مشهد يبشر بأن الفجر قادم لا محالة .. الجموع الحاضرة تعلن الشهادتين

الحمدلله رب العالمين
الذي وعد بالتمكين عباده الصالحين القائل في كتابه المبين
( إن الدين عند الله الإسلام)
آل عمران (19)
والصلاة السلام على المبعوث رحمة للعالمين محمد بن عبد الله الصادق الأمين القائل
(لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من حمر النعم)
وعلى آله وصحابته أجمعين وتابعيهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين ثم أما بعد :

فصدق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عندما قال
( ليبلغن هذا الأمر ما بلغ الليل والنهار) .

مشهد يبشر بأن الفجر قادم لا محالة .. الجموع الحاضرة تعلن الشهادتين

اول صلاة للقرية



لحظات وهذه لحظات تحطيم الصنم الموجود بالقرية ..


• قصة الطفل والصليب
من بين تلك الجموع،وأثناء استعدادنا لصلاة الظهر
لفت انتباهنا أحد الأطفال والذي يبلغ السادسة من
العمر تقريبا، يرتدي قميصا صغيرا مفتوحا
يكشف عن صدره الذي تدلى عليه
صليب معدني صغير ربط بخيط التف حول رقبته



وقد جاء الطفل لأداء الصلاة مع أهل القرية ،
وعندما طلبنا منه فك الصليب وإزالته لم يستطع قطع
الخيط فحاول مجموعة من الأطفال فك الخيط دون أن
يستطيعوا فقد كان خيطا مفتولا وقويا


فقام أحد أعضاء القافلة بمساعدته في فك عقدة الخيط

سلمت يمينك
وبينما هو يحاول فك العقدة
إذ لمحه الأمير فأقبل إلينا ليشرح لنا أن هذا المعلق على رقبته دواء يشفيه من مرض كان يصيبه دائما، وان علينا ألا نفكه حتى لا يمرض الطفل ..
فأخبرناه أنه لا يزيده إلا وهنا على وهن وأنه لا خير فيه فتركنا وقد بدا عليه الاقتناع


كنيسة بدائية في إحدى القرى التي مررنا بها

تعجبنا كثيرا من جهود النصارى..
وإصرارهم على نشر أباطيلهم حتى وصلوا بها
إلى تلك المناطق النائية

نحن نحتاج إليكم
أحد الأهالي تحدث إلينا بالفرنسية ويبدوا نه كان مدرسا في إحدى المدارس الفرنسية
فقال :
((لقد أصبحنا مسلمين الآن ..ولا بد أن نصلي
خمس مرات في اليوم، ولا يوجد لدينا مسجد
لأداء الصلاة ..! كما أنه يجب علينا أن نتوضأ
لكل صلاة وكما ترون نحن نعاني من مشكلة
نقص المياه للشرب والزراعة فكيف نجد الماء
للوضوء ..؟! ونحن فقراء لا نستطيع أن نحفر
بئرا أو نبني مسجدا . فماذا نفعل؟! ، كما أن
هؤلاء الأطفال يجب أن يتعلموا أمور دينهم ويعرفوا الإسلام فكيف سنعلمهم؟! ولا يوجد
لدينا مدرسة ولا معلمون؟!
إننا نحتاج إليكم فلا تتركونا

اخي في الله
هل مددت يدك الي الله ودعيت ان يثبتهم وايانا علي هذا الدين
هل مددت يداك وسالت الله لهم ولنا التوفيق
هل مددت يدك الي الله وسالته بخشوع ان يرزقهم وايانا بالجنة وروية وجه الله الكريم

غيرك يتمني ان يرجع للحياة ليذكر الله او يسبح تسبيحة الحمد لله علي نعمة الاسلام

My Journey to Islam: Abdul-Lateef Abdullah

Abdul-Lateef Abdullah

My experience in Islam began as a graduate student in New York City in 1998. Up to that point in my life, for 25 years, I had been a Protestant Christian, but had not been practicing my religion for quite some time. I was more interested in “spirituality” and looking for anything that didn’t have to do with organized religion. To me, Christianity was out of touch and not relevant to the times. It was hard for me to find anything in it that I could apply to my everyday life. This dissolution with Christianity led me to shun everything that claimed to be organized religion, due to my assumption that they were all pretty much the same, or at least in terms of their lack of relevance and clarity.

Much of my frustration with Christianity stemmed from its lack of knowledge and guidance around the nature of God, and the individual’s relationship to Him. To me, the Christian philosophy depended on this rather bizarre intermediary relationship that we were supposed to have with Jesus, who on one hand was a man, but was also divine. For me, however, this difficult, and very vague relationship with our Creator left me searching for something that could provide me with a better understanding of God, and our relationship to Him. Why couldn’t I just pray directly to God? Why did I have to begin and end every prayer with “in the name of Jesus Christ?” How can an eternal, omnipotent Creator and Sustainer also take the form of a man? Why would He need to? These were just a few of the questions that I could not resolve and come to terms with. Thus, I was hungry for a more straightforward, direct and clear approach to religion that could provide my life with true guidance, not just dogma that was void of real knowledge based in fact.

While in graduate school, I had a Jewish roommate at the time who was a student of the martial arts. While I was living with him, he was studying an art called silat, a traditional Malaysian martial art that is based on the teachings of Islam. When my roommate would come home from his silat classes, he would tell me all about the uniqueness of silat and its rich spiritual dimension. As I was quite interested in learning martial arts at the time, I was intrigued by what I had heard, and decided to accompany my roommate to a class one Saturday morning. Although I did not realize it at the time, my experience in Islam was beginning that morning at my first silat class in New York City back on February 28th, 1998. There, I met my teacher, Cikgu (which means teacher in Malay) S., the man who would provide with my basis and orientation to Islam. Although I thought I was beginning a career as a martial artist, that day back in 1998 really represented my first step toward becoming Muslim.

From the very beginning, I was intrigued by silat and Islam and began spending as much time as possible with my teacher. As my roommate and I were equally passionate about silat, we would go to my teacher’s house and soak up as much knowledge as we could from him. In fact, upon our graduation from graduate school in the spring of 1998, upon his invitation, we spent the entire summer living with him and his wife. As my learning in silat increased, so did my learning about Islam, a religion that I had hardly any knowledge of prior to my experience in silat.

What made my orientation to Islam so powerful was that as I was learning about it, I was also living it. Because I studied at the home of my teacher, being in the presence of devout Muslims allowed me to be constantly surrounded by the sounds, sights and practices of Islam. For as Islam is an entire lifestyle, when you are in an Islamic environment, you cannot separate it from everyday life. Unlike Christianity, which lends toward a separation between daily life and religion, Islam requires its followers to integrate worship of Allah into everything we do. Thus, in living with my teacher, I was immersed in the Islamic deen and experiencing first-hand how it can shape one’s entire way of life.

In the beginning, Islam was so new, different and powerful to me. It was also very foreign in many ways and the amount of discipline it requires was difficult to understand. At the time, I was so liberal in so many ways, and was used to shunning anything dogmatic or imposed, regardless of who authored it! As time went on, however, and my understanding of Islam grew, I began to slowly see that what seemed to be religious dogma was really the lifestyle put forth to us by our Creator – or the Arabic term, “deen” of Allah. This lifestyle, I would later learn, is the straight path to true contentment, not just the sensual and superficial way of life that my society and culture promote. I realized that the question is quite simple actually. Who could possibly know better than the all-wise Creator, what is the best way of life for human beings?

From the day of my first silat class in New York City to the day I took my shahadda, July 30, 1999, I underwent a thorough self-examination that was comprised of two major experiences. One was the process of questioning the culture I was brought up in, and the second was struggling to understand the true nature of God and the role of religion in my everyday life. As for my culture, this one was not as difficult as most people would think. For me, growing up in America and knowing no better, it took a powerful experience, a gifted teacher, and the right knowledge to experience truth. American culture is very powerful because it constantly bombards us with sensual gratification. Unless we are removed from it, it is difficult to see its limitations, which are based on worshipping and putting faith in everything but God, the only One that can provide us with real, lasting support in our lives.

Being a social scientist by trade, much of my time is spent working on and pondering over the ills and dilemmas of our society. As I learned more about Islam, I came to the conclusion that societal ills are based primarily on unhealthy, dysfunctional social behaviors. Since Islam is a lifestyle focused totally on the most healthy, positive way of conducting our lives in every setting, then it is, and will always be, the only true answer to any society’s social dilemmas. With this realization, not only did I decide that Islam was relevant to my everyday life, but I began to understand why it is so different from other religions. Only Islam provides knowledge and guidance for every aspect of life. Only Islam provides a way to achieve health and happiness in every dimension of life – physical, spiritual, mental, financial, etc. Only Islam provides us with a clear life goal and purpose. And only Islam shows us how to live in and contribute to a community, not just talk about it. Islam is what everyone needs, and what so many who have not found it yet, are searching for. It is the path to purpose, meaning, health and happiness. This is because it is the straight path to the source of all the power we could ever need – Allah.

It was only until I actually became Muslim that I realized just how encompassing our lifestyle truly is. Literally everything we are instructed to do has one underlying purpose – to remember Allah. It just shows the absolute and divine brilliance of the deen, in that there is a lifestyle that can show you how to remember your Creator in as simple an act as greeting someone, or getting dressed in the morning, or waking up from sleep. Islam shows us that by constantly remembering Allah, everything we do becomes focused on Him, and thus becomes an act of worship. From this, our energy, our thoughts, and our actions all become redirected away from unhealthy and useless causes, and focused on the source of all goodness. Thus, we are continuously tapping into His divine strength, mercy and grace. So, by remembering Allah constantly, we become stronger, better, and healthier in every aspect of our lives.

There were, and still are, aspects of Islam that have proven at least somewhat difficult for me. Nevertheless, I thank Allah everyday for the ease to which he has allowed me to make the necessary changes in my life so that I can continue to live in America and still be, Insha-Allah, a good Muslim. As a white, middle-class American, many of the cultural aspects of Islam are quite different from what I, and those close to me throughout my life, have been used to. In fact, when I finally broke the news to my family that I had taken my shahadda and become Muslim, almost all of their questions and concerns were related to cultural differences – marriage, social life, family, etc. They were much less concerned about my general beliefs around God and religious practice. For my family, friends, and co-workers, becoming Muslim was not seen necessarily as a negative change, but it has required a great deal of education for them about Islam. In fact, as with my own education, this process of sharing the truth about Islam with them is never-ending because there is no limit to how much knowledge we can acquire, and it is the responsibility of every one of us to share whatever right knowledge we have.

