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Otherwise Allah’s punishment will befall you. Then you will pray toHim (to escape from this punishment) but your prayer will not beanswered. (Jame-at Tirmithi)DEFINITION OF DA’WAHThe Arabic term دعا “da’wa” is derived from the verb “da’aa” whichmeans “to call; to invite; and to supplicate, i.e. to call on God”. It isused to refer to the act of conveying or calling people to themessage of Islam.In that context it is a contraction of the phase “adda’wah ilAllah”….“Say, This is my way. I invite you to Allah. I myself see my Way in fulllight and my followers see it, too….”. [Sura Yusuf 12: 108]VIRTUES OF DA’WAHDa’wah was the basic mission of all the prophets. They were raisedup among their respective people to call them to the worship ofAllah alone and to abandon the worship of the various false godsthat they had invented.“I have sent every nation a messenger [proclaiming:] Worship Allahand avoid the [worship of] false gods…..” [Sura An Nahl 16: 36]IMPORTANCE OF DA’WAHDa’wah is 24 hours’ Fard Ibadah. What Allah says in the Qur’an?Da’wah is an obligatory duty (Fard) for all Muslims. There are lots ofverses in the Qur’an that prove it and there are lots of referencesfrom the Qur’an & Hadith that prove Da’wah is a duty of allMuslims:Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 239