Why Did They Become Muslims

defined sin only as a result of disobeying Allâhu ta’âlâ or violating
the rights of born slaves, and acknowledged man free as to his
thoughts. According to the Islamic religion, man was responsible
“only for what he has done.”
For the reasons I have cited above, I accepted Islam willingly.
Despite the three years’ time since, I sometimes dream of the
Arab muazzin’s touching and effective voice and multifarious
people’s running from all directions and standing in lines. It is a
doubtless fact that these people, who prostrate themselves
altogether and indiscriminately, are doing so sincerely to worship
Allâhu ta’âlâ.
Haqq ta’âlâ avenges Himself on the slave through the slave,
In the ignorant’s eyes the avenger is the poor slave.
Everything belongs to the Creator, the slave’s a mere tool,
Without the Creator’s command you cannot move a leaf!
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DEVIS WARRINGTON
(Austrian)
As the Spring’s mellow, warm hand thaws out the earth after an
awfully frigid winter, likewise Islam had a similar effect on me. It
warmed my heart and clothed me with a new and lovely dress of
knowledge. How beautiful, how true, and how logical Islam’s
teachings are! How clear, how genuine, and how charming a word
it is to say that “Allâhu ta’âlâ is one, and Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’
is His Messenger.” How could one ever compare it with the
unbelievable, unintelligible Christian credo which imposes the
absurdity of “Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit”? In contrast with
these formidable, fearful and never satisfactory tenets of
Christianity, this simple and logical belief draws you towards itself.
Islam is an undefiled heavenly religion. Despite the centuries that
have elapsed since its advent, it answers all the material and
immaterial needs of humanity, not only today, but also forever.
For instance, Islam clearly states that men are equal and that
before Allâhu ta’âlâ there is no difterence of rank and position
among men, and it enforces this equality in actual life. The
Christian churches profess the same equality, yet there are various
echelons among them, such as priests of different ranks,
archdeacons, deacons, bishops, and many other ecclesiastics.
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