Discover the meaning of the term Aldaay (داعي) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readAl-da'i: the cause. Al-da'iyah: one who calls to a religion or an idea, the final ha expressing intensification; the one that calls to itself while being known for its corruption; the invitation. In the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to Heraclius: 'I invite you by the invitation (da'iyah) of Islam,' that is: by its invitation.
The claim. Milk: what is left in the udder to call forth what follows. Ad-du'a: the speech by which Allah is invoked (plural: ad'iyah); the call.
In the Noble Quran: 'Do not make the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another' (An-Nur, 63). Ad-du'a to the thing: urging the seeking of it. In legal terms: the servant's asking of his Lord in a state of supplication; the word may also be applied to sanctification and glorification and the like (al-Najafi).
Ad-da'ah: one who calls much; the forefinger with which one calls. Ad-da'wah: that to which one is invited, food or drink; the single occasion of the call. In the Noble Quran: 'And when My servants ask you concerning Me, indeed I am near: I respond to the call of the caller when he calls upon Me.
So let them respond to Me and believe in Me, that they may be rightly guided' (Al-Baqarah, 186). The oath.