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Da’wah to Atheists: Five Minutes
March 20, 2006 on 9:47 pm | In Da'wah, Gems, Islam| By Ilm Seeker
When you give da'wah to atheists, give them five minutes of your time, then move on. If you can't convince them in five minutes, you won't be able to in five centuries.
As proof that you should focus your da'wah on other then atheists, consider the Qur'an. How many verses did Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) reveal to the Jews and Christians (People of the Book)? Countless. To the mushrikeen, the polytheistic Arabs? Dozens upon dozens. To the atheists? Three to seven.
Think about that. Three to seven verses only. Subhanallah. Why? Why so few?
Belief in Allah is self-evident. It's part of the fitrah, the natural inclination of every human being. Someone who denies something so self-evident is not terribly intelligent, and definitely not worth spending effort on. (How long would you debate with someone who tells you, while outside on a sunny day, that the sun is not shining on them? Two seconds?)
Turn your purposes to more productive purposes and inshaAllah you will see more benefit from your actions.
May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) purify our da'wah and accept our good actions, ameen.
Yasir Qadhi. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Light of Guidance. University of Toronto, Toronto. March 2006.
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Asalmaualaikum warhamtullah,
oh boy, thats so true subhanAllah.
Atheist don’t deserve our precious time.
at times debatin can lead one to kufr.
Shaykh Yasir mashaAllah he is awesome lecturer. May Allah swt preserve him Ameen.
Wasalmaualikum warhamtullahi wabaraktahu.
Comment by Niqaabi1210 — March 21, 2006 #
Jazak’Allaah Kheir for the notes.
Question: Did the shaikh actually tell us the hand full of verses revealed for atheists? I only recall the one where Quran asks them “Did they create themself or where they created…”
Comment by Slave of ArRahmaan — March 22, 2006 #
Yes, the shaykh said exactly “three to seven, there’s difference of opinion”. I tend to try and write down everything word-for-word, so I’m sure he said it. Allahu ‘alim if he made a mistake.
Comment by ashiq — March 22, 2006 #
Yes he did. I meant…did he actually tell us which ones?? Like which surah/verses? I’m trying to come up with a phamplet directed towards atheists.
Comment by Slave of ArRahmaan — March 22, 2006 #
The only verse he mentioned, according to my notes, is Surah Tur, verse 35. Perhaps if you hit up Google, you might find other people who have studied the issue and gathered the verses. (If you do, please post them here in a comment. Jazaki-Allahu khayr!)
Comment by ashiq — March 22, 2006 #