Islam stories from great people part 1
There are some Islamic stories from great people that at the end of his they embraced islam, glory to Allah guide them to get real goodness in the world and the hereafter, Amen.
- OK. The story at the beginning from the Philippines named Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (Jamaica).
A glimpse at its history
About his early life
"Although on Jamaica born, I had made my training in Canada." I was a Christian and graduated as a biochemist. During this time, communism fascinated me and I visited China. Some properties of China impressed me. During this time, several American University campus were flooded by unrest and violence. There was injustice, and radical discrimination against the black people of America. I became a Communist from a desire for equitable economic distribution.
Back in Canada, I became a member of the Communist Party. But then I got to know closer the Communists. There were bad things. There was indiscipline in the life of the leader. The excuse of the Group was that everything would change after the revolution. There was much embezzlement of taxpayers. I wanted to go to China to get training in guerrilla tactics. But the Chinese, who was been sent to the recruiting on behalf of Chinese, was himself a chain-smoker. I was in shock without end. The disaffection against communism began."
Specific questions about socialism began to deal with him, particularly his ability to build a new society. "There seemed to be no moral basis for communism and socialism," Baker says. "If the mass alcoholism, homosexuality, child abuse or what have always considered morally, then it was for these companies in order. In New York, it is now legal to possess marijuana, although the sale is still forbidden. In England, homosexuals can get married now. That worried."
Encounter with Islâm
"During this period there was also a black movement, known as a"Nation of Islâm"or" Black Muslims ", founded by Elijah Muhammad, who although a religion called Islâm had figured, but deviated from the actual faith of Islâm.
In our group of students in Canada, there was a sister who had embraced Islâm. Her brother had also accepted Islâm. I read some of the books by Elijah Muhammad, not impressed me, because they contained radical hatred of whites. I was unwilling to look at the whites as Devils. This was not the real Islâm.
The first book, that left me with an effect, was "Islâm the misunderstood religion" by Muhammad Qutub. I understand that Islâm is perfect. This convinced me intellectually."
The book was a comparison between Islâm, socialism, communism, and capitalism from social, economic and moral point of view. It may be dry for a more spiritually-oriented person, but since Bilâl was politically-oriented, it was exactly the right thing for him. The book about the Islâm of Maulana Abul Maudoodi (towards understanding Islâm) presented a comprehensive overview of Islâm.
"I studied the role of Islam in the liberation of the African Nations from European colonialism, such as Morocco, Libya and Italy. I learned that Islâm doesn't teach to turn even the other cheek."
He won the conviction that Islâm is the best way to bring about an economic and social revolution in Western society. Eager he read everything that was in English about Islâm available.Another point, who impressed him was that began the revolution not with the vibrating in existing socio-economic systems, but with the change of the individual itself.
Baker decided that if he is Muslim, then he would it totally. There should be no half measures for him. "My life was at the time already fairly modest and the discipline of Islam was not the biggest problem. But it is normal that if someone converts, Satan is taking efforts to to change his mind. At the time, I smoked and drank on rare occasions. But a voice inside me said now: "You're ready, all these joys that means to give up, you never touch them?" That sowed doubts in my mind and brought me to the reluctance to explain my conversion."
Baker took as much information about Islâm from different directions, he was confused. To be able to deal with the flood of information, he decided he had to go to the East, to the actual source of Islam and educate themselves even in the Arabic and Islamic studies.
So he applied for a scholarship from the Islamic University of Madîna. He was accepted, and left for Saudi Arabia.
The dream
Bilâl had something what can be described as a spiritual experience. "I was in my room and some friends sat at my desk and have read. I was halbwach and then I started to dream. I dreamed that I was driving with my bike in a department store.Further, I just drove it got darker. I began to worry. I felt that I was driving as far as I could. As I turned around, I haven't seen the outcome. I was in total darkness. At this moment, real fear which I had never before felt seized me. When I look back, I clearly is that it was the fear of dying. The feeling was that if I got out here, I would never come out. It was the end.
I began to cry: ' help! Help me!' I tried with all his might to scream, but the words did not come out, adding in my throat. My soul cried, there were people who were sitting in the room, and yet no one heard me. I went on for a while, until it became clear to me that there was no hope. There was no one who could help me. At that moment, I gave up and left me to death. When I resigned, I woke up all of a sudden."
This dream has left deep impressions in Bilal's mind: "no one could save me out of this situation, only God was the one who took me out of this state of absolute despair and brought me back."
Later he found the confirmation of his faith when he read the following verse in the noble Qurân: "Allâh takes the souls (of people) at the time of her death (to himself) and (also the souls of) those who are not dead when they sleep. Then he retains that which he has imposed the death, and sends the others (again) up to a certain period of time (back to life). People who think there are signs for sure. " The dream on Bilâl had a strong sense that God was real and he accepted Islâm in February 1972.
Bilâl about da'wa working for US troops during the Gulf war
"During the Gulf war I worked the U.S. armed forces in the deserts of Saudi Arabia under the supervision of the Department of religious affairs of the air force. The US troops had the typical prejudices about Islâm. In the United States, it had to get them to get even 10 feet wide to mosques. We took them into mosques.They were impressed by the simplicity of the atmosphere of the Interior of a mosque.
When they arrived in Saudi Arabia, the place appeared dressed with black Hidschâbs them strange, with women. They called it the "UBO", unknown black objects (Unidentified black Objects).But the experiences that they collected in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. troops opened their eyes. They learned openness and warm hospitality in the tents of the Bedouin of the desert, which she hosted with fresh dates and milk. They had experienced this hospitality either in Korea or in Japan, where they had been for decades.
Later, I went back to the United States and established an Islamic Group of the U.S. Defense Department. Other Islamic organizations in the United States are also in contact with these troops. Nearly 3,000 US troop members accepted the Islâm than they were in Saudi Arabia. Believe me, Saudi Arabia is the only place on Earth where US troops have left no 'war children' and the liquor was rationed. In the tents, US troops discussed the Islamic teachings and practices. These Muslim troops are the ambassadors of Islâm among the U.S. troops now."
