Why Did They Become Muslims

everywhere. Îsâ’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ religion was kept hidden for three
hundred years. People who were found to have belief in it were
subjected to persecution. The Roman emperor Constantine
declared that religion free in 310, and he himself became a
Christian, too. He built the city of Istanbul and moved his throne
from Rome to Istanbul. However, because the essentials of that
religion had already been defiled and forgotten, it was
degenerated into a plaything in the hands of priests. In the three
hundred and ninety-fifth [395] year of the Christian Era, the
Roman Empire was broken into two different religious states.
Those who remained adherent to the Pope in Rome were called
Catholic, while the people who attached themselves to the
Patriarch in Istanbul were termed Orthodox. Churches were filled
with images and icons. Other nations had already been living in
nescience and polytheism. The Romans captured the entire
Europe, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. They were advanced in science
and arts, yet degenerated in morals. They took to dissipation and
cruelty. They spread their immoralities in the countries they
captured. Fortunately, they did not attack the Arabian peninsula.
“The Arabs, in the meantime, remained intact in their ignorant
world. Some of them had somehow found themselves in
Christianity, some had been practising the Judaic religion, a great
majority had been worshipping idols, and others were still
adherent to the old traditions and customs surviving from the
dispensations of Prophets Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and Ismâîl
(Ishmael) ‘alaihim-as-salawâtu wa-t-taslîmât’. Most of the
inhabitants of Mekka were idolaters. The Ka’ba was awash in idols
and icons. And the entire world was in darkness and heresy.
Stranded as the Arabs were scientifically, they importantly
concerned themselves with literature. There were eloquent orators
and influential poets among them. Most people boasted with their
poetic skills. This general tendency and emulation towards
perfection was a portent of the Holy Book Allâhu ta’âlâ was soon
to reveal.” This is the end of our translation from Ahmed Cevdet
Pâşa.
No wonder if Allâhu ta’âlâ should inflict in the next world the
severest torment on those who insist on their denial despite all the
so palpable proofs testifying to the fact that the Qur’ân al-kerîm is
the true Book of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Christians’ arguments that “the
Qur’ân al-kerîm contains utterly cruel principles,” should be
answered as follows: “No. There are many passages in the Qur’ân
al-kerîm stating that Allâhu ta’âlâ is extremely compassionate and
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