28 Responses to "True Story of Revert Muslimah :: My Journey To Islam !"
OK, the last comment i made has few typo( typing errors)
a) In 5) section ending i meant <>
b) In 6) section <>
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First of all, i appreciate the story above and the woman who embraced islam.
I am convert to Islam, i was born in a polytheist religion, studied a dozen of religion, including Judaism and Christianity, later on embraced Islam. my response is to Christina Rogers( from below in the comments section) and going by her statement, its evident lack of knowledge on her part. and those are for the reason that all her averments seems to be either logical fallacy or rather a lie. I might sound like im offending/rude,what my notes are just to reflect reality and meant no harm to any religion or individual,my inscripting in a jiffy,so bear with my grammar and lame choice of words, I will go by her successive statements.
1) Christina claims triune/trinity is something that aerate to attributes of God, indirectly she implies that as an attribute of god , that God is some kind of Avatar of himself?, and God can reveal himself in different forms, but what she doesn’t comprehend is God has no need to take different forms, that’s like saying.. Wheat Flour(or whatever flour) is all powerful, coz it can be in different forms like powder, baked bread, pizza crust and so on. the concept of one god
2) Christina makes a rallying point that a religion should not be judged by people. Indeed.But ironically, the source of Christianity simply isn’t credible as you will witness while u read further down.
3) Christiana’s comprehension is Islam doesn’t have concept of love/forgiveness ?, that’s an adumbrate lie. For the following reasons
Qur’an 085.014 and Qur’an 011.090 clearly state that Allah is THE LOVING ( meaning Allah loves us) . Among several attributes of Allah, two of those are Al-afuw ( means the forgiver, refer Qur’an 4:99, 4:149, 22:60, etc ), another Ar-Rauf ( means the kind and pitying , refer Qur’an 3:30, 9:117, 57:9, 59:10, etc ) .
The Qur’an makes it clear that, whenever possible, it is better to forgive another than to attack another. The Qur’an describes the believers (Muslims) as those who, avoid gross sins and vice, and when angered they forgive. (Qur’an 42:37) and says that Although the just requital for an injustice is an equivalent retribution, those who pardon and maintain righteousness are rewarded by GOD. He does not love the unjust. (Qur’an 42:40).
These are just few to mention, forgiving others, loving others is integral part of Islam. And as for requital..its most practical choice one can choose ,but Allah says forgiving has its reward. so Christiana’s views contradict with reality.
4) Christina is of belief that letting others know about fasting will steal the reward, irony is that bible doesn’t suggest anything as such. Christina says Christians are encouraged to be pure, its not suppose to encourage, its actually an obligation that bible holds on Christians.then comes Christina talks some bla bla that has no significance to the current topic and claims something about mini-skirts under burkha, with all due respect.. she talks as if she snuck under some burkha girl and checked them out ..lol..no offense.. i think she is referring to hijab or Abaya, and not burqa (burqa is face veil, and not mandatory, its more of Arab culture and Qur’an doesn’t mandate it, so miniskirt and other stuff hardly has anything to do with current issue)
5) Original bible ? there is no such thing as original bible, most of these books are lost, some were found in dead sea as scrolls,were gathered and made into bible, most of the scrolls were discarded, where did she get the number 5000 manuscripts ? lol.. even theologists/archeologists don’t have such figure or estimation. To begin with bible was compiled by Paul after 10 years of collecting few letters, and Jesus didn’t witness bible or in fact Jesus didn’t even authorize bible. some manuscripts are in possession of private museums where Vatican and other organizations are begging to get them. Bible has plain contradictions that makes it obvious that its simple human handiwork ( which international bible society consents).
Protevangelion,Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians,Shepherd of Hermas,Ignatius to the Romans, Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Epistle of Barnabas, Acts of Paul and Thecla, and several hundred books were dropped, just because the church didn’t want them.throughout history bible was edited for the political reasons like Constantine’s council of Nicea where he liked to embellish Jesus more godly,
Moreover, bible is full of contradictions..like
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AC 10:34, RO 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike.
RO 9:11-13 God hated Esau and loved Jacob even before their birth
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AC 9:7 Those present at Paul’s conversion stood.
