Why Did They Become Muslims

means submission to Allâhu ta’âlâ, who is compassionate and
forgiving and who always shows the right way. What on earth
could be more beautiful?
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Dr. HÂMID MARCUS
(German)
(Dr. Marcus is a renowned man of ideas, a writer, and the
founder of a magazine, i.e. the magazine entitled Berlinde
Moslemische Revue.)
I was only a child when I took an interest in Islam and began to
collect information about Islam. In the library of my hometown I
came across an old translation of Qur’ân al-kerîm that had been
printed in 1164 [1750 C.E.]. According to a narrative, Goethe had
read the same translation of the Qur’ân al-kerîm during his
research on the Islamic religion and had expressed his admiration
for the book. As I read the Qur’ân al-kerîm, I was deeply
impressed by its exceedingly logical and fascinating style of
expression that penetrated deep into the soul. How genuine and
useful the principles formulated by Islam were, was manifest in the
fact that nations honoured with Islam had been attaining the
zenith of civilization in a very short time.
When I left my hometown and went to Berlin, I made friends
with all the Muslims living there, joined them and attended with
rapt attention the interesting and instructive conferences held by
the members of the Islamic Mission. The more friendly I became
with the members of the Islamic Mission, the more closely was I
able to examine Islam. After a while I reached the conclusion that
Islam was the true religion I had been aspiring after, believed in it,
and accepted Islam.
According to Islam, Allah is One, and belief in One Creator is
Islam’s most sacred credal tenet. The Islamic religion does not
contain any irrational or unbelievable tenet. There is not a creator
besides Allâhu ta’âlâ. In Islam you cannot find a single dot
disagreeable with or contradictory to modern sciences. All its
commandments and inculcations are entirely logical and useful. In
Islam, belief and logic do not contradict each other, which is the
common blemish of other religions. Consequently, for a person
like me who has dedicated all his life-time to natural sciences,
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