Awakening The Truth Within: An Advanced Dawah Training Course

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Awakening the Truth Within is an advanced dawah training course that takes a student beyond the basic level of dawah training. There are a number of great basic dawah training courses available. However, there seems to be a gap between these courses and extremely specialized and detailed courses in various fields within Islamic studies (e.g. tafsir, fiqh, aqidah, usul al-fiqh, Arabic, Islamic history, etc.).  Awakening the Truth Within fills this gap by presenting content that includes basic dawah training, which generally focuses on rational arguments for Islam, and adds a number of vital dimensions to the understanding of daw’ah.  These dimensions include: understanding the multifaceted psycho/spiritual/emotive states of the human being, emotional intelligence, prophetic means to dealing with the human being and more.  This course also expands the da’ie’s dawah tool box beyond rational arguments and allows the da’ie to make use of a number of epistemic and psycho-spiritual tools such as the Qur’an, Spirituality, Reflection, Natural Beauty, etc.  

This course is ideal for anyone who would like a deep understanding of how best to convey the message of Islam in the most holistic way that models the prophetic methodology.

Fahad Tasleem

Fahad Tasleem holds a BA in Economics, Graduate Studies in Middle Eastern Studies with a focus on Islamic Theology and an MSc in Business. He is a student, researcher and teacher of various Islamic sciences.

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is the author of 'The Divine Reality: God, Islam and The Mirage of Atheism'. He has an MRes, MA and a PgCert in philosophy from the University of London. He is a PhD candidate focusing on the Qur'an and the multiplicity of readings approach in understanding verses pertaining to natural phenomena. Hamza has studied Islamic thought and theology under qualified scholars.

Introduction

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Awakening The Truth Within: An Advanced Dawah Training Course

Defining Da'wah

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Da’wah
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Invitation to the way of Allah
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What is the way of Allah?
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Key Objectives: Primary Objective
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Key Objectives: Secondary Objective
6
Quiz 1
4 questions

Why Da’wah?

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It’s an obligation
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It’s an obligation 2
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Quiz 2
2 questions

The virtues & rewards

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The best wealth
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The best of people
3
The greatest struggle
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Self-Defining
5
Stronger Connection with the Qur’an
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Develop your empathy
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Quiz 3
6 questions

Knowing the one we call to

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Knowing the one we call to
2
Quiz 4
4 questions

Understanding the one we invite

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Understanding the one we invite
2
Rationality & Worldviews
3
Innate Disposition: Fitrah I
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Innate Disposition: Fitrah II
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Innate Disposition: Fitrah III
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Innate Disposition: Fitrah IV
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What is the purpose of Dawah?
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Awakening the truth within
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Quiz 5
10 questions

The characteristics of the caller

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The characteristics of the caller
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Three pillars of leadership
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Knowledge: stick to what you know
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Ethics
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Wisdom, No useless arguments, Integrity, Patience
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Courage
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Ego is the enemy
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Sincerity
9
Compassion And Kindness
10
Forbearance
11
Clear communication
12
Listen with the intention to understand
13
Quiz 6
10 questions

Main Approaches to Uncloud The Fitrah

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Main Approaches to uncloud the fitrah

Approach #1: Rational Arguments

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Rational Arguments
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Passive initiation
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Active initiation
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GORAP: GOD
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GORAP – Oneness
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GORAP – Revelation
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GORAP – Adoration
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GORAP – Prophethood
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Important Note On How To Use GORAP In 4 Points
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Quiz 7
8 questions

Approach #2: Critical Thinking

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What is critical thinking?
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How does critical thinking awaken the truth within?
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Logical fallacies & Examples
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How the Qur’an employs Critical Thinking
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Practical Approaches to using Critical Thinking: Scenario 1
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Practical Approaches to using Critical Thinking: Scenario 2
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Practical Approaches to using Critical Thinking: Scenario 3
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Final Notes
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Quiz 8
10 questions

Approach #3: Revelation

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Approach #3 - Revelation
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The effect of ayat
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Ontology of the human
4
Ayah an-Noor
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The Qur’an as a “Maidah”
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The Human Project
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The Human Project - 2
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The Human Project - 3
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The Human Project - 4
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The Qur’an as a “Maidah” - 2
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The experience of the Qur’an
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Example: Christians / Jews
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The effect of the Qur’an on the world
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Quiz 9
6 questions

Approach #4 - Experience

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The value of experience
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How do we use beauty as an approach to awaken the fitrah?
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Positive, Negative, Spiritual
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Positive Experience: Beauty + Cognitive bias: Can you trust yourself? -I
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Cognitive bias: Can you trust yourself? - 2
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Cognitive bias: Can You Trust Others?
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Cognitive bias: Can you trust others? -2
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Central thesis: Exposure to natural beauty
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Conceptualizing beauty
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Man-made vs Natural Beauty
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Experiences of natural beauty: AWE
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Experiences of natural beauty: AWE - 2
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Link to Dawah
14
Negative Experience - Trauma
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Spiritual Experiences
16
Quiz 10
8 questions

Approach #5: Character

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Moral Character
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Commitment to their wellbeing
3
Lifestyle & Wisdom
4
Conclusion
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Quiz 11
5 questions

Approach #6: Spirituality

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Introduction to Worship
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Knowing God
3
Acts of Worship
4
Al-Akhira (The Afterlife)

Shahadah

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Shahadah
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Post Shahadah & New Muslim Plan