Because acquiring right knowledge is such a critical component to a Muslim’s development, having a teacher who has taught me how to apply Islam in everyday life that has made all the difference for me and helped me in managing whatever difficulties I have experienced from my reversion. Having someone knowledgeable you can turn to whenever you have questions is a wonderful support that every new shahadda should go out of their way to find. Islam is not a religion that can be rationalized, in the way that Christianity and Judaism have been over the ages. It is a clear path that must be followed exactly as Allah laid for us through the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW), his companions, and the saints and scholars of Islam.

In this day and age, in this society, discerning the path can often be difficult, especially when we are constantly faced with questions and doubts from people who on the surface may not be hostile to Islam, but whose general lack of faith can have a harmful effect on someone who bases everything they do on their love for Allah. It is also not easy being in an environment where we are constantly bombarded with sensual temptations which are seen as ordinary, common aspects of everyday life. But when we have the support of a knowledgeable, experienced teacher, who is able to apply the universal teachings of Islam to his life, then the truth becomes clear from error, exactly how Allah (SWT) describes in the Qur’an. From this, we are able to understand how to apply Islam correctly to our own lives, and thus receive Allah’s many blessings. The ultimate test, however, of anyone who claims to have true and right knowledge, is to look at how they apply it in their own lives. If their actions support their teachings, then and only then should we look to them for guidance.

My journey to Islam, although short, has been a life-altering experience. It is one that with every passing day, makes me more and more appreciative and thankful to Almighty Allah. The extent of his mercy can only fully be understood from the perspective of someone who prostrates themselves regularly and submits their will to that of the Creator. This is what I strive for through Islam, and what the ultimate jihad is. It is the struggle that we must fight every moment of every day, but one that we love, because we know who to turn to for support and who is helping us along.

I look back at my life prior to Islam and reflect on the different ways I sought guidance. I think back to all the different ideas I once had of who God really is, and how we can become close to Him. I look back now and smile and perhaps even shed a tear because now I know the truth. Through Islam, I know why so many people who do not believe have so much fear inside them. Life can be very scary without God. I know, because I once harbored that same level of fear. Now, however, I have the ultimate “self-help” program. It’s the self-help program without the self. It’s the path that puts everything is in its proper place. Now, life makes sense. Now, life is order. Now, I know why I am here, where I want to go, what I want my life to be, how I want to live, and what is most important not just to me, but to everyone. I only hope and pray that others who have not found the path yet, can feel the same that I do. Alhamdulillahi rabbil aylameen……

الحسناء الأوكرانية تعتنق الإسلام...

الحسناء الأوكرانية تعتنق الإسلام...

إنها بداية عام دراسي جديد، الجامعة فتحت أبوابها تستقبل الطلاب الجدد...و كنت من بين هؤلاء، تقدّمت للدخول إلى قاعة المحاضرات؛ لحضور الدرس الأوّل...جلست وجلست بجواري فتاة شابة وهبها الخالق البارىء من الجمال ما لا يدع الفرد يتجاهلها...و في فترة مابين المحاضرات قدّمت لها نفسي و سألتها عن اسمها؛ فأجابت مع ابتسامة تدل على مدى رقتها و لطفها في التعامل...تجاذبنا أطراف الحديث؛ دار حوارنا بخصوص الدراسة و الحياة و الهوايات...الخ و طغت على لهجتها لكنة أجنبية؛ لم تكن تتحدّث العربية، كان كلامها باللغة الفرنسية ولم تكن تتقنها وعلمت منها بعد ذلك أنها لم تكن تعيش في البلد العربي الذي نقيم و ندرس فيه و إنّما أتت من أرض بعييييدة غلبت عليها البرودة و غطّت الثلوج تلالها و جبالها وربّما قلوب بعض سكّانها...إنّها من أوكرانيا.

مرّت الأيام وتوطّدت علاقتنا أكثر فأكثر و أصبحنا صديقتين...علمت منها أنّها تدين بالمسيحية الأرثودوكسية واغتنمت الفرصة و عرضت عليها اعتناق الإسلام...لكن ذهبت كل جهودي في إقناعها سدى...و السبب كان غريبا و مُحزناً في نفس الوقت...إنّ ما أخبرتها به عن الإسلام لم يكن يمد بأية صلة مع ما كانت تراه من المسلمين، ولو أنّها كانت في بلد أجنبي لكان ذلك أسهل؛ على الأقل كانت ستقارن هفوات الحياة الأجنبية مع سماحة و حضارة الإسلام و النتيجة ستكون بلا شك في صالح الحق و دين الحق...المُحزن أنّني كنت أحدّثها عن دين هي تعيش وسط من "يدينون" به؛ تراهم يصومون رمضان و منهم من يصلّي، يحتفلون بالأعياد (الفطر و الأضحى) و.. و... و...!

كلّمتها عن دين الصّدق و الأمانة و المحبّة وهي ترى و تسمع كذبا و غشّا في الامتحانات وغيبة و نميمة...!!! حدّثتها عن دين الأخلاقيات العالية و العفّة وهي ترى بنات وذكور يفعلون ما يشاءون وكم ممّن ادّعى الإسلام طلب منها الخروج و أن تأتي له بال :"فودكا" مع أن الإسلام ينهى عن الخمر و الزنى...!!! حدّثتها عن دين يحث على العمل و النشاط و الاجتهاد و هي ترى كسلا يعم المكان و تخلّفا يتناقض مع مفهوم هذا الدين...من جهة أخرى كانت ترى" الملتزمين" و"الملتزمات" أولئك من المؤسف؛ اعتزلوا الناس و المجتمع و لخّصوا الإسلام في زي وعبادات ونكران للغير وابتعاد عمّا يرونه خطأ ، وانحلال وصاروا يتعاملون مع الباقي و كأن لديه مرض معدي بل وباء خطير يجب استئصاله أو الحجر عليه و الابتعاد كل البعد منه!! مع أن الإسلام دين النصح و الإرشاد و البذل و العطاء؛ كما قال الحبيب المصطفى صلّى الله عليه و سلّم:" الدّين المعاملة" و في حديث آخر:"الدّين النصيحة"... الإسلام و المسلمين...!!!!!!! التّطرّفين؛ تطرّف الميوعة و البعد عن تعاليم الرّحمن و تطرّف من ظنّوا أنّهم على صواب بتلخيص الدين في عبادة إن صحّ القول "أنانية". كان هذا عقدة الموضوع الكبرى؛ فمن وجهة نظرها ما دام الفرد يعتمد على مبدأ ما في حياته، فمن المفروض أن تظهر آثار مبدئه و عقيدته عليه...فإذا كان المبدأ سليماً كانت النتائج إيجابية، أمّا إذا كانت النتائج سلبية فالخطأ كل الخطأ في المنهج المتّبع ، وكان عليّ أن أثبت العكس و أن أريها مدى خطئها في حكمها على أفضل ما حضت به البشرية: الإسلام !

في خضم الحياة و الدروس و الامتحانات..ابتعدنا قليلا عن الموضوع، ثمّ قدّر علينا الافتراق.
بعد مرور سنتين أو ثلاثة، شاء الله سبحانه و تعالى أن نلتقي من جديد...مع اختلاف بسيط، لكنه جذري؛ كنت قد ارتديت الحجاب.! تفاجأت لرؤيتي كذلك، وراحت تسألني عن سبب قراري فاغتنمت الفرصة من جديد و أنا كلّي ثقة بأنّني سأكون أكثر إقناعاً مع كل ما عرفته عن ديني وكلّ ما أنعم به الله عليّ بعد تديّني...تلك كانت أكثر اختلافاً من المرّات السابقة، كانت تصغي لي بانتباه و صمت ، وكنت أتكلّم و أتكلّم...ثمّ انفجرت بالبكاء على حين غرّة! كانت تمرّ بفترة صعبة للغاية وكانت مشاكلها كثيرة و الظاهر أن حديثي عن الله و الدين و الإيمان و أمن الإسلام كان قد حرّك فيها شيئا ما ولكنّها أبت أن ترضخ لذلك و كأنّني كنت أحدّثها عن برّ أمان تجد نفسها في أمس الحاجة إليه لكن لا تعرف الوصول إليه، بل تخاف من اتخاذ الخطوة؛ فحيرتها زادت أكثر خاصة وأنّ سبب مشاكلها أناس قالوا بأنّهم مسلمون...!!!

وافترقنا من جديد...