I began to cry: ' help! Help me!' I tried with all his might to scream, but the words did not come out, adding in my throat. My soul cried, there were people who were sitting in the room, and yet no one heard me. I went on for a while, until it became clear to me that there was no hope. There was no one who could help me. At that moment, I gave up and left me to death. When I resigned, I woke up all of a sudden."
"During the Gulf war I worked the U.S. armed forces in the deserts of Saudi Arabia under the supervision of the Department of religious affairs of the air force. The US troops had the typical prejudices about Islâm. In the United States, it had to get them to get even 10 feet wide to mosques. We took them into mosques.They were impressed by the simplicity of the atmosphere of the Interior of a mosque.
2. Khadija Watson (United States)
Professor, theologian, missionary, pastor, preacher, fundamen-talistische Christian.
... and yet, years six ago, after I was brought up in the Christian Church, (first as a Roman Catholic, then as a reborn, spiritual Christian) and after I had made my diploma as a pastor, a Bachelor's degree and a master's degree in theology, I embraced Islâm. What was it that prompted this radical change?I began to make the Christian doctrines in question when I was studying for my master.
It belonged to my habits, to read the Bible, once each year for 12 years. I did this in addition to what I read for my sermons, lectures and studies. It was during this reading that certain contradictions I noticed. For example, the Christians teach original sin Genesis 3, but her is in Ezekiel 18:1-22 objected. If this fundamental doctrine is not true, then the framework of Christian doctrine in which coincides. I saw these things when I was reading, stopped reading and after pondering over it, but I never had the time to explore it because of my studies. During my 8 year old, we read the Bible book for book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. But we never did cross-comparisons, so the contradictions were never addressed. It was also the first time that we not studied the history of the Church on the basis of contemporary history, from the Bible. At this point, I began to doubt the Christian doctrines, which at the time still not been Jesus. It began rather 325 years later, starting with the doctrine of the Trinity.
The word "Trinity/Trinity" do not exist in the Bible, in any Bible in the world, in the original Greek or Hebrew languages [so the languages in which the Bible originally written]. This doctrine (the Trinity) was introduced in the first of four councils, have characterized Christianity today, but because the Catholics at the time did not want them, she inserted 68 years later again at the second Council of Nicäa. It took from the doctrine of the incarnation, through which Jesus could be at the same time God and man to the doctrine of reconciliation or the perfect victims more than 100 years, all these lessons to develop and formulate.
I had always the longing in my heart, to know more about God.One day I went to my professor and said: "there must be more Christianity there, as we teach. We tell people that they are 'reborn' must (which means, that it makes a personal statement and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and your sins to forgive and to make you a new person) or you have to 'the Holy Spirit meet', to be 'born again'. When the Holy Spirit enters one, you can see it because that one speak in foreign tongues. (I've seen both these experiences, although not recognized by all Christians or communities as necessary.) There are many struggles and theological differences between the different directions in Christianity. Some Protestants don't see Catholics as Christians, because they to Mary, the mother of Jesus worship and veneration of saints have. Baptists have nothing to do with non-Baptists. In addition, there are Methodists, Wesleyaner, Presbyterian, Kongressionelle, and thousands of independent churches, belonging to no school. They all differ in doctrine and in the interpretation of the Bible. I had the feeling that, if what we taught was originally, there should be no different religious communities. There should be a visible change in the society around us. Instead, the society is decadent and in a worse state than it was 50 years ago! The (so-called) Christian countries are among the worst." My professor was speechless and could give me no answers.
I went on and graduated with my master's degree in theology in 1993. A month after graduation, I decided to study German. One of my classmates was a doctor who had spent 6 years in Dubai.We became friends and I noticed that he asked me about the old testament. I, however, asked him about the culture in the Middle East. (I was never interested in Islâm, though my main focus during the study period of missionary activity. We had lectures on Islâm, Buddhism, Hinduism, animism and Catholicism and also some cults. My interest, it was a tribal religion on animism.)When we were together, I noticed that he was different. He wanted to pray always, but in a Christian way. When we were out there, he gave money to beggars always. To this end, he had even a bag of coins in his car. One day I said to him that if I knew him better, I'd say he was Muslim. He confessed to me that he was converted to Islâm in Dubai, but never told his family. When he returned to the Philippines, he drained it and prayed, and no longer practiced. His family consisted of devoted Catholics, he was no longer connected with the Catholic Church itself, rather with the Protestant. It was at the time, when I met a Philip Pinin, who had converted to Islâm, while she was working in Saudi Arabia. I lived at the time in Manila and although there are Muslims, not just looking at them. It was strange that I met two Muslim people in such a short time. I knew that God intervened by ordinary circumstances in my life, I said in jest: "Okay God, what do you want me to say?"
I asked them about Islâm and the first thing I wondered was how women are treated. It is known (as we in the West learn and hear in the media), that Muslim women second-class citizens are and without rights. They have to hide in the Abâya/purdah because her husband doesn't want anyone to see them. They must stay in the House and even the husband has the right to beat them! I was surprised by her reply. She said that wives and mothers in Islâm are highly respected. She explained to me that the women cover themselves because it is a commandment of God that protects the women. She also claimed that abuse by the husband is not part of Islâm. I was so sure that what I had learned, was right and I was ready to give all my sympathy to this poor, oppressed Muslim women. When I heard the truth, when I was confronted with the deception was taught us, I began to ask more questions: who is God? Who is Muhammad for the Muslims?At the time, I taught at College, so that my questions were already quite deep. She said that she was Muslim itself is not long, and although she could answer themselves, not all of these questions, she wanted to accompany me to an Islamic Center, where you could.
