Literal Meaning
The Arabic term (دعوة) Da‘wah is a verbal noun of the root verb (دعوى) Da‘awa or (دعا) Da‘aa which has the meanings that are
- to pray,
- to desire or require,
- to call or summon,
- to invite people to food and
- to call to one’s aid.
- “A single time or act of prayer and of imprecation ‘calling down a curse that invoke to evil’ (دعاء - Du‘aa’),
- the call (نداء - Nida’)
- the call to prayer (أذان - Adhan)
- a call or an invitation to Islam ( دعوة - Da’wah)
- an “invitation to food” (وليمة - Walimah)
- confederation to aid or assist (حَلْفٌ - halfun)” (Lane, 1863, p. 884).
Technical Meaning
‘Abd al-Karim Zaydan (1981, p. 5) in his Usul al-Da‘wah defines it as: The call to Allah,
as Allah says: (قُلْ هَـذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَاْ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيَ) (يوسف: 108) “Say this is my way, I call on Allah with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follow me” (Yusuf: 108),
‘Call to Allah’ is the call to his religion, and that is Islam: (إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الإِسْلاَمُ) (آل عمران: 19) “Indeed religion with Allah is Islam” (al-‘Imran: 19) which Muhammad (a.s.w.) brought from His Lord.”
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