent. What is that external factor which stimulates this kind of intellectual activity in the Islamic man? It is da‘wah work. According to the Qur’an, the Prophet of Islam is the final Prophet. Although no Prophet is going to come after him, the mission of the Prophet must continue. The Ummah of the Prophet, charged with carrying on this mission for posterity, is thus addressed in the Qur’an: And thus We made you an intermediary nation so that you might bear witness against the people and the Prophet might testify against you. (2:143) A commentator of the Qur’an has interpreted this as