Why Did They Become Muslims

[Likewise, He gives life to dead hearts with dhikr and tilâwat].
Already We have shown the signs plainly to you, that ye may learn
wisdom.” The Nâs Sûra purports, “[O Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’!] Say: I seek refuge with my Owner, the
Cherisher of mankind, the King (or Ruler) of mankind, the Judge
of mankind, (who sends them what they need and protects them
against horrors), from the mischief of the whisperer (of evil), who
withdraws after his whisper, —(the same) who whispers into the
hearts of mankind,— among Jinns and among Men.”
When a person reads these exalted statements, how could it
ever be possible for him not to believe in that great Creator and
not to seek refuge in Him? Aren’t all these enough for a person to
bask in the consciousness of a merciful creator who will protect
him as long as he lives, and thus to abide by the right way?
Islam plainly states that it is the most genuine religion and that
it has accumulated in itself all the correct aspects of those
religions previous to it. It says that all the rules written in the
Qur’ân al-kerîm, Islam’s Holy Book, are plain, clear, logical
principles intelligible to everyone. These are extremely true facts.
Indeed, if we really wish to establish a consistent relationship
between Allâhu ta’âlâ and the born slave, to unite the corporeal
and spiritual components in harmony with each other, and to
maintain peace both in this world and in the Hereafter, it is
indispensably incumbent on us to accept the Islamic religion. Our
spiritual and physical progress depends only and only on Islam’s
support.
Christianity busies itself only with spirituality and conscience
and overloads every individual Christian with spiritual and
conscientious burdens far beyond the human capacity.
Christianity prejudges man as a sinful creature and demands from
him preposterous expiations he could never understand. The
Islamic religion, on the other hand, is based on mere love. A very
deep research into Christianity carried on by a group of highly
competent scientists might finally find a tiny particle of love of
Allah among the plethora of heavy burdens only after an arduous
ransack in the people’s various moods. And then the group would
sit and lament over the fact that that tiny particle of love has been
lost for good in today’s Christianity, which is awash in
superstitions. Coleridge states in one of his books, “It is a reality
that a person who loves Christianity very much becomes
gradually alienated from Christianity and begins to love the
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