وبعد هذا العام، بعد مضي بضعة سنين، التقينا و نحن ننهي دراستنا الجامعية. لكن هذا اللقاء كان حاسما بالنسبة لي؛ هي ستناقش رسالة تخرّجها و ستتزوّج من مسلم وتغادر معه إلى الجنوب . لقائي هذا كان ربّما، الأخير معها، ولن يدوم أكثر من ثلاث أسابيع...دعوت الله من كلّ قلبي أن يشرح صدرها للإسلام فهي فتاة ذكيّة ولطيفة وتتميّز بصفات حميدة كثيرة، وتوكّلت على الحيّ القيّوم راجية منه التّوفيق. بينما كنت أخطّط لدعوتها من جديد؛ خطر لي أن أطلب العون من أحد الرّفاق في موقع طريق الإسلام، هو شاب تطوّع لدعوة الرّوس للإسلام. أخبرته بالإشكال الموجود عبر الإنترنت و طلبت منه النصيحة كونه أعلم منّي بأحوال القوم في تلك المناطق، ووضّحت له أنّ الوقت جدّ ضيّق وأنّني عازمة على النّجاح في مهمّتي هذه المرّة. فاتّفقنا على بعض الخطوات نقوم بها، كانت أولاها إقناع الفتاة بعدم مقارنة الإسلام بما تراه من قبل بعض المسلمين و التأكيد على تعريفها بالإسلام الحقيقي المُجرّد من كل الشوائب، و في هذا الإطار اقترح علي بعض المواقع المختصة بالدّعوة باللغة الروسية، وكان عليّ إرسالها لها على بريدها الإلكتروني، إلاّ أنني التقيت بها قبل ذلك، كان لقاءً حارّاً فالفراق دام طويلا و صداقتنا عبر كل تلك السنوات كانت قد اتسمت بالحميمية و الودّ. تجاذبنا أطراف الحديث ثمّ سألتها بكل صراحة: كيف أحوالك مع الإسلام...؟؟ فضحكَت وقالت لي: ألازلت تذكرين..؟؟ قلت: ولن أتراجع ! تعالي نكمل ما علق بيننا..! واتخذنا مكانا جلسنا فيه وقلت لها دعينا نحلّ الإشكال هذه المرّة. تكلّمنا على وجود الله (وقد كانت في بعض لحظات ضعفها تنكر وجوده بحجّة أنّه لا يستجيب لدعواها حين تكون بحاجة إليه)، فاتفقنا على ذلك، وتحدّثت عن وجود الدّارين الأولى و الآخرة وعن مغزى وجود الإنسان و أنّه سيحاسب و أخبرتها عن الجنّة، ففاجأتني بردّها الغريب...!: أفضل أن أذهب مع الرّوس الذين هم قومي إلى النار على أن أذهب إلى الجنّة مع هؤلاء !!!! كان من الواضح أنّ الإشكال لا يزال قائما...رددت بمثال طرحته عليها؛ إن العالم مليء بمن يسمّون أنفسهم "مسيحيين" و من المنطقي أن المسيحيين أناس يدينون بدين السيد المسيح و العذراء مريم..؟ ردّت؛ بنعم!..فأكملتُ: لكن هل يُعقل بأن يكون شعب يدين بدين أعفّ و أطهر امرأة عرفتها البشرية، اصطفاها الله لطهرها و نقائها؛ بلا أخلاق ولا قيم ويظهر في مجتمعه كلّ ذلك الانحلال والآفات الاجتماعية و الخُلقية ؟؟؟؟؟ و هل يجوز لنا أن نحكم على دين و منهاج سماوي بالبطلان لمجرّد إخفاق و ضلال أتباعه ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟ كذلك بالنسبة للإسلام؛ الدين الذي اصطفاه عزّ و جلّ على باقي الأديان، لا يحق أن نحكم عليه من خلال أخطاء بعض أتباعه ومن لم يفقهوا معناه و قيمه السمحة لسبب من الأسباب. ثمّ تطرّقنا لعلاقة العبد بربّه وأنّ من أبسط الأمور أن يكون العبد شكورا لنعم الله عليه، كونه سبحانه و تعالى خالق البشر المتفضل عليهم بكل شيء...وركّزت في الحديث على علاقة الحب المتبادلة التي يجب أن تكون بين العبد وربّه وكيف أنّ الإنسان يجب عليه الثقة بمن خلقه و كرّمه...تحدّثنا عن فائدة الصّلاة وما تمثّله من صلة بين العبد وربّه وحاولت تقريب مفهوم تلك الصّلة بوصف شعور المسلم في صلاته و تضرّعه و دعائه و ذكره لله، وكيف أنّه سبحانه و تعالى يذكر من يذكره و يغفر له و ينعم عليه في الدّنيا و الآخرة...وكانت تصغي لكلّ ذلك، ثمّ سألتها إن فهمت مغزى ما أخبرتها به، فردّت أن نعم وأنّها أكثر اقتناعا، فاغتنمت الفرصة و سألتها إن هي آمنت بوجود ووحدانية الله فأجابت ب: نعم. وهل هي تؤمن بوجود الملائكة و توالي الرسل وأن سيدنا محمّد رسول الله و آخر أنبيائه فردّت ب: نعم. وهل آمنت بوجود اليوم الآخر و الحساب فردّت ب: نعم ، فما كان منها إلاّ أن نطقت بالشهادتين وبالتالي اعتنقت الإسلام... كم كانت سعادتي في أوجها حين سمعتها تردّد أنّها تشهد بأن لا إله إلاّ الله و أنّ مُحمّدا رسول الله...ياااااااه ! أخيرا..!!! لكنّني خفت أكثر بعد ذلك؛ خفت أن تكون قد فعلت مجاملةً لي أو لتضع حدّا للموضوع، خفت أن أفيق من تلك اللحظات و أجدها لا تزال على ما هي عليه...فانطلقت بعد تلك المقابلة أشتري لها كتيبات إسلامية بالفرنسية أهديتها لها ثم ذهبت إلى الإنترنت؛ بعثت لها بالمواقع الإسلامية الروسية التي أوصاني بها رفيق الدعوة إلى الله، ثمّ بعثت أبشّره بإسلامها...انتظرت ردها بفارغ الصبر ...حين ردت كدت أطير من الفرح
لأن حماسها لمعرفة المزيد عن الإسلام و فرحها بالمواقع كان لا يوصف ...
حينها أدركت بأنها جادّة في إسلامها، و حمدت الله كثيرا...أخيرا أسلمت الأوكرانية ...!!!


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أذهلني بر الوالدين في الإسلام

أذهلني بر الوالدين في الإسلام

أم عبد الملك – أمريكية – مسلمة - نشرت قصتها مجلة " الدعوة " السعودية

أول مرة سمعت فيها كلمة الإسلام : كانت أثناء متابعتي لبرنامج تليفزيوني ،

فضحكت من المعلومات التي سمعتها ...

بعد عام من سماعي كلمة " الإسلام " استمعت لها مرة أخرى ..

ولكن أين ؟

في المستشفى الذي أعمل فيه حيث أتى زوجان وبصحبتهما امرأة مريضة ..

جلست الزوجة تنظر أمام المقعد الذي أجلس عليه لمتابعة عملي

وكنت ألاحظ عليها علامات القلق ، وكانت تمسح دموعها ..

من باب الفضول سألتها عن سبب ضيقها ، فأخبرتني أنها أتت

من بلد آخر مع زوجها الذي آتى بأمه باحثا لها عن علاج

لمرضها العضال ..

كانت المرأة تتحدث معي وهي تبكي وتدعو لوالدة زوجها

بالشفاء والعافية ، فتعجبت لأمرها كثيراً !

تأتي من بلد بعيد مع زوجها من أجل أن يعالج أمه ؟

تذكرت أمي وقلت في نفسي : أين أمي؟ قبل أربعة أشهر أهديتها

زجاجة عطر بمناسبة " يوم الأم " ولم أفكر منذ ذلك اليوم بزيارتها!

هذه هي أمي فكيف لو كانت لي أم زوج ؟!

لقد أدهشني أمر هذين الزوجين .. ولا سيما أن حالة الأم صعبة

وهي أقرب إلى الموت من الحياة ..

أدهشتني أمر الزوجة.. ما شأنها وأم زوجها ؟! أتتعب نفسها

وهي الشابة الجميلة من أجلها ؟ لماذا ؟

لم يعد يشغل بالي سوى هذا الموضوع ؟ تخيلت نفسي لو أني بدل

هذه الأم ، يا للسعادة التي سأشعر بها ، يا لحظ هذه العجوز !

إني أغبطها كثيرا ...

كان الزوجان يجلسان طيلة الوقت معها ، وكانت مكالمات هاتفية

تصل إليه من الخارج يسأل فيها أصحابها عن حال الأم وصحتها ..

دخلت يوما غرفة الانتظار فإذا بها جالسة ، فاستغللتها فرصة لأسألها

عما أريد .. حدثتني كثيرا عن حقوق الوالدين في الإسلام

وأذهلني ذلك القدر الكبير الذي يرفعهما الإسلام إليه ، وكيفية

التعامل معهما ..

بعد أيام توفيت العجوز ، فبكى ابنها وزوجته بكاءا حارا وكأنهما

طفلان صغيران ...

بقيت أفكر في هذين الزوجين وبما علمته عن حقوق الوالدين

في الإسلام ...

وأرسلت إلى أحد المراكز الإسلامية بطلب كتاب عن حقوق الوالدين ..

ولما قرأته .. عشت بعده في أحلام يقظة أتخيل خلالها أني أم

ولي أبناء يحبونني ويسألون عني ويحسنون إلي حتى آخر لحظة

من عمري .. ودون مقابل ..

هذا الحلم الجميل جعلني أعلن إسلامي دون أن أعرف عن الإسلام

سوى حقوق الوالدين فيه ...

الحمد لله تزوجت من رجل مسلم ، وأنجبت منه أبناء ما برحت

أدعو لهم بالهداية والصلاح .. وأن يرزقني الله برهم ونفعهم ...

أم عبد الملك – أمريكية – مسلمة
نشرت قصتها مجلة " الدعوة " السعودية

رسالة من فتاة أمريكيه إليكن

رسالة فتاة أمريكيه إليكن.....

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سلام عليكم أخواتي المسلمات

الإسلام رائع ..
وهو الدين الوحيد الذي أحسست بشيء ما يجذبني إليه لإعتنقه بدلا من 12 ديانة درستها لأختار واحدة منها ..
أكتب إليكم هذه الرسالة وأنا أبكي حرقة على عشرين عاما من الكفر بالله ..
لا أخفيكم أخواتي، أنه قبل إسلامي كنت أشعر أن الدين شيء مهم في حياتنا ، ولكننا لا نريد نحن ( الأميركيين ) أن نعترف بأهميته ..

نعم.. بدأت قصتي مع الإسلام عندما قابلت فتاة مسلمة من السعودية ، لم يزد عمرها عن العشرون عاما..
طلبت مني مساعدتها في اللغة الإنجليزية ، وقد كانت تتحدثها بطلاقة ..
في الأشهر الأولى من تدريسي لها لم أظهر أي إهتمام بدينها رغم حبي الشديد لعادات المسلمين . و أول ما لفت نظري هو ( الترابط الأسري ) الذي حُـرمت منه منذ كان عمري يوما واحدا !
إنقطعت عنها لمدة تزيد عن الـ 5 أشهر ، ولكن كنت أساعدها في بعض الأمور وقت الإختبارات . ولكن طيلة مدة انقطاعي عنها كنت أفكر تفكيرا عميقا في تلك الفتاة التي ترتدي جلبابا (hijab) أسودا يغطي سائر جسمها بل حتى وجهها الجميل ...
كان لديها أختان ، وكانتا تهتمان بي وتكرماني ، حتى أني كنت أخجل بعض الأحيان منهما ..
صديقاتي في الجامعة كنّ يقلـن لي :
كيف وجدتي المسلمات جاهلات (ignorant) أليس كذلك؟؟؟
وكنت أزداد حزنا لعدم فهم صديقاتي ما يدور حولي وفي داخلي ..
كنت أشعر أن المسلمين لديهم شيئا يميزهم عن الآخرين ، فرغم دعايات الإعلام المضللة عن المسلمين ، إلا أننا نحن الأمريكيات نعجـِب بمظهر المسلمات حتى ولو لم نظهر ذلك .

في يوم ٍ ماطر ، وقد كان يوم الأحد ، قلت سأذهب اليوم إلى الكنيسة عليّ أجد الجواب !!! ؟
الجواب لحقيقة الإله ..

ولأني كنت أريد أن أبوح بأمري إلى الراهبة وقد كانت صديقتي .. دخلت إلى غرفة فارغة علق فيها الصليب وقلت :
" أيها الرب أنا في محنة لا يعلمها إلا أنت ..
أيها الرب ساعدني..
أيها الرب هل لديك إبن ؟! ( تعالى الله عما قلت )
أنت ترى دموعي وتدرك حيرتي ... أي ال12 دينا أتبع ؟!!
أحب أن أكون مسلمة .. أرتدي جلبابا طويلا أسوداً وأمشي في الطرقات.. أتزوج من رجل عربي لأعيش كريمة حرة " !!

