Dawah resources in Kuala Lumpur
We keep a shelf of dawah resources in Kuala Lumpur at our academy in PV8, Setapak: Qur’an translations in more than fifteen languages, pamphlets in eight, two introductory books, and a full kit for anyone who has just become Muslim.
Everything here is collected in person at the academy. We do not sell any of it.
Qur’an translations in over fifteen languages
This is the part of our shelf we are most proud of, because it is the part that solves a real problem. A visitor from Seoul or São Paulo who wants to read the Qur’an usually cannot, and telling them to find a translation themselves is not much of an answer.
We currently hold translations in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Tamil, Italian, Urdu, Filipino, Thai and Vietnamese, alongside the Arabic.
If you are not Muslim and would like one, you are welcome to it. Nobody will ask you to explain why you want it, take your details, or follow up afterwards. Curiosity is a perfectly good reason.
Stock in the less common languages runs out from time to time, so if you need a specific one it is worth messaging us first before making the trip.
Pamphlets in eight languages
Short introductions covering the questions people ask most. They are what we hand out at street dawah on Sunday afternoons, because a pamphlet gives both people something to do with their hands and makes the first thirty seconds of a conversation far easier.
Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese.
If you are a daie, take a stack. Having the right language in your hand when a visitor turns out to be Brazilian rather than British changes that conversation entirely.
Two books worth handing to someone
Why Islam? and A Brief About Islam. Both are short, both are written for people starting from nothing, and both are free.
We keep the list deliberately short. A person who has just had one interesting conversation about faith will read a slim book. Hand them four and they will read none of them, which is a mistake most of us make once and then stop making.
If you would rather read something online first, our page on what Islam is covers roughly the same ground in about ten minutes, and you can ask us anything that it does not answer.
The Shahadah Kit
When somebody takes their shahadah, the practical questions arrive immediately. How do I pray. What do I stand on. What do I say in the morning. Which book do I start with.
The Shahadah Kit is one box that answers all of that at once, given free to anyone who has just become Muslim. Inside it:
An Arabic Qur’an and a Qur’an translation in a language they read. A prayer mat. A digital tasbih counter. A kain pelekat and a kopiah, so they can walk into a mosque properly dressed the first time without having to ask anyone. A small bottle of attar. Fortress of the Muslim, the collection of morning and evening supplications. Asma ul Husna with the meanings, so the names are understood rather than only recited. Plus an introductory book, pamphlets, a bookmark and a fridge magnet.
The thinking behind it is simple. A new Muslim should not have to work out what to buy, or feel they are imposing by asking. The box removes every one of those small obstacles in the first week, which is exactly when they matter most.
Support after becoming Muslim
A box is not enough on its own, and the weeks after the shahadah are where people most often feel adrift. Three things run alongside it.
Group religion classes. Learning the basics with other people who are also at the beginning, which is far easier than being the only person in a room who does not know something.
Help with registration. Registering as a new Muslim in Malaysia involves state religious authorities and paperwork that differs between states. We help you through it rather than pointing at a website.
One to one online. If a group is not for you, or you are not in Kuala Lumpur, this runs privately and at your pace. It is also the option most people take when they have questions they would rather not ask in front of others. Sessions are free and run in English, Spanish, French, Filipino, Portuguese and Korean.
All of it is set out on the new Muslim support page.
How to get any of this
Come to the academy. We are at PV8, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Message us before you come and we will tell you which block and floor, and check we have what you need in stock.
Or find us on a Sunday. We are at Bukit Bintang and USJ from noon until six with pamphlets on the table. Walk up, take one, ask something, walk away. No obligation at all.
Or on a mosque tour. If you have booked a tour, tell your guide what you would like and they can arrange it.
Nothing here is sold, and nothing requires you to give us your details, join anything or come back.
If you are a daie rather than a visitor
These resources exist to be given away, so take what you need. A stack of pamphlets in the right languages and a couple of translations in the boot of your car will change how a Sunday afternoon goes.
If you are not doing dawah yet but would like to, everything starts on the getting started page, and all our weekly activities are free to join.