When I heard that, I prayed: "Mr (at the time I mean Jesus), when this comes from Satan or demons (and Christians about Islâm think that), it show me." I'm not going not once." Ultimately I was not there add me to the influence of something demonic. I felt no hesitation, so I went with her (but more carefully). I was surprised by the way, how they treated me. I taught theology. I know that there are many strategies and methods that are used when you want to get someone to follow the religion. They have used none of them! There was no psychological manipulation, no subtle influence, no alarm, no "we come to you home and read Qurân with you", as the Christians use biblical studies and no phone calls. They were just out and sincere. They gave me some books and said that I could come back if I had questions and they would love to answer them for me. I went home and read all the books they had given me.
I was intrigued and surprised. This was the first time that I actually read a book about Islâm written by Muslims. All the books I have read ever during my eight-year study about Islâm, have been written by Christians. These books show what they think about Islâm. But two very different views of what they think, what is Islâm and what Islâm really is. The Christians are honest, they are really wrong. The next day I went back and we discussed for 3 hours. That was so for a week. At the end of this week, I had read 12 books and spent more than 15 hours in discussion. I had studied for 8 years Christian theology. At the end of the week, my mind (head knowledge) knew that Islâm is true. Have I since accepted Islâm? No, because even back then I was a hypocrite.Islâm was not in my heart.
Among the first questions I asked this week, was: who is Allâh?You taught us that the God of Muslims would be a Pagan God (Allâh is something like a Hindu God, but his name and that Muslims pray). I was surprised to find out that Allâh is the Knower, the Almighty and omnipresent God. He is the creator, the preserver and utilities. This did not fit securely to my studies on Pagan and realized "this is certainly not a Pagan God." There are secret rituals, nor any mediator. He is the one and only God, without a partner. That the Trinity precludes, where God is three: father, son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit forever and all equivalent.We would like to ask our Christian friends, who Jesus was, when he was supposed to die on the cross and said "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachtani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?) (Mat 27:46) He spoke to himself? Maybe now they say: "No, that was the human part of Jesus (doctrine of the incarnation, where Jesus is at the same time God and man)." A man suffers human suffering, they can say. But if you would say that, then Jesus was not the perfect victims (doctrine of reconciliation), because all people of original sin are born according to Christian doctrine, so the sin that afflicts the human since Adam and Eve. If he was born without sin, then he would be less human and could understand not temptation and sorrow.
The second question I asked was: who is Muhammad for the Muslims? I was surprised to learn that Muslims not to Muhammad pray like Christians to Jesus. The Prophet Muhammad is a mediator. Muslims ask Allâh at the end of the prayer to bless him and his family the Prophet Abraham exactly as you ask Allâh and to bless his family. He came up with same message, which brought all of the prophets, including Jesus. This message is to serve - Allâh the one, true God. Moses spoke to the people of Israel: "hear Israel! The Mr our God is a God and ye the Lord, love your God with all my heart, with your mind, with all your strength." (Deut. 6:4) Jesus delivered the same message: "Hear, O Israel, the Mr, your God is one God and ye the Lord, love your God with all my heart, with your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:29, 30) Note: Jesus a God said not three in one! Jesus himself has never claimed to be the son of God what people said to him after all. He has always considered the son of man.
Each Prophet brought the same message, but there was a distinction in the delivery of the message. The message of Moses was delivered during the plagues in Egypt. What Jesus Embassy has awarded, was the drive away demons and the resurrect from the dead by the power of God. That what Muhammad Embassy has awarded, is, that the noble Qurân the Prophet was revealed who could neither read nor write.The message of Moses and Jesus sent a special people; the Jews. In the Bible, the words "Hear O Israel, O hear Israel" are always reviewed by the prophets, also by Jesus. The noble Qurân was brought not a specific people, even though the Prophet was Arab and his language of Arabic. Allâh says in the noble Qurân (more than 20 times), that the Islâm of all mankind was sent!
The third question I asked was: what are the words of prayer? Of course, we have seen all images of Muslims, the towards Ka' kneel ba in Makkah for prayer. We used to think that the Muslims believe that the black cube is their God or they think that God is in it. Again, this shows the ignorance that have lots of non-Muslims and Christians in particular, when it comes to understand Islâm.Prayer and Holiness for me as a Christian always of paramount importance were, I was very interested to learn about the art and the words of prayer.
They said: "the first approach to prayer is purity, physical and mental. Allâh, the creator of man, is the only one who has the right to say how we should kick in prayer before him." Earlier, as a Catholic, I've knelt me to prayer and made the sign of the cross.Later, as a Protestant, we lifted up our hands, sang, slapped, called, danced and cried. In our ignorance, we thought that this is the right way to God. He tells us the exact route we should take to him (5:6) in the noble Qurân. We should wash our hands, faces and arms over our heads and wipe feet. If we make it so, the small sins we have carried out with these parts of the body, are washed away. Then we take a standing position, the face turned on Makka (the focus of our prayer) and we lift your hands and say Allâhu akbar (God is greater). After that, we say the first Sura of the noble Qurân:
"In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. (All) Praise belongs to Allâh, the Lord of the worlds, the most gracious, the most merciful, the ruler on the day of judgment. We serve you, and to you alone we plead for help. "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom you have bestowed favor, not of those who have attracted (your) anger, and not the astray!" (Sûra 1:1-7)
Then we lift our hands to his shoulders and say "Allâhu akbar".Then we bend over us and put your hands on your knees and say "Subhâna rabbiya l-' Adhîm" three times or more. If we focus on, we say: ' Sami' Allâhu liman Hamida Rabbanâ wa laka l-Hamd. "And again "Allâhu akbar". Now the praying on the floor throwing down and says three times or more "Subhâna Rabbiya l-' alâ '.Then he comes into a sitting position on the feet and ask Allâh for forgiveness for his sins ("Rabbi ghfirlî" twice) and again takes the position of prostration, in which he again repeated three times "Subhâna Rabbiya l-' alâ '.
I was so taken aback to hear that I called the words of this prayer: 'there is nothing objectionable in this prayer! It's a prayer, praise God!" The words of prayer and the execution by the guidance of God came, as the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel received. This is the way, pray the angels in heaven before the throne of God. Imagine that! The Muslims are the only people who like the angels in heaven pray pray! To do this, if you forget that time, Muslims are instructed to pray, which are determined by the course of the Sun at certain times. This means that, with the rotation of the Earth only the Muslims before the highest and only God - Allâh - at any time pray around the clock.
