Why Did They Become Muslims

learning that my friend had begun to read the Qur’ân al-kerîm, I
decided to study the Qur’ân al-kerîm, too, lest I should be
outclassed by my friend, and went to the public library in my
hometown to try and find a Swedish version of the Qur’ân alkerîm.
I did find one, and presently began reading it. A book
borrowed from the library could be kept for only fifteen days. Yet
I was so deeply impressed by the Qur’ân al-kerîm that fifteen days
would be too short. So, a couple of days after returning the book
to the library, I would go back to the library and borrow it again.
Thus, returning the book after each fifteen-day period and
borrowing it again a few days later, I read the translation of the
Qur’ân al-kerîm again and again. Each time I read the Qur’ân alkerîm,
I felt deeper admiration for it, so much so that I began to
believe that Islam was a true religion. I had already decided to
become a Muslim by the November of 1950. Yet I wanted to
postpone my conversion until I had penetrated deeper into Islam
and learned its inner essence well by examining it more closely. To
this end, I went to the public library in Stockholm and studied the
books written about the Islamic religion. Among those books, I
came across the translation of the Qur’ân al-kerîm rendered by
Muhammad Alî. Although later I came to know that Muhammad
Alî belonged to a heretical group called Qâdiyânî, or Ahmadî, [1] I
reaped many benefits even from the version translated by that
incompetent person. I no longer had any hesitations as to that I
should become a Muslim. It was at that time when I first began to
talk with Muslims. From 1952 on I joined them in their acts of
worship. I had the good luck to find a society founded by Muslims
in Stockholm. I met them, and I learned many facts from them,
too. During the (holy month of) Ramadân in the hijrî year 1972, I
went to England, where I officially became a Muslim on the first
day of ’Iyd in the mosque of ‘Woking’.
Islam’s logicality was what attracted me to it most. Islam does
not contain anything that common sense would reject. Islam
enjoins belief in the unity of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Allâhu ta’âlâ is Ghafûr
and Rahîm (forgiving and extremely compassionate). He
continuously bestows blessings and gifts upon the human race so
that they should live in comfort and peace.
Another aspect of Islam that I like best is that Islam is a
[1] Please see chapter 36, Corrupt Religions, in Endless Bliss, Second
Fascicle, for heretical groups.
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