Why Did They Become Muslims
WHY DID THEY BECOME MUSLIMS? The book Why Did They Become Muslims consists of 3 sections. Section I is a book of Islam and Christianity. Information about Prophets, books, religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) is given, conditions of being a true Muslim are explained, the words of those filled with admiration for Islam and the lives of 42 people who being a member of other religions chose Islam are narrated. Section II is a book of the Qur’an-ı Karîm and the Torah and the Bibles as of Today. Information about today’s Torah and Bibles is given, errors in the Bible are explained; that the Qur’an-ı Karîm is the last and unchangeable book is explained scientifically. Besides, explained are miracles, virtues, moral practices and habits of Muhammad ´alayhissalâm. Section III is a book of Islam and Other Religions. That Islam is not a religion of savageness, that a true Muslim is not ignorant, that there can be no philosophy in Islam are explained along with explanations of primitive religions and celestial religions.
WHY DID THEY BECOME MUSLIMS?
The book Why Did They Become Muslims consists of 3 sections. Section I is a book of Islam and Christianity. Information about Prophets, books, religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) is given, conditions of being a true Muslim are explained, the words of those filled with admiration for Islam and the lives of 42 people who being a member of other religions chose Islam are narrated. Section II is a book of the Qur’an-ı Karîm and the Torah and the Bibles as of Today. Information about today’s Torah and Bibles is given, errors in the Bible are explained; that the Qur’an-ı Karîm is the last and unchangeable book is explained scientifically. Besides, explained are miracles, virtues, moral practices and habits of Muhammad ´alayhissalâm. Section III is a book of Islam and Other Religions. That Islam is not a religion of savageness, that a true Muslim is not ignorant, that there can be no philosophy in Islam are explained along with explanations of primitive religions and celestial religions.
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In conclusion, I pay hamd-u-thenâ to Allâhu ta’âlâ, who has<br />
guided me to the right path and blessed me with the path that will<br />
lead me to His approval.<br />
40<br />
MU’MÎN ABD-UR-RAZZAQ SELLIAH<br />
(Sri Lankan)<br />
Formerly, I was an arch enemy of Islam. For, all the members<br />
of my family and all my friends were telling me that Islam was an<br />
absurd and concocted religion that would lead man to Hell, and<br />
they were even preventing me from talking with <strong>Muslims</strong>. As soon<br />
as I saw a Muslim I would turn and walk away, and I would curse<br />
them behind their back. In those days, if I had dreamt of myself<br />
examining that religion closely, admiring it, and finally embracing<br />
Islam, I would not have interpreted it optimistically.<br />
<strong>Why</strong> did I become a Muslim? I shall give a short answer to this<br />
question. The greatest Islamic virtue that attracted me towards it<br />
was that Islam is an extremely pure, very logical, and easily<br />
intelligible religion which contains very profound pieces of advice<br />
and divine wisdom. As soon as I began to examine the Islamic<br />
religion, it impressed me very strongly and I felt that I was going<br />
to accept it.<br />
I received a Christian education. I thought that there was not<br />
another religious book more valuable than the Bible, which had<br />
been handed to me. Yet, when I began reading the Qur’ân alkerîm,<br />
I saw with amazement that that book was far an away<br />
superior to the Bible in my hand, and that it taught me so many<br />
beautiful facts that the Bible had not taught me. There were many<br />
preposterous legends and grotesque credal tenets in the Christian<br />
religion. The Qur’ân al-kerîm rejected all such things and taught<br />
men facts that they would understand and accept. I gradually took<br />
a dislike to the Bible, and held fast to the Qur’ân al-kerîm with<br />
both hands. Whatsoever I read in it, I understood it, liked it, and<br />
admired it. So Islam was the true religion. When I realized this<br />
fact, I decided to accept Islam, thus attaining îmân and the religion<br />
of peace and love.<br />
What I like best in Islam, and what attracted me to it most<br />
strongly, is the fact that <strong>Muslims</strong> look on one another as brothers.<br />
Without any discrimination with respect to colour, race, vocation,<br />
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