The last issue I had was about the authenticity of the noble of Quran. The Bible consists of 66 books (the Catholic version even more) and brings together over 40 different authors. For some books the author is unknown or not called Ruth of Old Testament and Hebrew, for example for the book in the New Testament.Although Hebrew is attributed to Paul, his signature appears nowhere and in the middle of the book, the writing style is changed. Of course the average Christian doesn't know that and if you do not just a theological degree, you will not just find out by reading the Bible. In the Bible there are two languages: Hebrew in the Old Testament and Greek in the New Testament.
None of these languages can be in the languages confused we know today. I've also never heard that Jesus Greek spoke! I had to study both languages during my courses. I was impressed to find out that the noble Qurân has only an author is God - Allâh - itself. Each Sûra, begins one, with "In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful." Not like in the Bible, which in the old testament begins with "the book (by)..." or in the New Testament with "the Gospel according to...". By the way, according to the biblical scholars, Matthew, mark and Luke have been no companions of Jesus. They were students of Peter and Paul.Markus has written in the year 68 ad, the oldest Gospel. Many scholars believe that Matthew by Markus has copied and that Markus has some of his information from another source called only Q. In both his Gospels and the book of acts, Luke specifies that his information only from second hand is. The Gospel of John was written around 100 ad. Like I said, when you don't study theology, you will hardly find out these things.
Something different from what me impressed is the fact that the Qurân remained unchanged in 1421 years! What we read today is exactly what the Prophet Muhammad was revealed. When one reads a translation of the Quran, are often also the Arabic original in addition. You must remember a translation is not a transfer. (There are differences in the style of grammar and structure, as well as in the phrases that can never really be translated in any language. Therefore, a translation is complemented with the meaning of what is said and the exact words used. That's why every Muslim is encouraged to learn the Arabic of the Quran.) Not only the prayers in Islâm in the original language are spoken, but also the Muslims of all over the world are connected by a common language. For example, a Chinese Muslim who comes to America and does not speak English could communicate with an American Muslim, who speaks no Chinese, if they would use the Arabic of the Quran.
Even if I violated not equal to Islâm this week, I began to take Islamic teachings. Again, I sat there and was surprised at what I learned there. Everything that I had learned during my studies about Islâm, was refuted in these courses. We Christians didn't know that Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. We even thought that they believed in Jesus at all. But if a Muslim not to the virgin birth of Jesus ' believes, then he or she is not a Muslim.I was surprised to learn that Muslims believe Jesus was driving to heaven and will return! Mary, the mother of Jesus, has an entire chapter, which is named after her in the Qurân. Still praying Muslims not to her, like the Catholics do. The Catholic and the Protestant Bibles have only a small section that is dedicated to her: "The Magnificent". Sûra Maryam is the name of the chapter in the Qurân, which is named after her, the mother of Jesus .
I went after these courses usually home to meditate. It processed I what I had learned. Christianity had produced a lot of questions in me, Islâm answered them now. Every day I attended the courses and every night I read in the Bible, and every night I prayed: "God, show me whether Islâm is true." At some point, I had stopped to say Jesus, to say the Holy Spirit, to say 'Father'. I just tell God (whoever you are), show me if this is true. If you ask the Almighty God to one show the truth, will he play a pranks? It is not easy to change his religion. I wanted to lose my salvation, but what if there was absolutely nothing to lose? One evening, about two months after I was gone for the first time to the Islamic Center, I prayed this prayer, as I now did it and went to bed. Somewhere between sleep and being awake, I felt like something in my heart broke. All of a sudden I was fully conscious, sat in bed and said loudly: "Allâh, I think that you are the one and only God." This was the first time that I used the word Allâh. Though I listened as others said it, I had never told even up to this moment. After I had said it, came away peace about me, the me Al-Hamdu li-lláh since that day never left.
My decision has not remained without effect. The Christians, the love of Jesus ' explain and that are so quick to accuse others, they would be people who have converted to Christianity, track, were the first who committed persecution of me. Of course, the first thing I lost was my job. I could no longer teach the Christian institutions. You can teach while as a Christian on Islâm, but you can not teach as a Muslim to Christianity. I was widowed for seven years when I embraced Islâm. That said, I was responsible for me. Moreover, I was still three of my nine children, for which I was responsible.
The next thing came, was that my husband's family denied me.My husband came from a prominent family. His grandfather was mentioned in the history books as a hero and his father had been Governor for some time. Although they were all three dead, I had still close connection to his family, so closely that they were closer me as my own family. After I became Muslim, I was that I was no longer part of the family and no longer allowed to take part in family reunions told (by the flower). Some members of the family are still in politics and it's certainly no benefit of having a Muslim in the family. This has hurt me much; for many years, I had a close relationship with them. It was not that I was a Christian, but that I was part of the family. When my husband died, it was his family that helped me to raise the children, just so they turned away now. I cried for three days, but whenever I made Salâ (the obligatory prayer), I had the certainty that the decision was correct.
My own children were the source of further conflict. At the time, all my children, were up on a son, who was with me in the United States. When I went to the Islamic Center, I told them in letters, what I learned. After I had accepted Islâm, wrote a letter to my oldest daughter (who coincidentally worked the Church, I had listened to for 18 years, at the headquarters) and said: "you don't know that Islâm is one of the satanischsten religions?" I sent her some books back and she wrote: "Try not to convert me!" I explained to her that us prohibited by Allâh, others to force to confess, that I instead thought she wanted to read it to see what I now believed to Islâm.
