Why Did They Become Muslims

ooks that any unprejudiced and cultured person who reads them
will see that Islam is the latest true religion, that it is agreeable with
all modern sciences and understandings, that it does not contain
any superstitions, and that its creed is based on the unity of Allah
instead of a preposterous dogma called Trinity, and will presently
believe in Islam. An attentive retrospection will reveal that belief
in the unity of Allah is the basic and unchanged element in the
succession of true religions, that, whenever a true religion was
disfigured by people, Allâhu ta’âlâ sent a new Prophet ‘alaihissalâm’
to restore it, and that Islam is the final, the most scientific,
and the most consummate link in this chain of true religions. In
this connection, the comparison made between Islam and
Christianity by Is-haq Efendi of Harput, who occupies a few of the
previous lines and a considerable amount of the following passages
of our book, divulges the fact that the two religions share the same
basic credal tenets and that Christianity was interpolated and
defiled by Jews afterwards.
Another point that must be dwelt on is the comparison of Islam
and Christianity on the ethical platform. A close study of this
chapter of our book, reinforced with a scanning of the eighth
chapter of Could Not Answer, another book we have published,
will uncover the fact that the two religions treat the same subjects
in identical manners and enjoin identical commandments on
humanity. Today, if a Christian believes in one Allah instead of
three gods and in Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ the final Prophet, he
will become a Muslim. Most of today’s common-sensed Christians
reject the dogma of Trinity, provide various explanations to
interpret this dogma, and believe in one Allah. A number of
Christians have realized this fact and become Muslims willingly.
These things are dealt with in the initial part of our book, under
the caption Why Did They Become Muslims. Human soul is fed on
religion. A person without a religion is identical with a body
without a head. As the body needs to breathe, to eat and drink,
likewise the soul needs religion to realize a perfect personality, to
purify itself, and to attain peace. An irreligious person is no
different from a machine or from an animal. Religion is the
greatest element that makes man know his Allah, protects him
against malpractice, clears his way, salves his brain, consoles him
at times of affliction, gives him material and spiritual power,
provides him respectability, honour and affection in society, and
protects him against the fire of Hell in the Hereafter.
By the time you finish reading this part of our book, you will
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