Daʿwah (Arabic: دعوة, Arabic: [ˈdæʕwæ], "invitation", also spelt dâvah, daawa, dawah, daawah or dakwah[1][2][3]) is the proselytism for Islam. The plural is daʿwāt (دَعْوات) or daʿawāt (دَعَوات).