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Dawah: The Mission of Muslim Ummah
of the Jews of ancient times with regard to the
responsibility of witnessing to the Truth. God
had appointed the Jews as the witnesses of His
religion. This is mentioned in the Bible (Isaiah
43:10) as follows:
“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and
My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may
know and believe Me and understand that I am
He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there
be one after Me.”

When, in later times, degeneration set in
among the Jews, they abandoned this task of
calling people to God’s religion. This was because
their degenerated psyche had engendered in
them a narrow communal mentality. This is the
phenomenon that is known in history as ‘Jewish
supremacism’. Because of this, their concern was
now limited to their community alone. They no
longer remained well-wishers of others. In fact,
they viewed others as the enemies of their nation
because others did not accept their self-styled
claim of superiority. And so, the Jews abandoned
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