Dawah means to "invite" (in Arabic, literally "calling") to Islam, which is the second largest religion with 1.6 billion members.[15] From the 7th century, it spread rapidly from the Arabian Peninsula to the rest of the world through the initial Muslim conquests and subsequently with traders and explorers after the death of Muhammad.
IDawah isho "ukumema" (ngesi-Arabhu, ngokwezwi nezwi "ukubiza") kwi- Islam, okuyinkolo yesibili ngobukhulu nge-1.6 amalungu ayizigidigidi.Kusukela ngekhulu lesi-7, lasakazeka ngokushesha lisuka enhlonhlweni yase -Arabia laya kuwo wonke umhlaba ngokunqoba kokuqala kwamaSulumane futhi ngemuva kwalokho kwaba nabahwebi nabahloli bamazwe ngemuva kokushona kukaMuhammad.