بكيت كثيرا ، حتى أتت صديقتي الراهبة لتقول :
" أنت تبكين على يسوع وكيف صلبوه ؟ "
ازددت ألما في هذه اللحظة .. لم أتمالك نفسي وقد كنت متعبة جدا لدرجة الإنهيار..
سقطت على الأرض أنتحب.. وصرخت وأنا أوجه يدي إلى الصليب..
- تكلمي يا(jane ) هل ما نعتقده في هذا الصليب صحيح؟؟
أنا حائرة !!
من هو الإله إن كنت ِ تؤمنين بأن الله ثالث ثلاثة !!؟؟
لا أستطيع تحمل المزيد من هذا الكذب .. أخبريني الحقيقة .. أي دين يجب أن أتبع ؟؟ ولمَ .......

قاطعتني jane وقد كانت مذهولة قائلة :
" نعم عزيزتي لك الحق أن تسالي مثل هذه الأسئلة .. أنا نفسي سألت نفسي آلاف المرات هذه الأسئلة... " !!
وأمسكت بيدي وقالت:
" ولكن بعد كل هذا أمسك الإنجيل(bible) وأنسى كل هذه الأسئلة التي يلقيها الشيطان في أنفسنا .."
نظرت إليها وقلت : " كم أنت ماكرة " ..

تركت المكان ، وخرجت هائمة لا أدري أين أذهب .
فجأة رأيت رجالا يبدوا عليهم أنهم مسلمين من لباسهم .. أسرعت إليهم .. وقلت :
" أرجوكم أرجوكم "
وأخذت أبكي بكاء عميق وقلت:
" أين أستطيع أن ألتقي بصديقات مسلمات؟ "
قالوا لي بصوت ملؤه الحنان والدفء :
" تعالي معنا نحن سنذهب إلى هناك لنصلي " ...
قلت : " لا .. أستطيع الذهاب بمفردي فقط .. قولوا لي أين هو المركز الإسلامي ؟ " ..

ذهبت إلى هناك وقد كنت ارتدي (miniskirt) ... دخلت إلى المكان وشعرت بالسلام يسري في أعماقي .. شعرت بالخجل من ملبسي بعد أن رأيت المسلمات متحجبات ..
رأيت ملابس الصلاة موضوعة جانبا وقلت في نفسي : لم لا أضع أحدها على ساقي ..فعلت..
فسألتني إحدى المسلمات :
" أهلا بك .. هل ترغبين أن تعرفي شيئا عن الإسلام ؟ "..
فقلت : " نعم .. وأحب أن تعرفيني على الإسلام.. من فضلك " !
قالت : " يسرني ذلك ، ولكن هل قرأت ِ شيئا عن الإسلام؟ " .
أجبت بتردد : " نعم قرأت الكثير ، وأنا معلمة منزلية(tutor) لإحدى الفتيات المسلمات من السعودية " ..
قالت : " حسنا يسرني لو تزوريني في منزلي لأعلمك شيئا عن الإسلام " ...
فرحت حتى بكيت من الفرح ... وقلت : " شكرا شكرا..." .
وقد كنت وقتها أتحدث اللغة العربية ولكن بصورة ضعيفة وجمل غير مرتبة ..

استمريت في الذهاب إلى منزل هذه المسلمة قرابة الشهرين ، ثم جاءني الخبر الأليم بأنها تستعد السفر إلى بلدها ، فلذا هي لا تستطيع الإستمرار معي ..
ودعتها وأنا أبكي حرقة ..
وبالمناسبة .. فقد كنت لا أستطيع الذهاب إلى المركز الإسلامي دائما لكي لا ألفت نظر أحد
من صديقاتي أو أهلي ..

رجعت إلى المنزل وسجدت كما رأيت المسلمات .. وبكيت وقلت :
" إلهي ابعث لي من يساعدني .. إلهي إني أحببت الإسلام وآمنت به فلا تحرمني فرصة أن أكون مسلمة ولو ليوم واحد قبل أن أموت .. "

ذات يوم وفجأة رن هاتف المنزل ، وإذا به صديقي(boyfriend) يقول :
" لدينا حفل شواء اليوم هل تأتين معي؟ " ..
فقلت : " أتمنى ذلك ولكن لا أستطيع " ..

منذ ذلك اليوم لم ألتق به أو حتى أسمع صوته ، لأني سمعت من صديقتي المسلمة السعودية أن الـboyfriend محرم في الإسلام إن لم يكن هناك عقد زواج ..

بعد أن أغلقت سماعة الهاتف ذهبت إلى غرفتي .. أخرجت حجابا ( هدية من الفتاة السعودية ) وارتديته كما تفعل هي ..
نظرت إلى وجهي وقلت كم أبدوا جميلة بهذا الحجاب.. أرجعته في صندوقه ونمت بعدها نوما عميقا ..

وذات مرة بعد شهر تقريبا بكيت بعد قراءتي في بعض الكتب عن الدين الإسلامي حتى نمت على الأريكة في غرفة المعيشة ...
استيقظت على رنين الهاتف الساعة الثامنة مساءاً ، وإذا هي صديقتي السعودية
قالت لي : " سارا هل كنت نائمة ؟ "
قللت : " نعم ولكن لا يهم .. كيف حالك أنت ؟؟ "
وبكيت فجأة ، فقالت : " مابك سارا .. هل هناك ما يألمك ؟؟ ما الأمر؟؟ "

قلت لها : " إسمعي صديقتي أنا تعبت من الحيرة أشعر أن هناك أمر غريب يسري بداخلي .. هل من الممكن أن آتي إلى منزلك الليلة ؟
أشعر أن اليوم هو يومي الأخير..
قالت لي : " تذكري يا سارا أن بيتي بيتك وأنا أنت .. فلذا مرحباً بك في أي وقت.. "

شعرت بحرارتي ترتفع ، والصداع يزداد ، وشعوري بالضيق يكاد يقضي علي .
ولكن الإختلاف هنا هو أني كل مرة أشعر فيها بهذا القدر من الإنهيار أفكر بالإنتحار ... لكن هذه المرة هناك شيء مختلف..!!
أشعر أني أريد أن أفعل شيئا أكبر من ذلك .. هو .....
( التغيير) ...
ركبت سيارتي وكدت أرتطم بسيارات كثيرة من شدة الإكتئاب الذي أعانيه .. وشرود الذهن الذي سيطر علي لمدة 4 أشهر كاملة ..

ذهبت إلى منزل صديقتي وفتح لي الباب أخوها الأكبر قائلا : " السلام عليكم سارا " ..
رددت السلام كما علمتني صديقتي المسافرة.. ولكن بطريقة أوحت إليه أني خائفة من شيء ما...
ولكن قطع صمتنا.. صوت صديقتي قائلة :
" مرحبا مرحبا تفضلي سارا "...
دخلت إلى المنزل وفي داخلي الكثير .. في داخلي نار لم تهدأ منذ عدة أسابيع .. بل أشهر .. بل منذ خرجت إلى هذا العالم !!..

جلست معها ، وقدمت لي القهوة العربية التي هي من أجمل الأشياء في الضيافة السعودية .. شربت القهوة .. بعدها بل منذ أن دخلت إلى هذا المنزل الدافئ أحسست بالأمان الذي كنت طيلة حياتي أبحث عنه..
تحدثت مع صديقتي عما يدور داخلي وبعد حديث طويل.. قامت فقالت لي :
" هل أنت مستعدة لأن تكوني مسلمة ؟؟؟ "
قلت : " نعم .. بل أريد ذلك الآن " ...
قالت : " تأني قبل إتخاذ مثل هذا القرار الكبير " ..
قلت لها: " أنا أشعر أن هذا الدين هو الدين الصحيح ، بل ومتأكدة من ذلك.. أسرعي أختي وقولي لي كيف أصبح مسلمة ؟؟ " ....
قالت صديقتي : " الآن باستطاعتك أن تكوني مسلمة ، فقط قولي " أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله و أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله " ..
قلت لها : " حسنا لقنيني إياها كلمة كلمة " ..

رددت عاليا وقلبي يزداد نبضه بسرعة عالية ودموعي تنهمر .....
(( أشهد... أن... لا إله إلا الله... و أشهد... أن... محمدا رسول الله ))

نظرت إلى صديقتي ، وقلت بصوت عال :
أنا مسلمة .. أنا مسلمة.. أنا مسلمة جديدة ..
اليوم ولدت من جديد .. اليوم إسمي مسلمة .. لن ينادوني سارا بعد اليوم.. بل سينادوني مسلمة..
وداعا سارا القديمة.. وداعا للقلق والحيرة..
من اليوم لن أحتاج إلى التفكير في حل متاهات التثليث.. من اليوم أنا لست مذنبة ..

أنا مســــــــــلـــــــمــــــة !

بعد ذلك رجعت إلى المنزل .. و أنا مرتاحة .. لم أستطع النوم ليس لأني قلقة أو محتارة .. بل لأني فرحة ...
وضعت البوصلة لأعرف إتجاه القبلة .. وفرشت سجادة الصلاة وصليت أول صلاة في الإسلام صلاة العشاء لأن وقتها لم يخرج بعد ..
في آخر سجدة ... سجدت لمدة 30 دقيقة وأنا أبكي فرحا ، ودعوت الله أن يساعدني ويثبتني على طريق الحق .

كان هذا اليوم يوم تاريخ ولادتي...(7-16-1999)....
وإسمي مسلمة و بطاقاتي الشخصية استبدلت بصورتي وأنا متحجبة....

مررت بأيام صعبة كثيرة وقد حان الوقت لأرتاح .. وأكون مؤمنة... بعد عشرين عاما من الضياع والتيه .

اتصلت بصديقتي المسافرة وأبلغتها نبأ إسلامي .. وقد فرحت أشد الفرح ..

ولكن لم تنته القصة ..
فقد أتت صعوبة إخبار أهلي بالخبر .. ولكني تمالكت نفسي وكان ذلك وقت أعياد الميلاد ..
وارتديت حجابي ودخل أبي وأمي وأخي الوحيد .
- سارا .. ماهذا ؟!! صرخ أخي .
قلت له والدموع تملا عيني : هذا هو الحجاب .. أنا مسلمة اليوم .. إسمي مسلمة وليس سارا .