AC 26:14 those present at Paul’s conversion fell to the ground.
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JN 12:32 Jesus implies that all persons will be saved.
1TI 2:3-4, 2PE 3:9 God wants all to be saved.
JN 12:40, AC 2:21, 2:39, RO 9:27, 10:13 Some will not be saved.
RE 14:1-4 Heaven will be inhabited by 144,000 virgin men (only?).
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JN 12:31 The Devil is the ruler (or”prince”) of this world.
1CO 10:26, RE 1:5 Jesus is the ruler of kings–the earth is his.
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There are more than 2,00,000 contradictions in bible that has been recorded.to take that bible as source of religion is mere foolishness only ignorants do. “Original bible”is a big like.
6) Like i said above, Jesus didn’t write the gospel. Jesus didn’t authorize it. It was Paul who did it, so claiming jesus teachings is a fictitious sham. And if that is what literally taken into consideration. Bible didn’t teach peace or loving, but it contradicts, read below bible verses
Matthew 10:34 :- “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
Luke 22:36 :- He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
and a lot of verses like Luke 12:51, Revelation 19:11 speak of non-violence as way of Jesus.
7) Christina claims one is saved by faith and not by work or man, well that contradicts with Bible which says
James 2:24 — Man is justified by works, not by faith only.
Romans 2:7 –“Receiving eternal life requires us to do good works.”
and Acts 10:34-35 ,1 John 5:3, Matthew 7:21-23, etc, too much to mention here
Conclusion :-
some people claim that they know Islam better, but reality is they don’t , in fact they don’t know their own religion, and try to diabolize Islam by misunderstandings or by insinuating wrong idea.
lol @ David seems to be hurt,he really doesn’t like christians convert to islam, does he ?
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My story is the opposite actually. I had grown up in a Christian culture, but in my teens I went through a huge time of searching. I joined the Muslim student’s association on campus and literally went to mosque and church. I was asking questions on all the points she mentions here.
Firstly in regards to the trinity, the Bible does not teach three different Gods, rather it is clear that there is one God, however God is so powerful that he reveals his attributes in different ways. Jesus is the “arm of God” (Isaiah). God reached down to earth and showed us his arm, revealed part of himself through Jesus. God also reaches to us through is spirit.
Secondly many people call themselves Christian and do not live the precepts of the Bible at ALL. Similarly many muslims are not truly muslim, sure they fast, but the men are playing around and there is alot of that. It is a tragedy but what it shows is to never judge a faith Christianity or Islam simply by the people or culture.
During my time searching I prayed and begged for answers. I noticed many things in my study that are hugely different between Islam and Christianity. One is the idea of love, which is not an attribute of Allah. Jesus taught to “turn the other cheek” and to “love your enemies”. Islamic tradition is the opposite, namely to remember the adder that bites you.
In Christianity if you fast, you tell no one (or it steals your reward). Christians are encouraged to keep themselves pure (my first kiss was on my wedding day, my husband asked my father, we never touched and were always with someone else while courting. This is the Christian way. As a Christian I often pray prostrate, but we are also encouraged to have a heart of prayer constantly. We are commanded NOT to recite prayers over and over, but to use our own words so we mean and understand them. We are taught not only to dress modest but have a modest spirit, no there are no mini-skirts under the burka!
Regarding the Bible, there are many TRANSLATIONS that are different, but the original is consistent and documented by over 5000 manuscripts.
So why did I become a Christian and not a muslim? It was the teaching of Jesus himself. Many muslims will say that they believe Jesus was a great prophet, however when you read his teachings he was clearly claiming to be the arm of God…. God reaching to sinful man to show he loves us! This would make him a heretic, if he was just a man. And that is why the Jews wanted to kill him, because they saw him as a heretic. So you cannot say “I have great respect for Jesus” for if you read his teaching and he clearly claims to be the arm of God either it is true or blasphemy. This is not a time to say “I respect”.
