Ummat Islam seharusnya bertungkus-lumus untuk menuntut ilmu, ini kerana ilmu adalah teras kepada kenalnya seseorang Insan kepada Agama Islam. Sekiranya ada khilaf di antara sesama ummat Islam, ummat Islam perlulah bertoleransi untuk menyelesaikanya secara baik, musyawarah, munaqashah dengan matlamat untuk kembali kepada kebenaran.
Apabila teranglah kebenaran tersebut , maka wajiblah bagi insan untuk mengikut kebenaran tersebut , dan tidak sepatutnya untuk dia memenangkan dirinya dengan akalnya. Ini kerana akal kita bukanlah maksum dan bukanlah syarak, sehingga sombong menyatakan pendapat kita sahaja yang betul, dan selain daripada kita adalah salah. Maka wajib kepada Insan yang mukmin untuk mengikuti apa yang Allah inginkan Firman Allah :
{وما كان لمؤمن ولا مؤمنة إذا قضى الله ورسوله أمراً أن يكون لهم الخيرة من أمرهم ومن يعص الله ورسوله فقد ضل ضلالاً مبيناً}
Dan tidaklah harus bagi orang-orang Yang beriman, lelaki dan perempuan - apabila Allah dan RasulNya menetapkan keputusan mengenai sesuatu perkara - (tidaklah harus mereka) mempunyai hak memilih ketetapan sendiri mengenai urusan mereka. dan sesiapa Yang tidak taat kepada hukum Allah dan RasulNya maka Sesungguhnya ia telah sesat Dengan kesesatan Yang jelas nyata. ( Al-Ahzab 36 )
Sekiranya seseorang memenagkan pemikiranya serta meneruskan apa yang dia lakukan , maka perbuatan tersebut adalah kesalahan yang besar dan merupakan perangai kaum Musyrikin yang mengikut datuk neneknya dan mengenepikan petunjuk Nabi Saw. Orang musyrikin Menyebut :
{إنا وجدنا أباءنا على أمة وإنا على آثارهم مهتدون}
(tidak ada sebarang Bukti bagi mereka) bahkan mereka (hanyalah) berkata: Sesungguhnya Kami telah mendapati datuk nenek Kami menurut satu jalan ugama, dan Sesungguhnya Kami beroleh petunjuk menurut jejak mereka sahaja".( al- zukhruf : 22 )
Kita memohon kepada Allah Swt supaya kita memadai nikmat Islam yang Allah berikan kepada kita, dan menjadikan Negara kita aman, serta menjadikan rakan-rakan kita dekat dengan kita dengan mengikuti Al-Quran dan Sunnah Rasulullah Saw.
1. Prof. Gerald G. Goeringer "..this description antedates by many centuries the recording of .. traditional scientific literature."
Dr. Gerald C. Goeringer is Course Director and Associate Professor of Medical Embryology at the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. During the Eighth Saudi Medical Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Professor Goeringer stated the following in the presentation of his research paper:
“In a relatively few ayahs (Quranic verses) is contained a rather comprehensive description of human development from the time of commingling of the gametes through organogenesis. No such distinct and complete record of human development, such as classification, terminology, and description, existed previously. In most, if not all, instances, this description antedates by many centuries the recording of the various stages of human embryonic and fetal development recorded in the traditional scientific literature."
2. Prof. William W. Hey "I would think it must be [from] the divine being."
Dr. William W. Hay is a well-known marine scientist. He is Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was formerly the Dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. After a discussion with Professor Hay about the Quran’s mention of recently discovered facts on seas, he said:
“I find it very interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient scriptures of the Holy Quran, and I have no way of knowing where they would come from, but I think it is extremely interesting that they are there and that this work is going on to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages.” And when he was asked about the source of the Quran, he replied: “Well, I would think it must be the divine being.”
3. Prof. T. V. N. Persaud "..this is a divine inspiration or revelation.."
Dr. T. V. N. Persaud is Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There, he was the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy for 16 years. He is well-known in his field. He is the author or editor of 22 textbooks and has published over 180 scientific papers. In 1991, he received the most distinguished award presented in the field of anatomy in Canada, the J.C.B. Grant Award from the Canadian Association of Anatomists. Professor Persaud has included some Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad in some of his books - and presented these verses and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad at several conferences. When he was asked about the scientific miracles in the Quran which he has researched, he stated the following:
“...Muhammad .. could not read, didn’t know to write. - You have someone illiterate making profound pronouncements - amazingly accurate about scientific nature. [so] many accuracies - I have no difficulty in my mind that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to these statements.”
4. Prof. E. Marshall Johnson "I see nothing in conflict that ...divine intervention was involved."
Dr. E. Marshall Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. There, for 22 years he was Professor of Anatomy, the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy, and the Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute. He was also the President of the Teratology Society. He has authored more than 200 publications. In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Professor Johnson said in the presentation of his research paper:
[Summary] "The Quran describes not only the development of external form, but emphasizes also the internal stages, the stages inside the embryo, of its creation and development, emphasizing major events recognized by contemporary science."