دهشت أمي وشحب لون وجهها فقالت : عزيزتي هل جننت !؟؟ كيف ترضين الإسلام دينا ؟!
قلت لها : الإسلام ديني ، ومحمد نبيي ، والله ربي ، والقرآن كتابي ، وخديجة وعائشة قدوتي ، وأمريكا بلادي ،
وأنت لا زلت أمي ماري( Mary ) وأنت أيضا أبي ( Jhon ) و أنت أخي الحبيب المدلل( Mark) .. أنتم عائلتي .. لا شيء جديد سوى أني تغيرت ..
أصبحت مسلمة ، وأنا الآن أكثر سعادة واستقراراً .. أشعر أني إنسانة .. أشعر أني حرة ..
واحتضنت أمي وأبي بقوة ، وقد ظهرت عليهم علامات التأثر ..

قالت أمي : لا تقلقي حبيبتي ، ولكن ماذا عن هذا الذي ترتدينه الحجاب...؟؟؟!!!
قلت لها : أمي هذا هو لباسي .. و أحبه ولا أستطيع خلعه .. لا لا أستطيع ..

قالت أمي : ولكن ماذا سيقول الناس ؟؟ سيقولوا أوه لن نرى شعر سارا الذهبي الرائع ...
قلت : أمي هذا لا يهم .. المهم هو أني مسلمة .

اجتزت الإمتحان وحمدت الله .. بعد أن ذهبوا كتبت رسالة مرفقة بثلاث وردات بيضاء ...
كتبت فيها :
أمي ، أبي ، أخي ...
أنا أحبكم ولا زلت ابنة العائلة .. ولا زلت أمريكية .. أرجوكم اقبلوني كمسلمة ..
وبالمناسبة .. أعجبت بالهدايا الرائعة التي احضرتموها لي...
ولكن أريد أن أخبركم بشيء ما.. وهو أني لن أستطيع الإحتفال معكم السنة القادمة ..
أعرف أن هذا يبدوا محزنا ولكن ... سأتقبل الهدايا التي ستحضروها لي ..
أمي تذكري أني لا زلت أحبك
أبي تذكــر أني لا زلت أحبــك
أخي تذكر أني لا زلت أحبــك
المحبة : مسلمة

هذه هي قصتي .. قصة ولادتي من جديد ...
أرجوكم أخواتي أن تدعوا لي .... أرجوكم من الأعماق



هذه الرساله اعجبتني واحببت ان انقلها لكم
سبحان لله والله أنني بكيت عند قرأتها أولاً فرحان بأختي المسلمه
وثانياً لحال أخواتي المسلمات الاتي أتخذن الحجاب زينه وليس حجاب وأعتقدن أن الحجاب عاده وليس عباده

ثانياً لأخواتي التي أتخذن أصدقاء من الجنس الأخر وهو لايحل لها
رابعاً لحال أخواتي عندما تفتحن ويقولون أن الأسلام دين معقد وليس دين الحريه
سبحان لله هذا من عندلله كيف لانرضاه أسأل الله السلامه والعافيه وأسأل الله أن يهدي بنات وشباب المسلمين آآآمين

إسلام شاب دانمركي بسبب الرسوم المسيئة

إسلام شاب دانمركي بسبب الرسوم المسيئة

دخل في الإسلام يوم الخميس الماضي شاب دانمركي في مسجد الأخوة والمساواة في مدينة أورهوس.
وكان هذا الشاب الذي أسلم - واسمه مارتن - قد زار المسجد عدة مرات؛ حضر خلالها خطب الجمعة, وكان يسأل عن معنى وتفاصيل الخطب التي كان يسمعها بعد كل صلاة، وقد بدأ اهتمام مارتن بالإسلام إثر أزمة الرسوم المسيئة التي تسببت بها جريدة يولاند بوستن الدانمركية.
وقد عبّر مارتن عن شعوره بالارتياح بين المسلمين منذ أول لحظة دخل فيها المسجد، وقال: إن المعلومات التي كانت تصله عن طريق الإعلام الدانمركي فيها مغالطات كبيرة ومخالفة تمامًا لما رآه من طيبة المسلمين وانفتاحهم على الناس.
وقال مارتن لمراسل اللجنة الأوروبية لنصرة خير البرية: "لقد كنت أدرس النانو تكنولوجيا بحثًا عن الحياة الأبدية، وعندما علمت أن هناك إلهًا أوجد هذا الكون توقفت عن الدراسة وبحثت عن الحقيقة في الإسلام, والآن بعد أن أسلمت سوف أنظر فيما سوف أخطط له لمستقبلي كمسلم".
وقد تم إسلام الأخ مارتن يوم الخميس الماضي قبيل صلاة المغرب بعد أن اغتسل في المسجد وبدأ بالفعل المحافظة على صلاة الجماعة منذ أول يوم. وكان الأخ مارتن قد أشهر إسلامه بحضور الأئمة الفضلاء الشيخ أبي بلال إسماعيل والشيخ أبي خالد عدوان وعدد من رواد المسجد.
وبعد إسلامه أجرى الأخ مارتن اتصالاً هاتفيًا مع "صديقته", وأخبرها بما كان منه ودعاها إلى الإسلام فأبت, ما دفعه إلى إخبارها بأنه قد تخلى عنها مباشرة؛ لأن الإسلام لا يسمح له ببناء علاقات منافية للدين. وأخبر مارتن من حوله بأنه سوف يحج عامه هذا, وأنه سيبحث عن فتاة مسلمة ليتزوج منها.
وقد قامت إدارة المسجد بتوزيع الحلوى والعصائر احتفالاً بإسلام الأخ مارتن, وتخلل الحفل كلمة ألقاها الإمام أبو خالد عدوان, مثنيًا على جهود رواد المسجد وحسن خلقهم وتصرفهم مع الناس، وحثهم على الاستمرار في نشاطات الدعوة إلى الإسل

The story of: Abdul Kareem Paguta

Abdul Kareem Paguta

To be in a totally new environment is quite difficult at first, but to discover ways of relieving oneself of boredom and homesickness is much better than to suffer the consequences of loneliness all the time. This was my experience upon arriving in Jeddah in 1993 as a contract worker at the National Glass Beads Co.

The day after my arrival, a Friday morning, two of my Filipino co-workers who had arrived a week earlier, accompanied me to the city center to buy a radio cassette player-recorder, as we all agreed that music would be the answer to the boredom we were encountering. How typical of an overseas Filipino worker!

On our way back to our villa, I heard an unfamiliar and strange sound; strange, because it was my first time to hear such chanting, melodious tune. I was informed later that it was the call for prayer for Muslims. Soon I got used to hearing the same call through a loud speaker in every mosque.

This experience aroused my curiosity and led me to know about the culture, traditions and religious practices of the Arabs in particular and the Muslims in general. The adhan or call to Islamic prayer became my own call to study and embrace Islam, which, I was to find out later, is the True Religion from God, Allah, and the birthright for all mankind.

I began to observe Muslims of various nationalities and occasionally involved myself in discussions on this religion. I inquired about Islamic beliefs and practices, and I was surprised to receive the same answers from different nationalities. I got most impressed of their kindness, patience, hospitality and peace-loving nature, that is, they avoided physical harm no matter they argued loudly out of misunderstanding.

After a year, our residence was transferred to our factory site at the Industrial Estate. A few months later, a Filipino propagator of Islam from the Cooperative Office for Call and Guidance in the area, started a series of lectures on Islam to us Filipino workers in our factory. The next lecture was given by another Filipino propagator from the same Center. Aside from the lectures, we were given Islamic reading materials, and thus began my thorough study of Islam, in comparison with my former religion.

My readings and study of comparative religion did not fully convince me yet to embrace Islam. So I requested my production manager to provide me with a copy of the Qur’aan in English translation so I could verify the references made by the reading materials. He immediately granted my request, and soon I got deeper into the study of Islam, to satisfy my doubts if the Qur’aan was really the Word of God and if Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was indeed the last Prophet and Messenger of Allah. These truths, for a Christian like me then, were the most difficult to accept, in the light of Christian teaching that “the bible is the Word of God and Jesus is the second person of God who died to redeem mankind and guide them into salvation.”

It took me one long year more of studying the translation of the meaning of the Qur’aan, as well as the biography of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wa sallam) and other reading materials, to fully convince me that indeed Islam is the True Religion.

Finally, I walked my way to Islam on March 9, 1997 at the Islamic Center – the Cooperative Office for Call and Guidance, Industrial Estate, not knowing where it was located – to declare my testimony that THERE IS NONE WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS LAST PROPHET AND MESSENGER.

The story of: Abdul Aziz (Formerly Jermaine Boddy)

Abdul Aziz (Formerly Jermaine Boddy)

He was born Jermaine Boddy and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia, United States, as a Baptist Christian as were his parents and their parents and so on and so forth. He narrates how in the letter below how he converted to Islam:

As a youth I attended Church and Sunday School regularly until my adolescent years when girls and running around suddenly became more important to me. I consider myself as "sinful" when I was on the street, but I was always conscious of Allah, or I may say God in those days and used to ask forgiveness on occasions for my sinful deeds in vain by the way I had been taught, "in the name of Jesus", may Allah forgive me. I continued on in my sinful ways despite a number of events in my life that were very life threatening such as drugs, being shot in the head, loss of jobs, and family and friends dying. Only after my incarceration did I begin to seek refuge in Allah and I was "saved" while incarcerated in the county jail. Even then as I faithfully read my Bible and prayed every night before I went to bed, there were still some doubts in my mind as far as the Christian faith was concerned. I continued to try to live my life as Christian when I came to prison but eventually went back to my old ways of my lower self. Again after several years of constantly staying in and out of trouble worrying about worldly matters and confronting frustration I began going to Church again but only half–heartedly. I really enjoyed the singing and also the eloquent speech of the preacher Reverend Hightower but there were always unanswered questions which I still cannot understand. The more I think about it the more outrageous it sounds. "Jesus died on the cross for the whole world’s sins". I seek Allah’s forgiveness.

Even though I was still confused, I held on to Christianity and started to seek knowledge elsewhere. I had been introduced to Al-Islam briefly while on the streets by a friend whom was not very knowledgeable or righteous but yet I somehow was drawn to this religion back then. I can remember telling my mother that I wanted to be a Muslim after hearing the Ayas of the Holy Qur’an. She dismissed it by saying I did not know what I was talking about which I did not but somehow I knew that this was the True religion.

I had attended the Jumu’ah on a couple occasions with a brother named Islam and then again with one of my home boys but never really understood what was going on because I was not paying any attention. Sometime later, I then asked a friend, Shahid Qazi to place my name on the Callout to attend Jumu’ah but for the wrong reasons. My intentions were to just get out of going to work in the afternoons on Fridays. Actually I began to stay and listen to the Khutabah and after a short while some of my previous questions were starting in to be answered. I would continue to attend reverend Hightower’s services on Thursday nights and then go to Jumu’ah on Fridays for at least nine months and over the last part of those nine months I began to ask Allah to show me the straight path because although I still proclaimed to be a Christian I knew that Islam was a true religion. Slowly Islam touched my heart and I stopped attending the Christian services there shortly after I took my Shahadah (Masha-Allah) and my life changed drastically ever since!

