Quran verses about Dawah

مَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ (99)

Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And Allah knows whatever you reveal

and whatever you conceal. (Al Maidah 5:99)

Since in the Qur’an the word “da`wah” appears numerous times, only those verses that speak of or imply the preaching and spreading of Islam are dealt here. The following lines of the Qur’an contain the word “da`wah” with this connotation.

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖأُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِۖفَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ ‎﴿١٨٦﴾‏

 

If some servants of mine asked you about Me, I am indeed close and I respond to the call of a suppliant if he calls upon Me. So let them respond to My (invitation), so that they believe in Me and may be on the right side.  (Al-Baqarah 2:186)

 

أُولَٰئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ ۖوَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِۖوَيُبَيِّنُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿٢٢١﴾

Those (unbelievers) invite to fire, and God invites to paradise.  (Al-Baqarah 2:221)

وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ ۚوَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ‎﴿١٠٤﴾‏

Let there be a group of people among you who invite to goodness, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.  (Aal `Imran 3:104)

وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ  ‎﴿٢٥﴾‏

And God invites to the abode of peace and guides those whom He pleases to the straight path.  (Yunus 10:25)

قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚعَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيۖوَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ‎﴿١٠٨﴾

 Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allah; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."e  .  (Yusuf 12:108)

… قُلْ إِنَّمَا أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَلَا أُشْرِكَ بِهِۚإِلَيْهِ أَدْعُو وَإِلَيْهِ مَآبِ ‎﴿٣٦﴾

Say: I was commanded to worship God, and not to associate anyone with Him. I invite and my return is to Him . (Ar-Ra`d 13:36)

وَأَنذِرِ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ الْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رَبَّنَا أَخِّرْنَا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ الرُّسُلَ ۗأَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوا أَقْسَمْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٍ ‎﴿٤٤﴾

And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?. (Ibrahim 14:44)

 

ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖوَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُۚإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۖوَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ‎﴿١٢٥﴾‏ 

Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. (An-Nahl 16:125)

 

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ  ‎﴿٧٣﴾‏ 

Indeed you invite them to a straight path.  (Al-Mu’minun 23:73)

 

وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ  ‎﴿٢٥﴾‏

And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path (Yunus 10:25)

 

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  ‎﴿٣٣﴾‏

Who is better in speech than the one who invites to God.  (Fussilat 41:33)

 

تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ  ‎﴿١٧﴾‏

Invite those who turn back and turn away face.  (Al-Ma`arij 70:17)

 

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا  ‎﴿٥﴾‏ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا ‎﴿٦﴾

He said: I have been inviting my people day and night, but my invitation increased but flight.  (Nuh 71:5, 6)

 

 

Hadith on Da’wah: Guidance to Islam better than whole world

 

 

 

Abu Rafi’ reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “For Allah to guide a man by your hand is better for you than everything over which the sun rises and sets.”

 

 

 

Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 930

 

 

 

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Suyuti

 

 

 

عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى يَدَيْكَ رَجُلًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ وَغَرَبَتْ

 

 

 

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