Why Did They Become Muslims

eings like us. They are the most superior human beings in all
respects. Their duty is to convey to us the commandments of
Allâhu ta’âlâ. On account of their noble moral qualities and high
natures, Allâhu ta’âlâ has chosen them and given them this duty.
The Islamic religion acknowledges all the past Prophets ‘alaihimus-salawâtu
wa-t-taslîmât’ and pays them due respect.
– Islam is a perfectly logical religion. The Qur’ân al-kerîm does
not contain a single principle that cannot be understood or which
is contradictory to living conditions or scientific knowledge. All
the commandments it dictates are extremely useful. The Islamic
religion does not embody any superstitions. Preposterous tenets
like worshipping idols, images, icons, which can be accepted only
by primitive tribes and idolaters and which still exist in
Christianity, cannot have access into Islam.
– Christianity represents Allâhu ta’âlâ only as a source of fear.
Islam, in contrast, makes one love Allâhu ta’âlâ. What a Muslim
fears for is lest he should incur the hatred of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
– No one can force another person to become a Muslim. The
two hundred and fifty-sixth âyat of Baqara Sûra of the Qur’ân alkerîm
purports the injunction, “Conversion to Islam should not be
done through compulsion.” On the other hand, Christian
missionaries are trying to Christianize people by coersion or by
promising advantages.
– The Islamic acts of worship are intended only to express
gratitude to Allâhu ta’âlâ and to attain His love. The prescribed
prayer times drill people in orderliness and punctuality, and the
yearly one-month fasting trains them to have command of their
corporeal tendencies.
–Islam puts a special emphasis on cleanliness. Islam is the only
religion which commands to do a certain type of physical cleaning
before an act of worship. This strictness is totally missing from the
other religions. The brevity of daily prayers rules out the
possibility of their being a handicap to the daily chores.
– Formation of good habits such as tenderness, charity, and
compassion, which are the dominant topics of the sermons given
by Christian clergymen, but which are never put into practice by
their preachers, let alone by the preached, are peculiar to
Muslims.
– On the economic platform, Islam jettisons both the
capitalistic materialism and the communistic utopia. It protects
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