If parents with one of their own children go through difficulties, then they meet often with close relatives (grandmother, aunt, cousin,...), which may affect the situation can take. So I found out later, that my kids had such a meeting because of me! Mother is the culprit the problem and Islâm! As in most large families, there is a separation between the groups of children. The three elders are the bosses, the three medium-sized are the fighters and young people have nothing to say. When the entire discussion was underway, the three elders were vehemently against the whole situation, the Center said: "she is our mother and that's their decision. She makes nothing on us. We want to continue a close relationship with her and we want also that she has a close relationship to their grandchildren." When I finally returned to the States, wanted to argue the elder and had built a wall that prevented any discussion. On the other hand, the middle was open and full of questions. Our conversations were really meaningful - which took place in the context of natural conversation. A daughter made even the comment that I was nice as a Muslim as Christian! That surprised me, because as a Christian, I had always tried to live what I believed.
When I'm in the States, I am still Abâya and hijab. Same daughter has made a more surprising comment. She said she could tell immediately when a Muslim man looks at me. I was curious, how she comes to this conclusion, as I myself see no men and most Muslim men in the States to not recognize by clothing type (most don't even wear beard). So I asked them how she can tell. She told me: "they look at you, it's different. They look at you with respect." After six years, the Elder finally have accepted that I am a Muslim woman and with God's will never again go back to Christianity. You accept, not hot. The others said they see Islâm as attitude to life, not like Christianity, where you go to church, then goes away and does what you want. In other words, it requires to change his lifestyle.
My son, who has lived with me when I embraced Islâm, was at all not interested at the time on religion (Christianity and Islâm). He was 18 and religion was not in his lifestyle. I was asked some time after I had lost my job as a teacher, to build a women's Department at the Islamic Center and forward. Every week I brought home books and placed them neatly on the dining room table and the next day they were still there. From time to time, I changed it and hoped that he would read it and ask me some questions. He has never done. Several times a year I invited a few brothers from the Islamic Center, so that they spoke with him. He was always polite, but not interested in. One day someone with him spoke and there was the spirit of conviction on his face to see. He asked me: "Why you didn't tell me?" I was stunned and mentioned that I had left the books here in the hope that he would read it and ask me. Then he told me that he, with his friends read the books and then put them back if I had to leave the House! I had a ' Adhân-(call to prayer) alarm clock at home and he said that, when I was out of the House, he again and again had to play him! Now, his name is Omar. He has given up his old life style and the old friends and also works in Saudi Arabia.
He is more successful than I when it comes to talking with his older sisters about Islâm. So far no one has entered over otherwise the family to Islâm, but we continue you ' â (supplications) for them. Insha ' Allâh I will live long enough to see how at least some of my children and grandchildren are Muslims. I have never regretted to have become Muslim and pray to Allâh that he the Iman (believe me) of the Sahâba (the companions of the Prophet) are.
Say: "certainly, my man to a straight path has led me a right religion, the creed of Ibrahim, as a follower of the right faith, and he was not of the idolaters. Say: of course, my prayer and my (sacrifice), my life and my death belong to Allâh, the Lord of the worlds. He has no partner. This is commanded me, and I am the first of (his) devotees." (Sûra 6:161 163)
3. Mrs amine Mosler (Germany)
It belonged to my habits, to read the Bible, once each year for 12 years. I did this in addition to what I read for my sermons, lectures and studies. It was during this reading that certain contradictions I noticed. For example, the Christians teach original sin Genesis 3, but her is in Ezekiel 18:1-22 objected. If this fundamental doctrine is not true, then the framework of Christian doctrine in which coincides. I saw these things when I was reading, stopped reading and after pondering over it, but I never had the time to explore it because of my studies. During my 8 year old, we read the Bible book for book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. But we never did cross-comparisons, so the contradictions were never addressed. It was also the first time that we not studied the history of the Church on the basis of contemporary history, from the Bible. At this point, I began to doubt the Christian doctrines, which at the time still not been Jesus. It began rather 325 years later, starting with the doctrine of the Trinity.
The word "Trinity/Trinity" do not exist in the Bible, in any Bible in the world, in the original Greek or Hebrew languages [so the languages in which the Bible originally written]. This doctrine (the Trinity) was introduced in the first of four councils, have characterized Christianity today, but because the Catholics at the time did not want them, she inserted 68 years later again at the second Council of Nicäa. It took from the doctrine of the incarnation, through which Jesus could be at the same time God and man to the doctrine of reconciliation or the perfect victims more than 100 years, all these lessons to develop and formulate.
I had always the longing in my heart, to know more about God.One day I went to my professor and said: "there must be more Christianity there, as we teach. We tell people that they are 'reborn' must (which means, that it makes a personal statement and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and your sins to forgive and to make you a new person) or you have to 'the Holy Spirit meet', to be 'born again'. When the Holy Spirit enters one, you can see it because that one speak in foreign tongues. (I've seen both these experiences, although not recognized by all Christians or communities as necessary.) There are many struggles and theological differences between the different directions in Christianity. Some Protestants don't see Catholics as Christians, because they to Mary, the mother of Jesus worship and veneration of saints have. Baptists have nothing to do with non-Baptists. In addition, there are Methodists, Wesleyaner, Presbyterian, Kongressionelle, and thousands of independent churches, belonging to no school. They all differ in doctrine and in the interpretation of the Bible. I had the feeling that, if what we taught was originally, there should be no different religious communities. There should be a visible change in the society around us. Instead, the society is decadent and in a worse state than it was 50 years ago! The (so-called) Christian countries are among the worst." My professor was speechless and could give me no answers.
I went on and graduated with my master's degree in theology in 1993. A month after graduation, I decided to study German. One of my classmates was a doctor who had spent 6 years in Dubai.We became friends and I noticed that he asked me about the old testament. I, however, asked him about the culture in the Middle East. (I was never interested in Islâm, though my main focus during the study period of missionary activity. We had lectures on Islâm, Buddhism, Hinduism, animism and Catholicism and also some cults. My interest, it was a tribal religion on animism.)When we were together, I noticed that he was different. He wanted to pray always, but in a Christian way. When we were out there, he gave money to beggars always. To this end, he had even a bag of coins in his car. One day I said to him that if I knew him better, I'd say he was Muslim. He confessed to me that he was converted to Islâm in Dubai, but never told his family. When he returned to the Philippines, he drained it and prayed, and no longer practiced. His family consisted of devoted Catholics, he was no longer connected with the Catholic Church itself, rather with the Protestant. It was at the time, when I met a Philip Pinin, who had converted to Islâm, while she was working in Saudi Arabia. I lived at the time in Manila and although there are Muslims, not just looking at them. It was strange that I met two Muslim people in such a short time. I knew that God intervened by ordinary circumstances in my life, I said in jest: "Okay God, what do you want me to say?"