Brother ‘Abdul Aziz is a young man of 28 years of age from West Virginia and has learned his Salat, Kalima, Du’a Qunut, couple of other Du’as, and many Surahs along with all of the Arabic alphabet.

Brother ‘Abdul Aziz took his Shahadah just seven months back but has learned a lot and also is serving the Sunni Muslim Community as an Amir of Da’awah and Assistant Security. May Allah keep him strong. Ameen

أسلمت.. فقتلها أبوها

أسلمت.. فقتلها أبوها

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم..

{ يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ . ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً . فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي . وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي } [سورة الفجر : 30-27]

( ريتا طوني ).. أوكما كانت تسمّي نفسها islam_or_christian عبر برنامج المحادثات الشهير ( البالتوك PalTalk ) ..

عرفناها قبل الإسلام في الغرف الإسلامية للرد على شبهات النصارى ونقد دعاويهم الباطلة في دينهم.. باحثة عن النور والحق والحياة..

لبنانيةٌ نصرانيةٌ تعيش مع أسرتها في بلاد الحرمين، وأبوها قسيسٌ نصرانيٌّ..

هذه الفتاة الحائرة.. لم تكن تظن أن الإسلام أقرب إليها من حوار تجريه مع بعض الإخوة والأخوات عبر غرف المحادثات والدردشة!!

كانت تقول قبل إسلامها:

" أنا أعيش حياة جحيم في البيت، ممنوعه من الحوار في الدين، بابا قسيس بيحكيلي انا أعلمك طريق النجاة وأبعد عنك الأرواح الشريرة، انا أريد الحقيقة.. أين الحقيقة !!؟ هل أنا على حق وأنتم الخطأ أم أنا على خطأ وأنتم الصح !؟؟ أنا أعلم أن القرآن كلام غريب جدّاً ومؤثّر جداً، ولكن أنا رُبـّـيتُ من صغري على أنه لا يوجد قرآن ولا يوجد محمد. "

وبعد مرور الأيام والليالي.. في حوارٍ ونقاش مع عدد من الإخوة والأخوات عبر هذا البرنامج، ومنهم الأخ الكريم والمناظر الفذ ( وسام ) - أسأل الله أن يبارك فيه -، واسمه عبر البالتوك: wesam-، وأختنا الكريمة ( أوركيد ) - Orkid4 - التي رافقت أختنا ريتا في رحلة البحث عن الطريق والحق والحياة.. فما كان من ريتا إلا أن وجدت نفسها أمام الحقيقة المجرّدة !!

وجاء اليوم الذي بحثت عنه كثيرًا..

22-7-2004.. تاريخ مولدها الجديد في هذه الدنيا الزائلة..

أسلمت !!

نعم.. أسلمت !!

قالتها.. "أشهد ألا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمداً رسول الله"..

هذه الكلامات القلائل.. تملّكت عقلها.. قلبها.. روحها.. عاشت من خلالها أسعد لحظاتها.

عرفت - أخيرًا - معنى الحياة التي تبحث عنها..

" وَهَذِهِ هِيَ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ: أَنْ يَعْرِفُوكَ أَنْتَ الإِلَهَ الْحَقِيقِيَّ وَحْدَكَ وَيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَهُ. "

( يوحنّا 17:3 )

قالت بعد إسلامها :

- islam_or_christian:

آمين آمين آمين آمين يامن هديت قلبي إليك وأنرت بصيرتي أن تهدي أهلي وجميع العالمين

- islam_or_christian:

اللهم إني أسالك التثبيت ولاتزغ قلبي عن طريق النجاة وتمحي خطاياي ولا تجعلني من الضالين

- islam_or_christian:

اللهم حبب قلبي الى دينك الصحيح وزدني علما من عندك إنك أنت العليم

- islam_or_christian:

اللهم لاتحرم من ساعدني الى الوصول اليك واخرجني من الظلمات الى نور الهدى نور نبيك محمد عليه افضل سلاما وتسليم

- islam_or_christian:

الله يبارك فيكم عن جد انا سعيده في اسلامي لانكم فعلا حسستوني في معنى الاخوه

- islam_or_christian:

ربي ارحمني ان افتريت على عظمة وحدانك وجعلت في ملكك شريكا ولكني كنت في ضلالة وانت من شرحت صدري الى هداك

- islam_or_christian:

انا سعيده جدا والله تغمر قلبي اطمئنان لم اشعر به قبل في حياتي

- islam_or_christian:

انا سعيده جدا جدا جدا والله دموعي تغمر وجهي خوفا وطمعا بالله وفرحتي ان نصرني الله على الشيطان الرجيم

- islam_or_christian:

انا سعيده جدا في اسلامي اني اشعر براحه في القلب لم اشعر بها في حياتي كلها

ولكن.. قدّر الله لها ألا تستمر هذه الحياة!!

في يوم 25/8/2004.. انتهت هذه الحياة !!

ماتت ريتا !!

بل قُتلت ريتا !!

وهي تسجد لله في صلاة الظهر في ذلك اليوم، دخل عليها أبوها القسيس ( أدعياء المحبّة والسلام الكاذب ) ففوجئ بما رأى.. طلب منها لبس الصليب فرفضت، فما كان له إلا أن ضربها بكرسي حديدي أصابها بجروح ماتت على إثرها.. وإنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون.

ألا لعنة الله على القوم الظالمين..

رحمك الله يا ريتا.

ريتا طوني، ذات العشرين ربيعًا.. " عروس الإسلام والبالتوك " كما سمّاها إخوانها وأخواتها عبر برنامج المحادثات هذا..

أسأل الله أن يتقبّلها في علّيين.. مع النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين، وحسن أولئك رفيقًا..

ولا نقول إلا ما يرضي ربّنا.. إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون.

وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل في كل ظالم ملعون كافر..

( اعلموا إخواني أنه لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمداً عبده ورسوله.. حمل الأمانة وبلّغ الرسالة ونحن له طائعين )

هذه آخر كلماتها عبر البالتوك.. بعد أن قرأت علينا سورة الإخلاص.. بصدق وإخلاص

رحمك الله يا ريتا.. والملتقى الجنّة إن شاء الله.

ونسألكم لها الدعاء..

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نقل إلينا هذا الخبر ابن خالتها ( وكان قد أسلم من قبل ) واسمه ( جوزيف - يوسف - ).. فكانت صدمة للجميع عبر غرف البالتوك.. تغمّدها الله برحمته..

ولكن.. ... { وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ } [الأنفال:30] فها هو( ريمون جورج ) ( مرافق جثمان الشهيدة - بإذن الله - " ريتا طوني " أثناء انتقالها من بلاد الحرمين إلى لبنان حتى تدفن هناك، في بلدها الأم ) يعتنق الإسلام!! بعدما كشف عن وجه الشهيدة، ويصرخ ويقول :

والله إنها ليست ميتة!!، إنها تبتسم وجسمها دافئ رغم خروجها من الثلاجة، ووجهها كأنه النور..

فسبحان ربّي العظيم..

وقد قيل أنّ السلطات السعودية قامت باعتقال أبيها القسيس القاتل وحبسه حبسًا احترازيًّا، غير أن السفارة اللبنانية تدخّلت لتطالب بترحيله من المملكة وتسليمه للسلطات اللبنانية عن طريق الصليب الأحمر.. عامله الله بما يستحق.

أهذه هي تعاليم المسيح!؟

أهذه هي عظات " الله محبّة "!؟

أهذه هي المقولة الشهيرة التي تُنسب إلى السيد المسيح في إنجيل ( متّى ) ( 5 : 43،44 ) :43 وَسَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ وَتُبْغِضُ عَدُوَّكَ. 44أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: أَحِبُّوا أَعْدَاءَكُمْ، وَبَارِكُوا لاَعِنِيكُمْ، وَأَحْسِنُوا مُعَامَلَةَ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُونَكُمْ، وَصَلُّوا لأَجْلِ الَّذِينَ يُسِيئُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيَضْطَهِدُونَكُمْ.

وختامًا :

{ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوكَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ } [التوبة:34]

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أسأل الله أن يهدي بقصتها الكثير الكثير من النصارى الحيارى.

اللهم آمين..

وآخر دعوانا أنِ الحمد لله ربّ العالمين

المصدر: طريق الإسلام.

The Bible Led Me to Islam: Abdul Malik Leblanc's Testimony

The Bible Led Me to Islam

Abdul Malik LeBlanc tells how he discovered Islam within the pages of Bible

Source: International Edition Voice of Islam - November 1998, Page 25

During my Christian days there were many verses in the Bible that made me question the religion I was following (Christianity). There was one particular verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says; "pray without ceasing," that lingered heavily in my mind. I often wondered how a person (Christian) was supposed to pray (be in a state of worship) without ceasing? Without any biblical or divine guidance, the only way I thought this to be possible was to always do good deeds and keep the remembrance of God on my tongue and in my heart.

However, I found this to be impossible to do as a human being. But when I was introduced to Islam in 1987, and began to read and learn more about this way of life, I found that Islam provided divine guidance both from God (Allah) and Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by which a person could pray (be in a state of worship) without ceasing, if it was the Will of God.

Whether waking up, eating, sleeping, putting on clothes, being in the presence of a woman, looking at a woman, going shopping, going to the bathroom, looking in the mirror, traveling, visiting the sick, sitting in a non-religious meeting, taking a bath, having sexual intercourse with one’s wife, yawning, cutting you nails, sneezing, greeting people, talking, hosting guests at home, walking, exercising, fighting, entering one’s house, praying and many other acts, Islam and the guidance therein of the Quran, and the acts and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), provided ways in which I could observe 1 Thessalonians 5:17. In addition, it allowed me to be at peace with myself and in submission to the one True God - Allah (SWT).

This divine guidance of Islam taught me greatly about my duties, responsibilities and birthright to my Creator (Allah), and more about the religion of Christianity as a Muslim, I [By the Will of Allah (SWT)] felt it necessary to share with you how the Bible led me to Islam.

Christianity

Given the fact that there has never been in the history of the Torah (Old Testament) the religion of God to be named after a Prophet (i.e. Adaminity, Abrahamity, Mosanity, etc.), I hope to explain that Jesus did not preach the religion of Christianity, but a religion that gives all Praise and Worship to The One God.

