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Now we have an important chapter about many of the questions that we may face while spreading the proper information about Islam.

So we will start with the easiest

It is crucial to remember again that our goal is to invite and inform in the best manner possible. So to facilitate our work we have selected a number of questions and provided answers to these questions as example of how we should provide the information. The content must be in accordance with the textual authentic evidences from the Quran and Sunnah.

Historical Events

Also it is very  important as we increase our knowledge and experience in Da’wah (invitation to Allah) to also study the historical events that have marked the country from which our invitee is from. Because to build our arguments and our dialogue with the person we are inviting using examples that the invitee can relate too can be very useful.

For example with a common argument issued from media propaganda that some westerners often use against Islam and Muslims is that Muslims are terrorist and Islam is violent.


If we are working to inform some non muslims from south America about Islam it might be useful to know how the western Christians colonized the south American continent and how many millions of indigenous people were slaughtered in the name of a superior civilization that came to teach the poor “savages” the real meaning of life.

For example with a common argument issued from media propaganda that some westerners often use against Islam and Muslims is that Muslims are terrorist and Islam is violent.

Similar arguments can be used with north America and slavery trade in both south and north America. Likewise if we research just in recent European history the death toll of world war I and world war 2 that did not involve any muslim “terrorist “ we can bring out the argument of who are the terrorist . We can add also the use of the atomic bombs that was dropped on civilian populations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

There is also the stealing of natural resources in many countries colonized by European nations in many different parts of the world throughout the last 200 years. And there is no such events in the history of Islam and how it propagated to Africa Asia and far east Asia and some European countries. It is the hearts that were conquered because the Islamic creed and social system that it implements is a liberation from mental and material slavery.

Reason And Logic As Tools For Da’wah

In Islam reason is the fundamental pillar on which faith is build. And the search of knowledge is an obligation for all male and female believers.

Reason (al-‘aql), the God-given ability to acquire knowledge and recognize truth, has been assigned an exalted status in Islam. Rational thought and the resultant disciplines of logic and science are essential for understanding the divine revelation and its relationship to the natural world.

In contrast, indulgence in irrationality and unreasonable thinking is a means of disgrace, violence, and destruction.

It is by reason that we may know with certainty that Allah created the world and has subjected its nature to universal laws.

Allah said:

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Verily, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the ships which sail through the sea with benefits for people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every creature, and in His directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason. [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:164]

Allah said:

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِأَمْرِهِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Verily, in that are signs for people who reason. [Surah An-Nahl 16:12]

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Here are some testimonies said by western orientalists and philosophers praising the Islamic discourse values and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Michael Heart, an American astrophysicist and author, wrote:
“My choice of Muhammad (PBUH)  to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religion and secular levels.”

“Muhammad (PBUH)  founded and promulgated one of the world’s great religions, and became an immensely effective political leader. Today, thirteen centuries after his death, his influence is still powerful and pervasive.”

Michael H. Hart
The 100 A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History,p.3.

Lamartine (d. 1869) a French writer, Poet, Politician said:
“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad (PBUH) ? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes.

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