I asked them about Islâm and the first thing I wondered was how women are treated. It is known (as we in the West learn and hear in the media), that Muslim women second-class citizens are and without rights. They have to hide in the Abâya/purdah because her husband doesn't want anyone to see them. They must stay in the House and even the husband has the right to beat them! I was surprised by her reply. She said that wives and mothers in Islâm are highly respected. She explained to me that the women cover themselves because it is a commandment of God that protects the women. She also claimed that abuse by the husband is not part of Islâm. I was so sure that what I had learned, was right and I was ready to give all my sympathy to this poor, oppressed Muslim women. When I heard the truth, when I was confronted with the deception was taught us, I began to ask more questions: who is God? Who is Muhammad for the Muslims?At the time, I taught at College, so that my questions were already quite deep. She said that she was Muslim itself is not long, and although she could answer themselves, not all of these questions, she wanted to accompany me to an Islamic Center, where you could.
When I heard that, I prayed: "Mr (at the time I mean Jesus), when this comes from Satan or demons (and Christians about Islâm think that), it show me." I'm not going not once." Ultimately I was not there add me to the influence of something demonic. I felt no hesitation, so I went with her (but more carefully). I was surprised by the way, how they treated me. I taught theology. I know that there are many strategies and methods that are used when you want to get someone to follow the religion. They have used none of them! There was no psychological manipulation, no subtle influence, no alarm, no "we come to you home and read Qurân with you", as the Christians use biblical studies and no phone calls. They were just out and sincere. They gave me some books and said that I could come back if I had questions and they would love to answer them for me. I went home and read all the books they had given me.
I was intrigued and surprised. This was the first time that I actually read a book about Islâm written by Muslims. All the books I have read ever during my eight-year study about Islâm, have been written by Christians. These books show what they think about Islâm. But two very different views of what they think, what is Islâm and what Islâm really is. The Christians are honest, they are really wrong. The next day I went back and we discussed for 3 hours. That was so for a week. At the end of this week, I had read 12 books and spent more than 15 hours in discussion. I had studied for 8 years Christian theology. At the end of the week, my mind (head knowledge) knew that Islâm is true. Have I since accepted Islâm? No, because even back then I was a hypocrite.Islâm was not in my heart.
Among the first questions I asked this week, was: who is Allâh?You taught us that the God of Muslims would be a Pagan God (Allâh is something like a Hindu God, but his name and that Muslims pray). I was surprised to find out that Allâh is the Knower, the Almighty and omnipresent God. He is the creator, the preserver and utilities. This did not fit securely to my studies on Pagan and realized "this is certainly not a Pagan God." There are secret rituals, nor any mediator. He is the one and only God, without a partner. That the Trinity precludes, where God is three: father, son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit forever and all equivalent.We would like to ask our Christian friends, who Jesus was, when he was supposed to die on the cross and said "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachtani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?) (Mat 27:46) He spoke to himself? Maybe now they say: "No, that was the human part of Jesus (doctrine of the incarnation, where Jesus is at the same time God and man)." A man suffers human suffering, they can say. But if you would say that, then Jesus was not the perfect victims (doctrine of reconciliation), because all people of original sin are born according to Christian doctrine, so the sin that afflicts the human since Adam and Eve. If he was born without sin, then he would be less human and could understand not temptation and sorrow.
The second question I asked was: who is Muhammad for the Muslims? I was surprised to learn that Muslims not to Muhammad pray like Christians to Jesus. The Prophet Muhammad is a mediator. Muslims ask Allâh at the end of the prayer to bless him and his family the Prophet Abraham exactly as you ask Allâh and to bless his family. He came up with same message, which brought all of the prophets, including Jesus. This message is to serve - Allâh the one, true God. Moses spoke to the people of Israel: "hear Israel! The Mr our God is a God and ye the Lord, love your God with all my heart, with your mind, with all your strength." (Deut. 6:4) Jesus delivered the same message: "Hear, O Israel, the Mr, your God is one God and ye the Lord, love your God with all my heart, with your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:29, 30) Note: Jesus a God said not three in one! Jesus himself has never claimed to be the son of God what people said to him after all. He has always considered the son of man.
Each Prophet brought the same message, but there was a distinction in the delivery of the message. The message of Moses was delivered during the plagues in Egypt. What Jesus Embassy has awarded, was the drive away demons and the resurrect from the dead by the power of God. That what Muhammad Embassy has awarded, is, that the noble Qurân the Prophet was revealed who could neither read nor write.The message of Moses and Jesus sent a special people; the Jews. In the Bible, the words "Hear O Israel, O hear Israel" are always reviewed by the prophets, also by Jesus. The noble Qurân was brought not a specific people, even though the Prophet was Arab and his language of Arabic. Allâh says in the noble Qurân (more than 20 times), that the Islâm of all mankind was sent!
The third question I asked was: what are the words of prayer? Of course, we have seen all images of Muslims, the towards Ka' kneel ba in Makkah for prayer. We used to think that the Muslims believe that the black cube is their God or they think that God is in it. Again, this shows the ignorance that have lots of non-Muslims and Christians in particular, when it comes to understand Islâm.Prayer and Holiness for me as a Christian always of paramount importance were, I was very interested to learn about the art and the words of prayer.
