Why Did They Become Muslims

world, and the Islamic religion is a heresy. Being an extremely
sensitive person, I was very deeply hurt by their denigrations, so
much so that I spent sleepless nights. I was unable to answer them.
I did not have sufficient knowledge, let alone about Christianity,
about Islam, my own religion. Consequently, I decided to embark
on a quintessential study of the Holy Bible and the Qur’ân alkerîm,
to increase my awareness about Christianity and Islam, and
to read books about the subject. I have been busying myself with
these studies for forty years. I received the greatest help in this
respect from the Arabic book Iz-hâr-ul-Haqq, which was written in
Istanbul by Rahmatullah Efendi of India ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’.
[This renowned book was printed in Egypt in 1280 [1864 C.E.] and
was rendered into various languages, Turkish included.
Rahmatullah Efendi passed away in Mekka-i-mukarrama (the
blessed city of Mecca), in 1306 (1889 C.E.), when he was seventyfive
years old.] After some time, the truth shone like the sun
before my eyes. I now knew everything, including the details.
From then on the would-be priests were given the answers they
deserved, and they left, agape, and their eyes downcast. Instead of
answering them in their kind by using abusive terms, I obeyed the
command of Allâhu ta’âlâ and spoke to them in a very dulcet tone.
So diligently had I studied the Holy Bible, and so undeniable were
the errors I had carefully picked out, that their desperate and futile
fumblings for an answer were drowned in their consternation at
my knowing the Holy Bible better than they did. At last they
began to respect me.
“In the meantime, I came across a book prepared by a
Protestant missionary named Geo G. Harris. Its title read, ‘How
To Christianize Muslims’. The priestly author of the book gave the
following advice: ‘It is very difficult to Christianize Muslims. For
Muslims are strongly adherent to their conventions and are very
obstinate. For Christianizing them, it is necessary to have recourse
to the following three methods:
1) Muslims are taught that today’s copies of the Holy Bible,
that is, the Torah and the Bible, are not the original Torah and the
Bible, and the genuine Bible was defiled and interpolated. Ask
them the following questions outright:
a– Do you have a copy of the real Bible and the Torah? If you
do, we would like to see it!
b– What differences are there between today’s Holy Bible and
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