دعوة

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See also: دعوه and دعوى

Arabic

Root
د ع و (d ʕ w)
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    Noun

    دَعْوَة (daʕwaf (plural دَعَوَات (daʕawāt))

    1. verbal noun of دَعَا (daʕā) (form I)
      شُكْرًا عَلَى دَعْوَتِكَ لَنَا إِلَى الْمَقْهَى.
      šukran ʕalā daʕwatika lanā ʔila l-maqhā.
      Thank you for inviting us to the café.
    2. instance noun of دَعَا (daʕā)
    3. call; call to action
      عَارَضُوا دَعْوَتَهُ وَسَعَوْا لِقَتْلِهِ.
      ʕāraḍū daʕwatahu wasaʕaw liqatlihi.
      They opposed his call and sought to kill him.
    4. invitation
    5. preaching, proselytization, evangelization, missionization
      Hyponyms: تَبْشِير (tabšīr), أَسْلَمَة (ʔaslama), تَنْصِير (tanṣīr), تَهْوِيد (tahwīd), تَكْفِير (takfīr)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:14:
        لَهُۥ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَـٰسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ وَمَا دُعَاءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَـٰلٍ
        lahū daʕwatu l-ḥaqqi wallaḏīna yadʕūna min dūnihī lā yastajībūna lahum bišayʔin ʔillā kabāsiṭi kaffayhi ʔilā l-māʔi liyabluḡa fāhu wamā huwa bibāliḡihī wamā duʕāʔu l-kāfirīna ʔillā fī ḍalālin
        To Him is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it .1 And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error .

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