They said: "the first approach to prayer is purity, physical and mental. Allâh, the creator of man, is the only one who has the right to say how we should kick in prayer before him." Earlier, as a Catholic, I've knelt me to prayer and made the sign of the cross.Later, as a Protestant, we lifted up our hands, sang, slapped, called, danced and cried. In our ignorance, we thought that this is the right way to God. He tells us the exact route we should take to him (5:6) in the noble Qurân. We should wash our hands, faces and arms over our heads and wipe feet. If we make it so, the small sins we have carried out with these parts of the body, are washed away. Then we take a standing position, the face turned on Makka (the focus of our prayer) and we lift your hands and say Allâhu akbar (God is greater). After that, we say the first Sura of the noble Qurân:
"In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. (All) Praise belongs to Allâh, the Lord of the worlds, the most gracious, the most merciful, the ruler on the day of judgment. We serve you, and to you alone we plead for help. "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom you have bestowed favor, not of those who have attracted (your) anger, and not the astray!" (Sûra 1:1-7)
Then we lift our hands to his shoulders and say "Allâhu akbar".Then we bend over us and put your hands on your knees and say "Subhâna rabbiya l-' Adhîm" three times or more. If we focus on, we say: ' Sami' Allâhu liman Hamida Rabbanâ wa laka l-Hamd. "And again "Allâhu akbar". Now the praying on the floor throwing down and says three times or more "Subhâna Rabbiya l-' alâ '.Then he comes into a sitting position on the feet and ask Allâh for forgiveness for his sins ("Rabbi ghfirlî" twice) and again takes the position of prostration, in which he again repeated three times "Subhâna Rabbiya l-' alâ '.
I was so taken aback to hear that I called the words of this prayer: 'there is nothing objectionable in this prayer! It's a prayer, praise God!" The words of prayer and the execution by the guidance of God came, as the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel received. This is the way, pray the angels in heaven before the throne of God. Imagine that! The Muslims are the only people who like the angels in heaven pray pray! To do this, if you forget that time, Muslims are instructed to pray, which are determined by the course of the Sun at certain times. This means that, with the rotation of the Earth only the Muslims before the highest and only God - Allâh - at any time pray around the clock.
The last issue I had was about the authenticity of the noble of Quran. The Bible consists of 66 books (the Catholic version even more) and brings together over 40 different authors. For some books the author is unknown or not called Ruth of Old Testament and Hebrew, for example for the book in the New Testament.Although Hebrew is attributed to Paul, his signature appears nowhere and in the middle of the book, the writing style is changed. Of course the average Christian doesn't know that and if you do not just a theological degree, you will not just find out by reading the Bible. In the Bible there are two languages: Hebrew in the Old Testament and Greek in the New Testament.
None of these languages can be in the languages confused we know today. I've also never heard that Jesus Greek spoke! I had to study both languages during my courses. I was impressed to find out that the noble Qurân has only an author is God - Allâh - itself. Each Sûra, begins one, with "In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful." Not like in the Bible, which in the old testament begins with "the book (by)..." or in the New Testament with "the Gospel according to...". By the way, according to the biblical scholars, Matthew, mark and Luke have been no companions of Jesus. They were students of Peter and Paul.Markus has written in the year 68 ad, the oldest Gospel. Many scholars believe that Matthew by Markus has copied and that Markus has some of his information from another source called only Q. In both his Gospels and the book of acts, Luke specifies that his information only from second hand is. The Gospel of John was written around 100 ad. Like I said, when you don't study theology, you will hardly find out these things.
Something different from what me impressed is the fact that the Qurân remained unchanged in 1421 years! What we read today is exactly what the Prophet Muhammad was revealed. When one reads a translation of the Quran, are often also the Arabic original in addition. You must remember a translation is not a transfer. (There are differences in the style of grammar and structure, as well as in the phrases that can never really be translated in any language. Therefore, a translation is complemented with the meaning of what is said and the exact words used. That's why every Muslim is encouraged to learn the Arabic of the Quran.) Not only the prayers in Islâm in the original language are spoken, but also the Muslims of all over the world are connected by a common language. For example, a Chinese Muslim who comes to America and does not speak English could communicate with an American Muslim, who speaks no Chinese, if they would use the Arabic of the Quran.
Even if I violated not equal to Islâm this week, I began to take Islamic teachings. Again, I sat there and was surprised at what I learned there. Everything that I had learned during my studies about Islâm, was refuted in these courses. We Christians didn't know that Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. We even thought that they believed in Jesus at all. But if a Muslim not to the virgin birth of Jesus ' believes, then he or she is not a Muslim.I was surprised to learn that Muslims believe Jesus was driving to heaven and will return! Mary, the mother of Jesus, has an entire chapter, which is named after her in the Qurân. Still praying Muslims not to her, like the Catholics do. The Catholic and the Protestant Bibles have only a small section that is dedicated to her: "The Magnificent". Sûra Maryam is the name of the chapter in the Qurân, which is named after her, the mother of Jesus .
I went after these courses usually home to meditate. It processed I what I had learned. Christianity had produced a lot of questions in me, Islâm answered them now. Every day I attended the courses and every night I read in the Bible, and every night I prayed: "God, show me whether Islâm is true." At some point, I had stopped to say Jesus, to say the Holy Spirit, to say 'Father'. I just tell God (whoever you are), show me if this is true. If you ask the Almighty God to one show the truth, will he play a pranks? It is not easy to change his religion. I wanted to lose my salvation, but what if there was absolutely nothing to lose? One evening, about two months after I was gone for the first time to the Islamic Center, I prayed this prayer, as I now did it and went to bed. Somewhere between sleep and being awake, I felt like something in my heart broke. All of a sudden I was fully conscious, sat in bed and said loudly: "Allâh, I think that you are the one and only God." This was the first time that I used the word Allâh. Though I listened as others said it, I had never told even up to this moment. After I had said it, came away peace about me, the me Al-Hamdu li-lláh since that day never left.
