34:29 Your Aql should lead…39:20 Similarly, the creator…78:00 Our job is not to…
Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 1, 2025.

Dawah moves from creation to submission

London Muslim Mosque

“The creator is not like creation.”

The khateeb, at 39:20

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In one sentence

Effective dawah should guide sincere people from recognizing a Creator to understanding Allah's oneness, accepting the Quran and Sunnah as divine guidance, and practicing Islam through submission and action.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Uses creation, causality, and natural order to help skeptics recognize a Creator.
  2. Explains Allah's uniqueness, eternality, self-sufficiency, and distinction from creation.
  3. Trains listeners through role-play to move conversations from atheism to belief in Allah.
  4. Argues that intellect points toward revelation, while the Quran and Sunnah provide life's purpose and guidance.
  5. Defends the Quran's divine origin, preservation, inimitability, and need for contextual interpretation.
  6. Presents the Prophet Muhammad's mission, character, and life as evidence of prophethood before assigning practical outreach.
Try this week
Use simple creation and phone analogies when explaining belief in a Creator.
Move through dawah in stages: cause, Creator, Allah's attributes, revelation, and prophethood.
Pair up and practice the conversations through role-play.
Study Allah's names and attributes to strengthen outreach.
Live and demonstrate Islam through everyday actions.
Go out and practice dawah after learning the material.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Your Aql should lead you that the Quran is from Allah . Your Aql should lead you that the Prophet is the Prophet of God. After that, it's about submission, even if it doesn't make sense.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 34:29
“Similarly, the creator is not like creation. Distinct, disjointed means that I will never become a carpet. I am a human being, I will remain a human being. Carpet will remain carpet.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 39:20
“Our job is not to convince people about Islam. That's not our job.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 78:00
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb taught us how to explain our faith by helping people reflect on creation and introducing them to Allah. He described Allah as uniquely one, eternal, and free of needs, while we depend on Him. He explained that the Quran gives us guidance for life and that the Prophet's teachings show us how to live by it. He reminded us to share the message without taking responsibility for whether someone accepts it, and to let others think and speak. He also encouraged us to practice what we learn and show Islam through our actions.

  1. What is something in creation that makes you feel grateful to Allah?
  2. How can you show someone that you are listening carefully when they ask about Islam?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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