dawah
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''''' (, , "invitation", also spelt , , , or ') is the act of proselytizing people to Islam. The plural is () or (). Preachers who engage in dawah are known as da'i.
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- Instance of
- field of study
- Subclass of
- proselytism
- Part of
- Islamic studies
- Has part
- Islamic missionary activity
- Religion
- Sufism
- Main subject
- Sabil Allah
- Image
- 003104 Al-Imran UrduScript.jpg
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- native label
- دَعْوَة
- male form of label
- داعية إسلامي
- female form of label
- داعية إسلامية
- work available at URL
- www.qurananalysis.com/?q=دعوة
- Commons category
- Dawah
- P11012
- Etheostoma thalassinum
- commemorates
- iman
- partially coincident with
- Dua
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- Etymology
- Early Islam
- During Muhammad's era
- Post-Muhammad
- Purpose
- Scriptural basis
- Methods
- Gentleness
- Influence in politics
- Wisdom
- Location
- Daʿwah training workshops
- Movements
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- Footnotes
- References
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''''' (, , "invitation", also spelt , , , or ') is the act of proselytizing people to Islam. The plural is () or (). Preachers who engage in dawah are known as da'i.
== Etymology == literally means "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation". Grammatically, the word represents a gerund of a verb with the triconsonantal root d-ʕ-w () meaning variously "to summon" or "to invite". A Muslim who practices , either as a religious worker or in a volunteer community effort, is called a ' (, plural ' ).
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