My decision has not remained without effect. The Christians, the love of Jesus ' explain and that are so quick to accuse others, they would be people who have converted to Christianity, track, were the first who committed persecution of me. Of course, the first thing I lost was my job. I could no longer teach the Christian institutions. You can teach while as a Christian on Islâm, but you can not teach as a Muslim to Christianity. I was widowed for seven years when I embraced Islâm. That said, I was responsible for me. Moreover, I was still three of my nine children, for which I was responsible.
The next thing came, was that my husband's family denied me.My husband came from a prominent family. His grandfather was mentioned in the history books as a hero and his father had been Governor for some time. Although they were all three dead, I had still close connection to his family, so closely that they were closer me as my own family. After I became Muslim, I was that I was no longer part of the family and no longer allowed to take part in family reunions told (by the flower). Some members of the family are still in politics and it's certainly no benefit of having a Muslim in the family. This has hurt me much; for many years, I had a close relationship with them. It was not that I was a Christian, but that I was part of the family. When my husband died, it was his family that helped me to raise the children, just so they turned away now. I cried for three days, but whenever I made Salâ (the obligatory prayer), I had the certainty that the decision was correct.
My own children were the source of further conflict. At the time, all my children, were up on a son, who was with me in the United States. When I went to the Islamic Center, I told them in letters, what I learned. After I had accepted Islâm, wrote a letter to my oldest daughter (who coincidentally worked the Church, I had listened to for 18 years, at the headquarters) and said: "you don't know that Islâm is one of the satanischsten religions?" I sent her some books back and she wrote: "Try not to convert me!" I explained to her that us prohibited by Allâh, others to force to confess, that I instead thought she wanted to read it to see what I now believed to Islâm.
If parents with one of their own children go through difficulties, then they meet often with close relatives (grandmother, aunt, cousin,...), which may affect the situation can take. So I found out later, that my kids had such a meeting because of me! Mother is the culprit the problem and Islâm! As in most large families, there is a separation between the groups of children. The three elders are the bosses, the three medium-sized are the fighters and young people have nothing to say. When the entire discussion was underway, the three elders were vehemently against the whole situation, the Center said: "she is our mother and that's their decision. She makes nothing on us. We want to continue a close relationship with her and we want also that she has a close relationship to their grandchildren." When I finally returned to the States, wanted to argue the elder and had built a wall that prevented any discussion. On the other hand, the middle was open and full of questions. Our conversations were really meaningful - which took place in the context of natural conversation. A daughter made even the comment that I was nice as a Muslim as Christian! That surprised me, because as a Christian, I had always tried to live what I believed.
When I'm in the States, I am still Abâya and hijab. Same daughter has made a more surprising comment. She said she could tell immediately when a Muslim man looks at me. I was curious, how she comes to this conclusion, as I myself see no men and most Muslim men in the States to not recognize by clothing type (most don't even wear beard). So I asked them how she can tell. She told me: "they look at you, it's different. They look at you with respect." After six years, the Elder finally have accepted that I am a Muslim woman and with God's will never again go back to Christianity. You accept, not hot. The others said they see Islâm as attitude to life, not like Christianity, where you go to church, then goes away and does what you want. In other words, it requires to change his lifestyle.
My son, who has lived with me when I embraced Islâm, was at all not interested at the time on religion (Christianity and Islâm). He was 18 and religion was not in his lifestyle. I was asked some time after I had lost my job as a teacher, to build a women's Department at the Islamic Center and forward. Every week I brought home books and placed them neatly on the dining room table and the next day they were still there. From time to time, I changed it and hoped that he would read it and ask me some questions. He has never done. Several times a year I invited a few brothers from the Islamic Center, so that they spoke with him. He was always polite, but not interested in. One day someone with him spoke and there was the spirit of conviction on his face to see. He asked me: "Why you didn't tell me?" I was stunned and mentioned that I had left the books here in the hope that he would read it and ask me. Then he told me that he, with his friends read the books and then put them back if I had to leave the House! I had a ' Adhân-(call to prayer) alarm clock at home and he said that, when I was out of the House, he again and again had to play him! Now, his name is Omar. He has given up his old life style and the old friends and also works in Saudi Arabia.
He is more successful than I when it comes to talking with his older sisters about Islâm. So far no one has entered over otherwise the family to Islâm, but we continue you ' â (supplications) for them. Insha ' Allâh I will live long enough to see how at least some of my children and grandchildren are Muslims. I have never regretted to have become Muslim and pray to Allâh that he the Iman (believe me) of the Sahâba (the companions of the Prophet) are.
Say: "certainly, my man to a straight path has led me a right religion, the creed of Ibrahim, as a follower of the right faith, and he was not of the idolaters. Say: of course, my prayer and my (sacrifice), my life and my death belong to Allâh, the Lord of the worlds. He has no partner. This is commanded me, and I am the first of (his) devotees." (Sûra 6:161 163)
Why did I become Muslim?
On the questions of my son, I could give no answer. He asked me why there are three gods?Because I didn't believe God theory on the three myself, I could give no reasonable answer.In 1928, my son came crying to me and said: "MOM, I have studied by the Islamic religion and found that Muslims believe in a single Allâh, and not many gods. "I have the intention of becoming a Muslim, please join me." Due to my son, I started to study Islâm. I went to the Berlin mosque, where I got a positive reaction from the local Imâm. He explained to me the basics of Islâm. The more he Islâm told me, the more I gave him right and understand the accuracy of Islam.
I believed then, that Islâm is the only correct religion. Islâm accepts a theory of three gods rather than faith, I did not understand since my childhood. The profound research of Islam brought me to note that the dropping of the confession is meaningless (so everybody would commit sins and then give his confession). As well, that the Pope is free from sins and he other people can free from sins. I found it meaningless in contrast to the broad and ways of life of Islâm. So I became a Muslim, like my son.
Today I became a grandmother, and pleased me so much that my grandchildren as Muslims around the world to come. I firmly believe that Allâh - the Almighty - helps those who were lead by Allâh to the right path.
Today I became a grandmother, and pleased me so much that my grandchildren as Muslims around the world to come. I firmly believe that Allâh - the Almighty - helps those who were lead by Allâh to the right path.
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