2nd session - Da'wah workshop for NTUMS - Islamic Awareness Program.@ Delivered at Masjid Ar-Razak Jalan Ismail off Jalan Eunos, Singapore.

1. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. By: USTAZ ZHULKEFLEE HJ ISMAIL 6 August 2011 – 2pm @ Masjid Al-Razak Jalan Ismail, Singapore, for NTUMS (Nanyang Technological University Muslim Society) ISLAMIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. SESSION # 2

2. DISPELLING A MISCONCEPTION All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

3. ‘ IBAADAH : From ‘AB D “ slave / servant ” thus act of servitude; unreserved submission to the acknowledged master/owner; etc. “ I have not created the jinn and humankind except that they might serve (worship) Me.” ( Qur’an: Dzariyat: 51: 56 ) All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

4. NAAFILAH : From NAFL “ to do more than required by duty or obligation ” “ And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a station of Praise and Glory! “ ( Qur’an: Isra’: 17: 79 ) All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

5. TA T OWWA-’A : From T AWA-’A “ additional obedience; spontaneity in relation to legally acceptable act; willingness to do more; etc ” “ And whosoever does more (obedience from own volition) it is better for him ! “ ( Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 184 ) All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

6. KHIDMAH : servitude; service, From KHADAM “ servant; attendant ; etc” “ The leader of a people (nation) is he who serves them” All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

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9. Differentiating the General from the Specific (technical) terms used. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) BRIEF RE-CAP OF PREVIOUS TOPIC

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13. AD-DA-‘I WAD-DA’WAH (THE CALLER AND THE CALL) MUBALLIGH MUDAR-RIS WA MU-‘AL-LIM MURAB-BI’ - MU-AD-DIB - MURSHID MUS-LI H AD-DEEN WAL-UMMAH MUJAD-DID MUJAHID - DA’WAH BIL-LISAAN BIL-QALAAM BIL-HAAL BIS-SAYF QUDWAH HASANAH MUNAZARAH All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

14. THE AMBASSADOR MEDIA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH – THINK TANK - DEPARTMENT COUNTER INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT – FIELD WORK All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

15. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ Verily, Allah loves [only] those who fight in His cause in [solid] ranks, as though they were a building firm and compact. “ ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 4 )

16. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ O YOU who have attained to faith! Shall I point out to you a bargain that will save you from grievous suffering [in this world and in the life to come]?” ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 10 )

17. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ You are to believe in Allah and His Messenger, and to strive hard in Allah's cause with your possessions and your lives: this is for your own good - if you but knew it!” ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 11 )

18. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ [If you do so,] He will forgive you your sins, and [in the life to come] will admit you into gardens through which running waters flow, and into goodly mansions in [those] gardens of perpetual bliss: that [will be] the triumph supreme!” ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 12 )

19. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ And [withal, He will grant you] yet another thing that you dearly love: succour (help) from Allah [in this world], and a victory soon to come: and [thereof, O Prophet,] give thou a glad tiding to all who believe.” ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 13 )

20. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ O YOU who have attained to faith! Be helpers [in the cause of Allah - even as Jesus, the son of Mary, said unto the white-garbed ones, "Who will be my helpers in Allah's cause?" - whereupon the white-garbed [disciples] replied, "We shall be [thy] helpers [in the cause] of Allah!” ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 14 )

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22. All Rights Reserved© Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) “ O YOU who have attained to faith! Why do you say one thing and do another? Most loathsome is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do! “ ( Qur’an: Saff: 61: 2-3 )

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24. “ INDEED, there has come unto you [O mankind] a Messenger from among yourselves: heavily weighs -upon him [the thought] that you might suffer [in the life to come]; full of concern for you [is he, and] full of compassion and mercy towards the believers .” ( Qur’an: Taubah: 9: 128 ) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

25. Allah did confer a great favour on the Believers when He sent among them an Messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error. ( Qur’an: Aali’Imran: 3: 164 ) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

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27. “ It is He (Allah) Who has sent amongst the Unlettered a messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves, to rehearse to them His Signs, to sanctify them, and to instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom― although they had been, before, in manifest error― .“ ( Qur’an: Jumu’ah: 62: 2 ) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

28. “ As well as (to confer all these benefits upon) others of them, who have not already joined them: and He is Exalted in Might, Wise.” ( Qur’an: Jumu’ah: 62: 3 ) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

29. “ Such is the Bounty of Allah, which He bestows on whom He will: and Allah is the Lord of the highest bounty.” ( Qur’an: Jumu’ah: 62: 4 ) IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE, MOST MERCIFUL. All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

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32. “ Today, those who are bent on denying the truth have lost all hope of [your ever forsaking] your religion (DEEN): do not, then, hold them in awe, but stand in awe of Me! Today have I perfected your religious law for you, and have bestowed upon you the full measure of My blessings, and willed that AL-Islam (self-surrender unto Me) shall be your religion. " ( Qur’an: Maa-idah: 5: 4 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

33. “ VERILY, in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah unceasingly. " ( Qur’an: Ahzab: 33: 21 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

34. “ Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom ( BIL- H IKMAH ) and beautiful preaching ( MAU-’IZAH- H ASANAH ); and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious ( JAADIL-HUM-BIL-LATI -HIYA A H SAN ): for thy Lord knows, best who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. “ ( Qur’an: an-Nahlu: 16: 125 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

35. “ O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness ( SHAAHIDAH ), a Bearer of Glad Tidings ( MUBAS-SHIRAH ), and a Warner ( NADZEERAH )― And as one who invites to Allah's (Grace) by His leave ( DAA-’IYAN ILALLAAH ) , and as a Lamp spreading Light ( SIRAAJAN MUNEERAH ).” ( Qur’an: an-Nahlu: 16: 45-46 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

36. “ Now whenever Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, it is not for a believing man or a believing woman to claim freedom of choice insofar as they themselves are concerned: for he who [thus] rebels against Allah and His Messenger has already, most obviously, gone astray. " ( Qur’an: Ahzab: 33: 36 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

37. “ O Prophet! Remain conscious of Allah ( TAQWA ), and defer not to the deniers of the truth and the hypo­crites: for Allah is truly all-knowing, wise.” " ( Qur’an: Ahzab: 33: 1 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

38. “ And follow [but] that which comes unto thee through revelation from thy Sustainer: for Allah is truly aware of all that you do, [O men]. " ( Qur’an: Ahzab: 33: 2 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

39. “ And place thy trust in Allah [alone]: for none is as worthy of trust as Allah. Never has Allah endowed any man with two hearts in one body " ( Qur’an: Ahzab: 33: 3-4 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

40. “ Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says "I am of those who bow in Islam" ( Qur’an: Fussilat: 41: 33 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

41. “ He (Allah) grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and he to whom wisdom is granted receives indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the message but men of understanding .“ ( Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 269 ) All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011)

42. “ The best ones amongst you is the person who makes your remember Allah when you look upon him; and whenever he speaks it increases you your knowledge (of the Deen), and with his deeds it inspires (motivates) you to strive for your Hereafter.” ( Hadith reported by Hakim from Ibnu ‘Umar r.a .) Prophet Muhammad s.a.a.w. said: All Rights Reserved © Zhulkeflee Hj Ismail (2011) TO BE CONTINUED – INSHA-ALLAH!

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