As for me I know it is true! For God truly loves us and it is his love that changes our hearts. Love is very powerful it is love that keeps us from sin… love that keeps a man faithful to his wife. Love is more powerful than fear!!! And the Bible asks us to follow God because we love him! “For Christ did not come into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved!” “For by grace are we saved through faith, and not of yourselves, not of works lest any man should boast!” We do a lot of boasting in life…. if your good works are in one hand and your bad works in the other, do you truly think a holy Allah will accept you? Are you good enough? I am not, but by God’s forgiveness and grace I am clean.
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Salam Brother David! Brother maybe to you this is the saddest story you have ever heard, but let me remind you that this is my story and is something that I am proud of. I think when talking with someone you could be more respectful and use another word besides “rape”. However, this is standard talk for Christians I must say because whenever they hear something they don’t like then they begin to use improper talk. My story could go on and on about how God lead me to the right way, however I did try to make it brief. I have a great love for Jesus (pbuh). I always have and always will. I do not deny him brother. But I found that my worship to him was wrong. I only need to follow in his teachings of worshiping the creator alone and no one else.
Brother you say “her relationship to God is taken in by a counterfeit, spiritual experience and life of laws and traditions”…..do you not believe in following the laws brother? I assume that your answer will probably be that it was destroyed when the new covenant was formed. However, if you are a follower of Jesus (pbuh) then you will know that he said in Matthew 5:17 -Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Which brings me to my next question brother: Do you follow the ways of the prophets by praying the way that you should? By praying I do not mean folding your hands and kneeling down. I mean putting your face to the ground as you should be doing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBDvIY2XBo&feature=related I recommend you watching this brother because if you are not praying this way, then please don’t say you are following in the footsteps of Christ when he teaches you to follow in the ways of his likeness.
You see brother; Allah had been trying to get my attention for a long time. I love God more than anything, and nothing or anyone is worth jeopardizing my relation with God for. When Islam came to me, I lost much sleep over it going back and forth trying to decide what was right. I spent much time praying to God asking him to take it away from me if it was not right for me to follow, as I only wanted the right way. It was hard for me to get over the idea that Jesus did not die on the cross as I believed this to be true for 16 years. God existed before Jesus as he had to in order to be the creator of all things. So what makes it right to say that Jesus is God? It is not right brother. Because our God is the Almighty, our God has all power…so what need does God have to have to make a sacrifice? My God is a just God; he would not send someone to die for the sins of another when they weren’t the one who committed them. I mean seriously, is it fair to hold me accountable for the sins you committed or vice versa…I think not! So God would not send an innocent man to be crucified for the sins of all when they are the ones who have sinned and destroyed his world.
As Muslims we believe that God sent messengers and prophets to every nation. Each prophet brought the same message to each group to worship one God only and to follow his guidance, to not associate him with any partners. Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) was the final prophet sent to us by God. We educate ourselves about his life and we try to follow in his way. Although we try to follow in his footsteps, we do not worship him. Worship is for God alone and the Quran makes it clear that Mohammed (pbuh) was none other than a messenger sent by God. Just as was all the prophets and messengers before them. God alone and only he has the right to be worshiped and all praise and glory unto him.
I know that God listens to the hearts of those who are sincere and honest. I don’t claim myself to be perfect brother. I never will be perfect, but I do want the right way to God and I am an honest person. I prayed to God with sincerity and he led me to the right way. All I can ask is that he opens your eyes and heart and shows you the truth also.
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i love the story it brought tears to my eyes . may allah help me in becoming i better muslim.
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Shukran and glad that you enjoyed. Please keep me in your duas and also my family that Allah will guide them to the truth. I will make dua for you that Allah will strengthen you and use you as a warrior for this great religion.
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mashallah. this story brought me to tears! alhamdulillah!
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I am glad that you enjoyed it. All praises to Allah for seeing something special in me and allowing me to be guided. Please feel free to pass my story on to others. I ask Allah to use me to help others see the truth of Islam.
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1 | Muhammad anees
November 16, 2013 at 9:54 am
It feels great when someone revert to islam I really feel blessed that I. M muslim alhamdulilah Almighty ALLAH the sustainer,the most powerful has given u the guidance which is the best gift that human can ever have , so as u n me n wish allah will guide whole of ur family n will go to paradise inshallah…
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