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dawah

dawah

1 9.9
To invite people to learn about and accept Islam
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑːwə/
: dawah
  • During the community event, many people participated in dawah to share the teachings of Islam.

Examples

  • The local mosque regularly hosts dawah sessions to invite the public to learn about Islam and its values.

  • She organized a workshop focused on dawah to educate newcomers about the principles of Islam.

  • We had a Muslim day at Six Flags in Atlanta where there was a lot of dawah going on.

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  • I have a question to ask. I personally do online dawah on Facebook, where I quote Quranic verses for my Muslim and non-Muslim buddies.

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  • A Dawah charity shop was going to be used as a cover to recruit more people to their cause, and they planned to set up charity stalls selling cakes and perfume in Coventry, Leicester, and Walsall.

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Synonyms

da'wah
vsdawah
  • Jargon
1 9.9

An effort to invite people to accept Islam and learn about it

is the same meaning but written without the apostrophe

How Active

dawah
1 9.9
invitation
470 1.0
greeting
99 1.0

Surface Forms

dawah singular
dawahs plural

Etymology

The word dawah comes from the Arabic word da'wa, which means 'a call' or 'an invitation'. So, dawah is the act of 'inviting' people to learn about or join Islam, often through teaching or community work.