Also he said: “As a scientist, I can only deal with things which I can specifically see. I can understand embryology and developmental biology. I can understand the words that are translated to me from the Quran. As I gave the example before, if I were to transpose myself into that era, knowing what I knew today and describing things, I could not describe the things which were described. I see no evidence for the fact to refute the concept that this individual, Muhammad, had to be developing this information from some place. So I see nothing here in conflict with the concept that divine intervention was involved in what he was able to write.”
5. Prof. Alfred Kroner "Someone 1400 years ago could not know the heavens and the earth had the same origin.."
Professor Alfred Kroner who is one of the world's most famous geologists. He is a Professor of Geology and the Chairman of the Department of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Professor Alfred said:
"Thinking about many of these questions and thinking where Muhammad came from, he was after all a Bedouin. I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very complicated and advanced technological methods that this is the case."
He also said: "Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics 1400 years ago could not, I think, be in a position to find out from his own mind for instance that the earth and the heavens had the same origin, or many others of the questions that we have discussed here."
6. Prof. Keith Moore "It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God or Allah.."
Keith L. Moore is a professor emeritus in the division of anatomy (department of surgery), former Chair of anatomy and associate dean for Basic Medical Sciences (Faculty of Medicine) at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has also worked at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is most known for his textbooks on the subjects of anatomy and human embryology.
"It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Quran about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God, or Allah, because most of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of God or Allah".
7. Prof. Joe Simpson "..knowledge in the Quran .. derived from God.”
Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson is the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Formerly, he was Professor of Ob-Gyn and the Chairman of the Department of Ob-Gyn at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was also the President of the American Fertility Society. He has received many awards, including the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology Public Recognition Award in 1992. Professor Simpson studied the following two sayings of the Prophet Muhammad:
[In every one of you, all components of your creation are collected together in your mother’s womb by forty days...]
[If forty-two nights have passed over the embryo, God sends an angel to it, who shapes it and creates its hearing, vision, skin, flesh, and bones....]
He studied these two sayings of the Prophet Muhammad extensively, noting that the first forty days constitute a clearly distinguishable stage of embryo-genesis. He was particularly impressed by the absolute precision and accuracy of those sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Then, during one conference, he gave the following opinion:
“It follows, I think, that not only there is no conflict between genetics and religion but, in fact, religion can guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional scientific approaches, that there exist statements in the Quran shown centuries later to be valid, which support knowledge in the Quran having been derived from God.”
8. Prof. Yoshihide Kozai “I am very much impressed by finding true astronomical facts in Quran."
Dr. Yoshihide Kozai is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan, and was the Director of the National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. He said:
“I am very much impressed by finding true astronomical facts in [the] Quran, and for us the modern astronomers have been studying very small pieces of the universe. We’ve concentrated our efforts for understanding of [a] very small part. Because by using telescopes, we can see only very few parts [of] the sky without thinking [about the] whole universe. So, by reading [the] Quran and by answering to the questions, I think I can find my future way for investigation of the universe.”
9. Prof. Tejatat Tejasen* "I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Quran 1400 years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means." He Makes Shahadah!
Professor Tejatat Tejasen is the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Previously, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the same university. During the Eighth Saudi Medical Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Professor Tejasen stood up and said:
“During the last three years, I became interested in the Quran.... From my study and what I have learned from this conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Quran fourteen hundred years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means. Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth, which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the one who is eligible [as the] creator. This creator must be God. Therefore, I think this is the time to say La ilaha illa Allah, there is no god to worship except Allah (God), Muhammadur rasoolu Allah, Muhammad is Messenger (Prophet) of Allah (God). Lastly, I must congratulate for the excellent and highly successful arrangement for this conference.... I have gained not only from the scientific point of view and religious point of view but also the great chance of meeting many well-known scientists and making many new friends among the participants. The most precious thing of all that I have gained by coming to this place is La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah, and to have become a Muslim.”
According to many scholars in this field, the term Da'wah (call to Islam) applies to conveying the message of Islam to non-Muslims and inviting them to Allaah. Non-practicing and lost Muslims need to be reeducated and motivated to become better Muslims; they already know Allaah Almighty and have been given the concept of Tawheed (monotheism). Some objectives of Da'wah are as follows:
(a) Conveying the message of Islam to non-Muslims and inviting them to Allaah,
)b) Making efforts to remove misinformation about Islam and Muslims from text books, reference material and media,
c) Making efforts for the integration of new Muslims into the Muslim community,
)d) To develop material resources, recruit manpower (volunteers) and provide training for Da'wah workers.
