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Dawah Activism

Islam Rediscovered — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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Contents (113 chapters)
  1. Preface
  2. Search for Truth
  3. Philosophy
  4. Science
  5. Mysticism
  6. Faith and Reason
  7. Natural Argument
  8. Philosophical Argument
  9. Spiritual Argument
  10. Scientific Argument
  11. The Concept of God
  12. One God versus many gods
  13. A Personal God versus an impersonal God
  14. Religion
  15. Religions Other than Islam
  16. Islam in Brief
  17. True Guidance
  18. A. Individual
  19. B. Society
  20. C. State
  21. The Creation Plan of God
  22. Discovery of Islam
  23. Why Islam Alone
  24. Prophetic Perspective
  25. Separation of Spirit and Form
  26. Communalization of the Religion
  27. The Veil of Interpretation
  28. The Obsession with Historical Glory
  29. The Man Islam Builds
  30. Internal Development
  31. External Activities
  32. Intellectual Development
  33. (Razin)
  34. The Islamic Way of Life
  35. Iman (faith)
  36. Ibadah (worship)
  37. Akhlaq (morality)
  38. The Quran portrays Muslims as individuals who “repel evil with good.” (28:54)
  39. “One who is not grateful to man cannot be grateful to God either.” (Al-Bayhaqi)
  40. Social Relations
  41. A. Individual Responsibility
  42. B. Family Life
  43. C. Legitimate Livelihood
  44. Islam As It Is
  45. Non-Violence and Islam
  46. Peaceful Beginning
  47. Success Throgh the Non-violent Method
  48. Political Revolt Unlawful
  49. The Command of War in Islam
  50. The Modern Age and Non-Violence
  51. The Manifestation of Religion
  52. A Great Opportunity
  53. Islam in the Present Age
  54. Dawah Activism
  55. Through dawah even the direst of enemy turns into a dearest friend. (41:34)
  56. Muslims Displaced
  57. Peace and Justice
  58. Conclusion
  59. Islamic Fundamentalism
  60. On Islam and Jihad
  61. Ideological Hatred
  62. Terrorism in the Name of Islam
  63. Fundamental Principles of Islam
  64. Islam and Politics
  65. The Challenge of Fundamentalism
  66. The Shariah and Its Application
  67. Lead all men to the path of your Lord with wisdom and mild exhortation. (16:25)
  68. Bear up then with patience, as did the steadfast Apostles before you. (46:35)
  69. Fight for the sake of God those that fight against you. (2:190)
  70. The Secret of Guidance and Ignorance
  71. Spirituality in Islam
  72. The Universe—a Source of Divine Inspiration
  73. A Personal Experience
  74. “God plants wisdom in the heart of one who shows disinclination for the world.”
  75. Preservation, Updating, Dawah
  76. (c) Process of dawah
  77. Contribution of Muhaddithin (Scholars of Hadith)
  78. Religious Institutions
  79. Updating
  80. Updating: Reapplication of Shariah
  81. Dawah
  82. Islam Stands the Test of History
  83. Prophetic Vision
  84. Envisioning the Future
  85. Seeing an Advantage Amidst Disadvantages
  86. Introducing Peace as the Most Powerful Weapon
  87. His Words Determine the Course of History
  88. Islamic Activism
  89. 1. Positive Status Quoism in Religious Affairs
  90. Unlimited Scope of Patience
  91. The Islamic Concept of History
  92. Creation Plan of God
  93. The Age of Perversion
  94. The Reasons for Perversion
  95. The Problem of Evil
  96. The Revolutionary Role of Islam
  97. Historical Revolution
  98. (This kind of persecution has been mentioned in the Quran as ‘fitna’). (8:39)
  99. Freedom of Choice
  100. The End of the Superstitious Era
  101. Truth Unveiled
  102. Islam in History
  103. The Eradication of Fitna
  104. The Age of Religious Freedom
  105. The Peaceful Propagation of Islam
  106. The Role of Non-Muslims in Islamic Development
  107. Conversion: An Intellectual Transformation
  108. Islam and Conversion
  109. Conversion—A universal principle
  110. The reality of Conversion
  111. Conversion—A healthy historical process
  112. A Case of Discovery
  113. Conclusion

Dawah Activism

Islamic activism in respect of its method is based on non-violence and in respect of its target is based on dawah. Dawah, in fact, is another name for a peaceful struggle for the propagation of Islam. It would be true to say that Islamic activism in fact is dawah activism.

The task of dawah is no simple one. It enjoys the status of a key factor. If this task is fully performed, all other objectives will be automatically achieved. Here are certain references from the Quran in this connection.

Through dawah the believers receive God’s protection against the mischief of the opponents. (5:67)