The mission of Muslims is dawah or the communication of the Word of God. It is in its performance that they will be held deserving of being raised in the Hereafter as the followers of the Prophet of Islam. This is expressed in the following verse of the Quran:

O Messenger, deliver whatever has been sent down to you by your Lord. If you do not do so, you will not have conveyed His message. (THE QURAN 5: 67)

Although this verse is addressed to the Prophet Muhammad, his followers are included in it. The first thing that this verse tells us is to convey the divine revelations to the people. This is the task which God wants Muslims to perform. According to the Quran, God has made the Muslims a middle nation, so that they may act as witnesses over mankind, and the messenger may be a witness for them. (THE QURAN 2: 143). This status of Muslims has been explained thus in a hadith: “You are God’s witnesses on this earth.”