Guidance is in the hands of Allaah, but the goal of Da’wah is definitely to be a reason to convert people to be Muslims, to save them from the Hell Fire. To avoid aggressiveness as a result of that is for the caller to Islam to know that guidance is not in his control, it is by the will of Allaah.
Is Da'wah a duty on every Muslim?
Yes, it is a collective duty, if some fulfill its rights then it is not a duty on every Muslim.
In the Qur'an, Allaah has placed the responsibility on the Muslim Ummah (community) to convey the message of Islam to mankind. Allaah, TheExalted, says in the Qur'an (what means): "Thus We have appointed you a model community (Ummah), that you may be witnesses against mankind, and that the Messenger may be a witness against you". [Quran 2:143]
'Witnessing', here, means to convey the message of Islam, i.e. to call people towards Allaah.
Allaah also Says (what means): "Invite to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Revelation and the Qur’an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided." [Quran 16:125]
Prophet Muhammad completed his assignment in his lifetime by conveying the message to the entire Arabian Peninsula and sending letters to the heads of surrounding countries. In his Khutbah (ceremony) of his farewell Hajj (pilgrimage), he passed on the responsibility to every Muslim when he said : "Those who are present should convey (my message) to those who are not". [Al-Bukhaari]
Remember! Da'wah has great rewards. The Prophet said: "Whoever guides someone towards good, will receive the reward of the one who acts upon it." [Muslim]
This means, if a person is converted through the Da'wah you give him/her, you get rewards for all the prayers he/she does or all the fasts that he/she does, etc.
General tips for Da'wah
·The best Da'wah is to be a good example because people can see this without you having to talk to them.
1.You should be a good example all the time, not just when doing Da'wah.
2. Don't be a hypocrite and not follow what you preach. For example: how would it look if you tell people that Muslims can't drink alcohol and then they see you drinking.
·Smell good
·Don't act like you're better than the person or people you are giving Da'wah to.
·Don't insult the person or their religion.
·Don't tell them that they are wrong and you are right and that they are going to hell. But you have to be clear that the religion of the truth is the religion of Islam, and Allaah doesn’t accept any other religions. And if a person dies in a state other than being a Muslim, he will be in the Hell Fire. This can be done in a wide way.
·Don't get too deep in a subject you don't know much about, because if they have questions, you won't have answers.
·Use common sense to explain Islam because much of Islamic ethics and rules are based on common sense and most people can relate to common sense
·Dress according to the Sunnah, since the Sunnah of the Prophet has so much blessings in it, and do not imitate the disbeliever.
Da'wah opportunities are everywhere
Just look for them. For example: you are invited for eating food with your co-workers, and they are going to eating pork. Let them know that you can't eat it. That is Da'wah. For teenagers specifically, whenever people are talking about dating or dances, tell them it is against your religion and why. It is not permissible for a Muslim to take friends that are disbelievers (eating pork, etc.) but if it is your co-workers, or so, then advice them. Also, it is not permissible to be present in a gathering that sins are involved.
The easiest people to give Da'wah to are the ones who already believe in Allaah or some kind of deity. People who don't believe in Allaah, atheists, are the hardest to give Da'wah to. Don't be afraid to give them Da'wah, but be prepared and be knowledgeable because they always look at everything from a short sighted materialistic view.
Methodology of Da'wah
·When giving Da'wah, you have to be wise. Be careful of the words and think before you speak.
·Know to whom you speaking to. For example, try to find out what they are interested in or if they have any problems. According to that, give them their information.
·People will always be interested if it gives them an answer to their problem or it has something to do with them.
Da'wah to Christians
·First of all, the best Da'wah is by your actions.
·When doing Da'wah to non-Muslims, we should try to concentrate on what we have in common to them. For example: Islam and Christianity both believe that abortion is wrong. This is only to break the tension
·We should let them know that we share many of the same ethics and manners.
·Let them know that we believe in heaven, hell, angels, devils, the Day of Judgment, sins, repentance, and prophets.
·Let them know we only believe in one Allaah. And as a result, we worship Him alone, and explain what is the meaning of worship in Islam.
·Avoid controversial issues, like is Jesus the son of Allaah or just a Prophet. Don’t get in an argument, but it has to be mentioned clearly, that Jesus the son of Mary is a Messenger of Allaah and not His son.
·Do not insult them or put them or their religion down in any way.
·Avoid argument and debates. This only leads to ruin.
completed his assignment in his lifetime by conveying the message to the entire Arabian Peninsula and sending letters to the heads of surrounding countries. In his Khutbah (ceremony) of his farewell Hajj (pilgrimage), he passed on the responsibility to every Muslim when he said 
the son of Allaah or just a Prophet. Don’t get in an argument, but it has to be mentioned clearly, that Jesus the son of Mary is a Messenger of Allaah and not His son.