Da‘wa and other religions in the scriptural sources of Islam

Chapter 1 is devoted to da‘wa and other religions in the Qur’an, sīra and hadith. It provides the most thorough examination to date of da‘wa in the Qur’an. It then highlights some of the diverse ways da‘wa is narrated in the sīra and hadith literatures, giving special attention to the distinction between Muhammad’s Meccan da‘wa and his Medinan da‘wa. Chapter 1 makes clear that neither the Qur’an nor sīra and hadith present a singular vision of da‘wa. The sources provide warrant for both top-down and bottom-up approaches to da‘wa and for any number of combinations in between.