One of the questions I asked myself as I took an objective (second) look at Christianity was; where did the word Christianity come from and was the word ever mentioned to Jesus? Well, I did not find the word Christianity in the Bible, not even in a Bible dictionary. Specifically, I did not find in the Bible where Jesus called himself a Christian.

The word Christian was first mentioned by a pagan to describe those who followed Jesus. It is mentioned one of three times in the New Testament by a pagan and Jew in Antioch about 43 AD, (Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16) long after Jesus left this earth. To accept the words of pagans as having any value or association with divinity, Jesus or God is contrary to the teachings of all Prophets.

Jesus prophesied that people would worship him uselessly and believe in doctrines made by men (Matthew 15:9).

"But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." This verse, Matthew 15:9, is further supported by these words of the Quran:

"And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O Jesus, son of Mary! Did you say unto men: "Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?" He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower o fall that is hidden and unseen.

Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allah) did command me to say: ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world)." (Al-Ma’idah 5:116-117)

I found that Biblical verses like John 5:30, John 12:49, John 14:28, Isaiah 42:8 and Acts 2:22 support the above mentioned verses of the Quran.

Before leaving the subject of Christianity, I should mention one small point of observation. If Christians are Christ-like, why are they not greeting each other with the words; Peace be with you (Salamu Alaikum), as Jesus did in Luke 24:36. As you may be aware, the greeting from one Muslim to another Muslim is Assalamu Alaikum; a Christ-like saying.
Various Holy Bibles

It is worth mentioning that the Bible references cited might not be exactly as the Bible you are using. There are MANY Bibles on the market that are used by different Christian sects and all of these sects say that their book, though different, is the word of God. Such Bibles are: The Revised Standard Version 1952 & 1971, New American Standard Bible, The Holy Bible; New International Version, the Living Bible, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures used by Jehovah Witnesses, Roman Catholic Version and the King James Version. A special note: I have not found in any of these Bibles where the "New Testament" calls itself the "New Testament," and nowhere does the "Old Testament" call itself the "Old? Testament." Also, the word "Bible" is unknown within the pages of the Bible.

In addition to the many different Christian sects and Bibles, I have learned that there are also different men, not Prophets, who founded these sects and are using various interpretations of the Bible and/or man-made doctrines as their creed.

I would like to share with you some thoughts that you may not have read or known about the Bible being the word of God. Briefly, let me mention that on September 8, 1957, the Jehovah’s witnesses in their "Awake" magazine carried this startling headline - 50,000 Errors in the Bible. If you ask a Jehovah’s witness about this headline, it may be said that today most of those errors have been eliminated. How many have been eliminated, 5,000? Even if 50 remain, would one attribute those errors to God?

Let me pose another question: if a "Holy" book contained conflicting verses would you still consider it to be Holy? Most likely you will say of course not. Let me share with you some conflicting verses both in the Old and New Testaments:
II Samuel 8:4 (vs) II Samuel 8:9-10 II Kings 8:26

II Samuel 6:23 Genesis 6:3 John 5:37

John 5:31 I Chronicles 18:4 I Chronicles 18:9-10

II Chronicles 22:2 II Samuel 21:8 Genesis 9:29

John 14:9 John 8:14

Only two contradictions of the New Testament have been mentioned, but others will be referenced when the Trinity, Divinity of Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship of Jesus, Original Sin and Atonement are reviewed.

How could the "inspired words" of God get the genealogy of Jesus incorrect (See Matthew 1:6-16 where it states 26 forefathers up to Prophet David, and Luke 3:23-31 says 41 in number). Or for that matter, give a genealogy to Jesus who had NO father? See II Kings 19:1-37, now read Isaiah 37:1-38. Why is it that the words of these verse are identical? Yet they have been attributed to two different authors, one unknown and the other is Isaiah, who are centuries apart; and yet, the Christians have claimed these books to be inspired by God.

I looked up the word Easter in the Nelson Bible dictionary and learned that the word "Easter" (as mentioned in Acts 12:4) is a mistranslation of "pascha," the ordinary Greek word for "Passover." As, you know Passover is a Jewish celebration not a Christian holiday. I think human hands, all to human, had played havoc with the Bible.

From the brief points mentioned above, and the fact that Biblical scholars themselves have recognized the human nature and human composition of the Bible (Curt Kuhl, The Old Testament: Its Origin and Composition, PP 47, 51, 52), there should exist in the Christian’s mind some acceptance to the fact that maybe every word of the Bible is not God’s word.

As a side note to this subject, let me mention that some Christians believe that the Bible was dictated to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by a Christian monk, and that is why some of the biblical accounts are in the Quran. After some research, I found that this could not have happened because there were no Arabic Bible in existence in the 6th century of the Christian era when Muhammad (SAW) lived and preached. Therefore, no Arab, not even Prophet Muhammad (SAW) who was absolutely unlettered and unlearned, would have had the opportunity to examine the written text of the Bible in his own language.

The Gospels

If you read Luke 1:2-3, you will learn, as I did, that Luke (who was not one of the 12 disciples and never met Jesus) said that he himself was not an eyewitness, and the knowledge he gathered was from eyewitnesses, and not as words inspired by God. Incidentally, why does every "Gospel" begin with the introduction According to. Why "according to?" the reason for this is because not a single one of the gospels carries its original author’s autograph! Even the internal evidence of Matthew 9:9 proves that Matthew was not the author of the first Gospel which bears his name:

"And as Jesus passed forth thence, He (Jesus) saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and He (Jesus) saith unto Him (Matthew), follow me (Jesus). And he (Matthew) arose, and followed Him (Jesus)."

Without any stretch of the imagination, one can see that the He’s and the Him’s of the above narration do not refer to Jesus or Matthew as its author, but a third person writing what he saw or heard - a hearsay account and not words inspired by God.

It is worth noting, and well known throughout the religious world, that the choice of the present four "gospels" of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were imposed in the Council of Nicea 325 CE for political purposes under the auspices of the pagan Emperor Constantine, and not by Jesus. Constantine’s mind had not been enlightened either by study or by inspiration. He was a pagan, a tyrant and criminal who murdered his son, his wife and thousands of innocent individuals because of his lust for political power. Constantine ratified other decisions in the Nicene Creed such as the decision to call Christ "the Son of God, only begotten of the father."

Literally, hundreds of gospels and religious writings were hidden from the people. Some of those writings were written by Jesus’ disciples, and many of them were eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ actions. The Nicea Council decided to destroy all gospels written in Hebrew, which resulted in the burning of nearly three hundred accounts. If these writings were not more authentic than the four present gospels, they were of equal authenticity. Some of them are still available such as the Gospel of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas which agree with the Quran. The Gospel of Barnabas, until now, is the only eyewitness account of the life and mission of Jesus. Even today, the whole of the Protestant word, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and other sects and denominations condemn the Roman Catholic version of the Bible because it contains seven "extra" books. The Protestant have bravely expunged seven whole books from their word of God. A few of the outcasts are the Books of Judith, Tobnias, Baruch and Esther.

Concerning Jesus’ teachings of the Gospel (Injeel), the Gospel writers frequently mentioned Jesus preaching the Gospel: Matthew 9:35, Mark 8:35, and Luke 20:1. The word "gospel" is recurrently used in the Bible. However, in the New Testament Greek edition the word Evangeline is used in place of the word gospel, which is translated to mean good news. My question was: what Gospel did Jesus preach? Of the 27 books of the New Testament, only a small fraction can be accepted as the words of Jesus, and only of the 27 books are known to be attributed as the Gospel of Jesus. The remaining 23 were supposedly written by Paul. Muslims do believe that Jesus was given God’s "Good News." However, they do not recognized the present four Gospels as the utterances of Jesus.

The earliest Gospel is that of Mark’s which was written about 60-75 AD. Mark was the son of Barnabas’s sister. Matthew was a tax collector, a minor official who did not travel around with Jesus. Luke’s Gospel was written much later, and in fact, drawn from the same sources as Mark’s and Matthew’s. Luke was Paul’s physician, and like Paul, never met Jesus. By the way, did you know that the names Marks and Luke were not included in the 12 appointed disciples of Jesus as mentioned in Matthew 10:2-4?

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

John’s Gospel is from a different source, and was written in about 100 AD. He (John) should not be confused with John, the disciple, who was beheaded by Agrippa I in the year 44 CE long before this gospel was written. It should be accepted as a reliable account of the life of Jesus, and whether it should be included in the scriptures.

Christians, as I once did, boast about the Gospels according to Matthew, according to Mark, according to Luke and according to John. However, if we think about it, there is not a single Gospel according to Jesus himself. According to the preface of the KJV (King James Version) new open Bible study edition, the word "Gospel" was added (see below) to the original titles, "According to John, according to Matthew, according to Luke and according to Mark."

The permission to call "According to" writings the Gospel was not given by Jesus nor by any other divine guidance. These writings; Matthew, Luke, Mark and John, were never originally to be the Gospel. Therefore, Mark 1:1 can not be a true statement that his writing is the gospel of Jesus.

It should be mentioned that Muslims must believe in all Divine scriptures in their original form, their Prophets and making no distinction between them: The Suhuf (Abraham); Torah (Moses); Psalms (David); Gospel - or the Injeel (Jesus); and the Quran (Muhammad). It is clearly stated in the Quran 3:3 that Allah sent down the Torah and the Gospel. However, none of these scriptures remains in its original form now, except the Quran, which was sent for all mankind everywhere and for all times.

In addition to other reasons why the Quran was sent to mankind, as mentioned in 18:4-5 it was sent to warn the Christians of a terrible punishment from God if they cease not in saying: "Allah has begotten a son."

Muslims sincerely believe that everything Jesus (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) preached was from God; the Gospel (Injeel): The "good news" and the guidance of God for the Children of Israel. There is no place mentioned in the present four Gospels that Jesus wrote a single word of his Gospel, nor is it mentioned that Jesus instructed anyone to do so. What passes off, as the "Gospels" today are the works of third party human hands. The Quran 2:79 says:
"And woe to those who write the book with their own hands and they say: "This is from Allah (God)." To traffic with it for a miserable price! So woe to them for what their hands do write, and woe to them for what they earn thereby!"
Jesus As the Son of God

Is Jesus the Son of God? Matthew 3:17 could be used by some Christians to support the divine Sonship of Jesus. If Matthew 3:17, "And Lo a voice for heaven, saying, this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased," is used to support divine Sonship, then there should be no other verse that contradicts or gives equal divine Sonship to another person or persons in the Old or New Testament. However, many references were found in the Old and New Testaments that mentioned someone other than Jesus as having a divine Sonship to God. See Exodus 4:22:

"Israel is my son, even my firstborn." II Samuel 7:14 and I Chronicles 22:10: "...and he shall be my son (Solomon)." Jeremiah 31:9: "...and Ephraim is my firstborn." Also, Psalm 2:7.

