Why Did They Become Muslims

within the corporeal areas, but also along the spiritual extensions.
Therefore, I chose Islam not because I had lost my way, or only
because Christianity had incurred my displeasure, or as a result of
sudden decision, but, on the contrary, after very minutely studying
it and becoming thoroughly convinced about its greatness,
singularity, solemnity and perfection.
Islam is based on belief in the existence and the unity of Allâhu
ta’âlâ, entire submission to Him, which spontaneously entails
worshipping Him and thanking Him for His blessings. Islam
enjoins fraternity, goodness, and friendliness upon all the human
race, and advises them to be cleanly, spiritually, physically,
verbally, and practically. Definitely, the Islamic religion is the most
perfect, the most superior and the most conclusive of all the
religions known to humanity so far.
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Colonel DONALD ROCKWELL
(American)
Why did I accept Islam? For a long time I had been greatly
impressed by Islam’s clear logic and formal simplicity, by the
magnatizing attraction felt towards its mosques, by the great
solemnity and deep affection with which the adherents of that
religion had devoted themselves to their faith, by the profound
respect and pure sincerity in which Muslims all over the world had
been prostrating themselves simultaneously five times daily.
However, all these things were short of causing me to become a
Muslim. Only after a thoroughgoing analysis of the Islamic
religion, which resulted in my exploring a myriad of beautiful and
useful aspects in it, did I become a Muslim. A solemn and, at the
same time, sentimental, attachment to life, [which was
Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ personal approach]; a mutually
consultative method in doing daily chores; a habitually soft
behaviour flavoured with mercy and compassion in social lives,
indiscriminately; charity for the poor; property rights, which
women had been given for the first time; all these things, which
were only a few of the many other revolutions that could only be
evaluated as ‘the most tremendous’, and how aphoristical and
concise a language it is through which Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’
expresses these concepts! By cautioning, “Place your trust in
Allâhu ta’âlâ; yet do not forget to tie your camel!”, Muhammad
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