In the previous ages, we could convey God’s message to people on a minimal scale and only at a local level. The present age provides us with innumerable opportunities to call people to God. By availing them, we can not only carry on this task effectively, but at a global level. But there are some necessary conditions for this to happen and they must be kept in view.
To avail of the opportunities at the time, the Companions of the Prophet of Islam had to leave their countries to settle in other countries in spite of the culture, language, and everything else being totally different there. Today, dawah can be performed globally wherever we are due to print and electronic communications developments. Similarly, while travelling, one was hindered in one’s journey due to unavoidable obstacles, such as mountains, jungles, and oceans. However, in today’s age, aeroplanes have the potential to rise above all obstacles and have made travel swift and convenient. These opportunities can be used to take the Divine Message to all.
A verse of the Quran states: ‘God will surely help him who helps His cause—God is indeed powerful and mighty.’ (22:40)
This means that God is waiting to extend His help to those who devote themselves to the task of calling people to God. If dayess get up and do dawah work using the innumerable opportunities the age has to offer, God’s help will come to them from all sides.
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Calling people to God is one of the most challenging tasks. But God, by His special grace, has made the path smoother for us by making such advances in human history as have opened up new and better opportunities for us to spread His word, especially in the modern age. Today, fast travel, global communication, and industrialization greatly facilitated global movement and connectedness, and increased economic possibilities. Thanks to these changes in modern circumstances, people are traveling in great numbers, for tourism, business, service, and many other reasons.
That is why, today, Muslims are to be found in great numbers in every part of the world. It is often the case that those Muslims who have settled in different countries or keep traveling to different countries interact regularly with non-Muslims. In the course of this global interaction, the introduction of Islam continues on a regular basis, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly.
Interaction in itself is a means of performing dawah work. When Muslims meet non-Muslims in normal circumstances, for various reasons Islam repeatedly comes under discussion. In this way, the interaction of Muslims and non-Muslims itself becomes a conduit for the introduction of Islam.
The result of this interaction is very much evident, because of the widespread introduction of Islam in different forms. However, despite the increase in global interaction, the introduction of Islam is not taking place as satisfactorily as it should. The reason is that in present times, Muslims are not conscientious about performing dawah work. If Muslims were to be more aware of the necessity for dawah, the outcome would be extraordinary.
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The modern age is the age of opportunities. This exigency has opened up the opportunity for man to perform this great divine task. Believers must stand and avail of these opportunities to take the word of God into each and every home. Those who come forward to carry out this divine mission of dawah will receive special succour in this life and will be held deserving of great honour in the life hereafter.
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Tourism presents believers with opportunities to engage in global communication of the divine call without leaving their hometowns. Earlier, a dayee had to undertake very arduous journeys for the performance of this task. This global movement of tourists offers believers a great dawah opportunity. This situation demands that the believers are fully conscious of their duty and prepare themselves accordingly so that all these new opportunities may be tapped for the purpose of dawah.
Moreover, we should use these opportunities to distribute such literature as addresses the modern mind, presents Islam in the contemporary idiom, and explains that all the teachings of Islam are based, directly or indirectly, on the principle of peace. With the Grace of God, Goodword Books and CPS International have such literature. For dawah work to be effectively carried out, copies of the Quran and such literature must be made available at tourist spots and other places where people gather.
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