The word "Son" must not be accepted literally because God addresses many of his chosen servants as son and sons. The Jews have also claimed Ezra to be the Son of God. The New Testament Greek words used for "son" (pias and paida, which mean servant or son in the sense of servant) are translated as son in reference to Jesus and as servant in reference to others in some translations of the Bible.

Further, the term "Father" as used by Jesus corresponds more closely to the term Rabb, i.e. One who nourishes and sustains, so that in Jesus’ doctrine, God is "Father" – Nourisher and Sustainer – of all men. The New Testament also interprets "son of God" to be mystical: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." (Romans 8:14). This mystical suggestion is further supported with Jesus being called the only begotten Son of God.

In Psalm 2:7, the Lord said to David:

"...Thou art my son: this day have I begotten thee."

Does this mean that God had two sons? Jesus also said that God is not only his Father but also your Father (Matthew 5:45, 48). Luke 3:38 says:

"...Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the Son of God."

Who is mentioned in Hebrews 7:3 as like unto the Son of God? It is Melchisedec, King of Salem, as mentioned in Hebrews 7:1. He (Melchisedec) is more unique than Jesus or Adam. Why is he not preferred to be the Son of God? Moreover, Adam did not have a mother or father, but was the first human being created by God and in the likeness of God to exist in the Garden of Eden and on earth. Wouldn’t this give more rights to Adam to be called the Son of God in its truest meaning?

I would like to share with you an obvious contradiction between John 3:16, Luke 10:25-28 and Matthew 19:16-17. John 3:16 reads:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten, Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Now let’s read Luke 10:25-28:

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, what is written in the law? How readest Thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and Thou shalt live.

These verses tell us that the inheritance of eternal life is for anyone who believes and worships no other God, but the One True God. Luke 10:25-28 agrees with Matthew 19:16-17 which says;

"And behold, one came and said to him (Jesus), Good teacher, what good things shall I do that I may have eternal life? So he (Jesus) said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? – No one is good but One that is, God. But if you want to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments."

There is no commandment that says to worship Jesus, but there that tells us to worship God alone.

In Luke 4:41, Jesus refused to be called the Son of God by demons. Do you think that Jesus would rebuke the demons, or anyone else for that matter, for telling the truth? Unquestionably, no! Jesus rebuked the demons because they were saying something false by calling him the Son of God. Also, if the demons knew that Jesus was the Christ, for Jesus to shut them up because they called him the Christ is a contradiction to Jesus’ mission.

In Luke 9:20 & 21, Jesus said unto his disciples:

"But who say ye that I am? Peter answered saying, "The Christ of God, and Jesus straightly charged them and commanded them to tell no man that thing."

Furthermore, verses like John 3:2, John 6:14, John 7:40, Matthew 21:11, Luke 7:16 and 24:19 confirm that Jesus accepted the title of teacher, Prophet and called himself the son of man in Matthew 8:20, 12:40, 17:9 & 12, 26:24, Luke 9:26, 22:48, 22:69, and 24:7. The most conclusive verse that says Jesus is the son (servant) of man is Mark 14:26 where Jesus is mentioning the Day of Reckoning. Jesus specifically said we would see the son of man, not the Son of God, sitting in the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

The act of begetting is a physical act and such act is against God’s nature. The Qur’an 19:35 says:


"It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter He only says to it "Be," and it is." (Maryam 19:35)

The teachings of Jesus as the Son of God were not preached by Jesus nor accepted by Jesus, but were taught by Paul as supported in Acts 9:20:

"And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God."

Did Jesus ever claim to be God or say, "Here am I, your God, worship me"? The answer is no. For there is no single, unequivocal statement in the Bible whereby Jesus himself declares, "I am God, therefore worship me." Virtually all of the more than two thousand verses of the epistles of Paul are his own fabrications to include Romans 9:5 that says, depending upon which Bible you read:

"...Christ came, who is overall, the eternally blessed God."

Christians should know that Paul himself mentions his own gospel, not Jesus, in his epistle to the Romans when he says in Romans 2:16:

"In the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel."

In face, the Pauline epistle to the Romans serves as the foundation of today’s Christianity. Thus, it is the Christians whose efforts will be wasted in this life as they think they were acquiring good by their works when they attribute partners to God, as stated in Chapter 18:103-106 of the Qur’an:


"Say: Shall we tell you of those who lost most in respect of their deeds? Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?" they are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of judgment, give them any weight. That is their reward, Hell; because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
(Al-Kahf 18:103-106)

Indeed, it is so strange and ironic, knowing that none of Paul’s epistle to the Romans, more than 430 verses, were ever formulated by Jesus. Paul should have made direct reference to the pristine teachings of Jesus, if only the former claim for apostleship by divine inspiration was indeed true. Instead, large parts of his epistles’ Biblical quotations (notably those in the Epistle to the Romans) were taken from the Old Testament – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Hosea. His epistles were, indeed a product of tedious efforts, but that does not make Paul far better than any of the other men who authored the Bible, nor does it make him a Prophet.

Other practices that were adopted under Paul included the following: the Roman sun-day as the Christian Sabbath; the traditional birthday of the Sun-god as the birthday of Jesus; the emblem of the sun-god (the cross of light) to be the emblem of Christians; and, the incorporation of all the ceremonies which were performed at the Sun-god’s birthday celebrations.

As I come to a close concerning the position of Christ, I would like to ask my Christian reader bow down and pray earnestly to God and ask Him to invoke His curse on you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters if what you believe about Christ (Christ is God, Son of God or part of a trinity of God) are false. Likewise, I have learned that if you asked a Muslim to earnestly pray to God to invoke His curse on him, his wife, his sons, and his daughters if what he is saying about Christ (Prophet, Messenger of God, A Word from God) are false, the Muslims are firm in their faith knowing that Christ is not God, nor the Son of God and nor part of a trinity of God. This exercise of asking God to invoke His curse on you and your family may sound a bit cruel, but it would prove two points: (1) you would know that you are on the wrong path; and, (2) it would put you on the right path.
The Crucifixion and Atonement

A very significant event in the Christian doctrine is the Crucifixion of Jesus. Before talking about the many controversies surrounding the Crucifixion, it should be mentioned that it was a gospel of Paul’s which professed the Crucifixion/Resurrection of Jesus (II Timothy 2:8):

"Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel."

In addition, the gospel of the resurrection in Mark 16:9-20 was already removed from the text by gospel writers in the 1952 edition of the Revised Standard Version and then, for some reasons, restored in the 1971 edition. In many Bibles, if not removed, it is printed in small print or between two brackets and with commentary (See the Revised Standard Version, New American Bible and New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures).

The traditional biblical account of Jesus’ Crucifixion is that he was arrested and crucified by the orders and plans of the chief priest and Jewish elders. This account was denied in the 1960’s by the highest Catholic Christian authority, the Pope. He issued a statement in which he said the Jews had nothing to do with Jesus’ Crucifixion.

Did any one of the disciples or the writers of the Gospel see the Crucifixion or the Resurrection? No! In Mark 14:50, it says the disciples forsook Jesus and fled. Even Peter forsook Jesus after the cock crowed three times as Jesus foretold:

(Matthew 26:75) And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

The most likely persons whom may have witnessed this moment in Jesus’ life were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, the mother of Zebedee’s children and other women (Matthew 27:55-56). However, there is no statement or account in the Gospels from those women as to what they saw or heard.

The disciple(s) found the sepulchre where Jesus was laid down, empty, and made the conclusion that he was resurrected because the disciples and other witnesses saw him alive after the alleged Crucifixion. Nobody saw the moment he was resurrected. Jesus himself stated that he did not die on the cross in Luke 24:36-41, as explained in the following paragraphs.

Early Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene went to the sepulchre, which was empty. She saw somebody standing who looked like a gardener. She recognized him after a conversation to be Jesus and wanted to touch him. Jesus said (John 20:17):

"Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father..."

Now read Luke 24:36-41:

"And as they (disciples) thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are you troubled? And why so thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me end see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of boiled fish and of a honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them."

Does a spiritual or dead body have a need to eat food? Jesus eating of food was to prove to the disciples that he was not a spirit, but rather, he was still alive and not dead.

Jesus being alive and not dead is further supported in his own prophecy (Matthew 12:40):

"For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

Did Jesus fulfill this miracle? Christians would say "yes," because Jesus died and rose three days later according to Luke 24:36 and Matthew 20:19, to name a few verses. However, in line with the miracle of Jonah and according to the Bible, Jesus only spent one day and two nights in the sepulchre, and not three days and three nights as he prophesied.

Jesus was put in the sepulchre just before sunset on Friday (Good Friday) and was found missing before sunrise on Sunday (Easter). If we were to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the time frame a bit, one may say that Jesus spent three days in the earth, but there is no way and I repeat, no way, that Jesus spent three nights in the earth. We must not forget that the Gospels are explicit in telling us that it was "before sunrise" on Sunday morning that Mary Magdalene went to the tomb of Jesus and found it empty.

Consequently, there are some inconsistencies as to whether Jesus fulfilled his own prophecy. Whether he was actually crucified, or if the day (Good Friday) of his alleged Crucifixion is wrong. Another significant point to mention is that Jonah was alive in the belly of the whale. The Christians says, Jesus was dead in the belly of the earth/tomb, and this contradicts Jesus’ own prophecy. Jesus said (Luke 11:30):

"As Jonah was...so shall the Son of man be."

If Jonah was alive, so was Jesus.

One critical event that took place before the alleged Crucifixion was the prayer of Jesus to God for help. Luke 22:42:

"Saying Father if thou be willing, remove this cup (of death) from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done."

Jesus’ prayer not to die on the cross was accepted by God according to Luke 22:43 and Hebrews 5:7. Therefore, if all of Jesus’ prayer were accepted by God, including not to die on the cross, how could he have died on the cross?

In Matthew 27:46, it states that while Jesus was on the cross, he said:

"Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani (My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?).

If Jesus said these words, it represents a blatant declaration of disbelief according to all theological authorities. This is a great insult as such words could only come from an unbeliever in God. Further, it is incredible that such words should come from a Prophet of God, because God never breaks His promise and His Prophets never complained against His promise, especially when the Prophet’s mission is understood. It could be said that whoever relates that this statement was said by a Prophet (Jesus), is a disbeliever.

Muslims believe, as the Qur’an states, Jesus was not crucified. It was the intention of his enemies to put him to death on the cross, but Allah saved him from their plot. Qur’an 4:157:

"That they (Jews) said boasting, "We killed Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah, but they (Jews) killed him not, nor crucified him..."

(An Nisa 4:157)