THE TASK OF GLOBAL DAWAH

THE TASK OF GLOBAL DAWAH Raison D’etre of Muslims G OD sent prophet after prophet to every community to inform them about God’s creation plan. The Prophet Muhammad was the Last Prophet in the series of prophets. God revealed His guidance to Prophet Muhammad through the Quran. After the Prophet, it is the responsibility of those who believe in his message to convey the message of Quran to humankind. Blessed be He who has revealed the criterion [the Quran] to His servant that he may warn the nations. (25: 1) This Quran has been revealed to me so that through it I may warn you and whoever it reaches. (6: 19) The task of spreading the word of God on a global scale has been made possible and easy in this age of technology. Muslims have now at their disposal the technology and means of communication with the potential of realizing this task of global dawah. The Muslim community was given a long opportunity by God to convert this hidden potential into reality and discharge its global responsibility with respect to the Quran. But the Muslim leaders were unable to recognize this potential nor did they avail of the opportunity. They endeavoured in many fields, but they totally failed to fulfill the global requirements of dawah (calling people to God). Thereafter, the sunnah (way) of God came into force; referred to in the Quran thus: If you turn back, He will bring in your place another people, who will not be like you. (47: 38) If one group fails in performing a divine task assigned to it by God, then it will be replaced by another group. In present times, the age of communication developed by western nations is the outcome of this “replacement” by God. Support through Secular Nations A number of predictions of the Prophet of Islam have been recorded in the books of Hadith. One of these predictions is: “Certainly, God will The task of spreading the word of God on a global scale has been made possible in this age of technology. Muslims have now at their disposal the technology and means of communication with the potential of realizing this task of global dawah.