Why Did They Become Muslims

given me a great pleasure. Allâhu ta’âlâ’s power, compassion and
grace are boundless. The only personal treasure that we can carry
on this trek of life and which we can take to the world to come is
to offer hamd-u-thenâ [gratitude and glorification] to Allâhu
ta’âlâ, to surrender ourselves with love to that Almighty Being,
and to worship Him.
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Mrs. MES’ÛDA STEINMANN
(G.B.)
There is not a single other religion to equal Islam in its simple
comprehensibility or in its reassuring smoothness. Islam is the one
and only one religion which infuses a sense of peace and
tranquillity into the human soul, blesses man with a life of
contentment, and guides him to eternal happiness and salvation
after death.
Man is one of the various creatures of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Naturally,
there is some connection between him and the other creatures.
Allâhu ta’âlâ created man in the most perfect form. What gives
him this singular virtue is the soul that he possesses. Man’s soul
continuously endeavours to take him up to higher and higher
levels. And the only source to feed the soul is religion.
What kind of a connection is there between man and the
Almighty Being who creates him? No doubt, religion explains this.
I studied the statements made about religion by various scholars.
The following are a few examples:
(Paraphrased) from Carlyle’s work ‘On Heroes, Hero-
Worship, and the Heroic in History’:
“A person’s religion is his heart’s belief, and it is, therefore, his
most prominent characteristic. Religion is such that it goes
directly into one’s heart. It adjusts one’s activities in the world. It
shows the way one should follow and determines one’s
destination.”
(Paraphrased) from Chesterton’s book ‘If One Should Think’:
“Religion expresses the most sublime fact which a person
obtains concerning his and others’ existence.”
(Paraphrased) from Ambroce Bierce’s work ‘The Satan’s
Dictionary’:
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