Post by A Sis From Brazil on Mar 29, 2005 1:36:15 GMT -5
I was told by muslim brothers and sister in another forum I post that reverts can be inspiring. Alhamdulillah. This testimonial was written to be posted there, and the comments it received made the statement above worthy starting this post.
I, personally, on the other hand, have been primarily and still am of late greatly inspired by born-muslims. Their steadfastness, their dedication, their love for Allah and the things they do for the sake of this love, deen and da'wa alike, are somewhat responsible for my testimony.
"It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance" (Al-Qasas, 56).
May all of us, reverts and born-muslims, be a source of inspiration to the others, whether muslim or not *Ameen*
Be invited to write your testimony here, and share with us the blessings of your reversion.
Here is a bit of mine.
My interest on Islam started when reading a novel on the Islamic Revolution in Iran, 1979. It was not the revolution itself that caught my attention, but the way the characters - perceived by me as real people by the awesome quality of the writing - related to it.
I found amazing the dedication, the submission, the love with which the Muslims described in the book faced Islam, the respect they had towards its laws, the honesty in their hearts when they proclaimed the greatness of Allah and the overall picture of a society which lived its religion daily – through prayers, fasting, good deeds and dhikr. It was August 2003.
At that time my relationship with God was broken. Some 15 years before I had dared to argue with Him about the misery lying throughout the world. How come so many innocent people were dying? How could He allow mankind to undergo so many struggles in order to survive when we were His choice, before He became ours? I told Him in my last prayer when I was 12 y.o., that He'd have to prove Himself to be everything I was told He was, before I'd ever talk to Him again.
But whether I believed it or not, Allahu Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem, and my answers came in late December after I met a Jordanian girl online and I dreamt of her praying and asking God desperately about something concerning her mother.
I told her about the dream, and she revealed to me she had just found out her mother had cancer. And when I expected her to break down, she started writing: "Soni, God is great. God is wonderful. God is patience, God is strength, God is justice, God is wise, God is magnificent, God is merciful, and this list does not end. It is all good, sweety."
I started crying. That was the answer I needed. That was the proof I needed to understand that God was everything I was told He was and much more, and that He had never forsaken any of us - not those who were still living, or those who had died. So I turned to Islam. I joined some communities at mIrc and started learning about the Qur'an. I also started studying the Arabic letters, so I'd become familiar at their sight, since many websites and communities posted some captions in Arabic.
I eventually converted to Islam in April last year. I had done it before in February with no witnesses, and I am yet to do it in a mosque - which I never visited for there are none around.
I say Islam fulfills me in a way christianity could not. One of the main facts that kept pushing me away from it was the fact that Jesus would always stand up in the way between God and man. Aside from that, Islam is more than words, it is real.
Now I strive to live it. Many times I feel falling behind with so much there is to do, and so much to know. I fail, and I forget, and many things I cannot understand. Though Allah knows, and I don't know, I don't use that as an excuse to go on failing. I wish, Insh'Allah, that each day I am a better than the day before.
Alhamdulillah
Wa salaam 3aleykum
I, personally, on the other hand, have been primarily and still am of late greatly inspired by born-muslims. Their steadfastness, their dedication, their love for Allah and the things they do for the sake of this love, deen and da'wa alike, are somewhat responsible for my testimony.
"It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance" (Al-Qasas, 56).
May all of us, reverts and born-muslims, be a source of inspiration to the others, whether muslim or not *Ameen*
Be invited to write your testimony here, and share with us the blessings of your reversion.
Here is a bit of mine.
My interest on Islam started when reading a novel on the Islamic Revolution in Iran, 1979. It was not the revolution itself that caught my attention, but the way the characters - perceived by me as real people by the awesome quality of the writing - related to it.
I found amazing the dedication, the submission, the love with which the Muslims described in the book faced Islam, the respect they had towards its laws, the honesty in their hearts when they proclaimed the greatness of Allah and the overall picture of a society which lived its religion daily – through prayers, fasting, good deeds and dhikr. It was August 2003.
At that time my relationship with God was broken. Some 15 years before I had dared to argue with Him about the misery lying throughout the world. How come so many innocent people were dying? How could He allow mankind to undergo so many struggles in order to survive when we were His choice, before He became ours? I told Him in my last prayer when I was 12 y.o., that He'd have to prove Himself to be everything I was told He was, before I'd ever talk to Him again.
But whether I believed it or not, Allahu Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem, and my answers came in late December after I met a Jordanian girl online and I dreamt of her praying and asking God desperately about something concerning her mother.
I told her about the dream, and she revealed to me she had just found out her mother had cancer. And when I expected her to break down, she started writing: "Soni, God is great. God is wonderful. God is patience, God is strength, God is justice, God is wise, God is magnificent, God is merciful, and this list does not end. It is all good, sweety."
I started crying. That was the answer I needed. That was the proof I needed to understand that God was everything I was told He was and much more, and that He had never forsaken any of us - not those who were still living, or those who had died. So I turned to Islam. I joined some communities at mIrc and started learning about the Qur'an. I also started studying the Arabic letters, so I'd become familiar at their sight, since many websites and communities posted some captions in Arabic.
I eventually converted to Islam in April last year. I had done it before in February with no witnesses, and I am yet to do it in a mosque - which I never visited for there are none around.
I say Islam fulfills me in a way christianity could not. One of the main facts that kept pushing me away from it was the fact that Jesus would always stand up in the way between God and man. Aside from that, Islam is more than words, it is real.
Now I strive to live it. Many times I feel falling behind with so much there is to do, and so much to know. I fail, and I forget, and many things I cannot understand. Though Allah knows, and I don't know, I don't use that as an excuse to go on failing. I wish, Insh'Allah, that each day I am a better than the day before.
Alhamdulillah
Wa salaam 3aleykum
