Why Did They Become Muslims

eligion that belongs not only to the Arabs but also to the entire
humanity. Allâhu ta’âlâ is the Rabb of all classes of beings. This
universal quality presents a sharp contrast with the Judaic religion,
whose holy book always refers to the ‘God of Israel’.
One more thing that I love in Islam is that this religion
recognizes all the prophets ‘alaihim-us-salawâtu wa-t-taslîmât’ that
have come up to today, pays respect to them, and treats the
believers of other religions with great compassion. A Muslim can
pray anywhere that is clean, in a field and in a church alike. A
Christian, on the other hand, will not even stay at a place close to
a mosque.
The Qur’ân al-kerîm explains in the most beautiful style that
Islam is the most true and the final religion, and that Muhammad
‘alaihis-salâm’ is the last Prophet:
The third âyat of Mâida Sûra purports, “Today I have made
your religion perfect. I have completed My blessings upon you,
and I have chosen Islam as your religion.”
The nineteenth âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân Sûra purports, “Know this
for certain: Islam is the (only) religion in the view of Allâhu
ta’âlâ.”
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FÂRÛQ B. KARAI
(Zanzibar)
I accepted Islam because I admired the great Prophet
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. I had quite a number of Muslim
friends in Zanzibar. They told me very beautiful facts about Islam.
They gave me Islamic books, which I read in secrecy from my
family. Eventually, in 1940, I decided to become a Muslim at all
costs. So I became a Muslim despite the remonstrances of my
family and the oppressions of the priests of Parsee [1] religion,
which had been my religion until that time. I will not enlarge on
the consequent events that I experienced or the retaliatory
difficulties that I encountered. My family had recourse to
inconceivable measures to deprive me of îmân (belief in Islam).
[1] A corrupt religious cult, which is seen chiefly among Indian people,
and which is believed to be a sub-continuation of the Zoroastrian sect.
It is also transcribed as Parsi.
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