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**DeilMikina** · 11-08-2010, 02:24 PM

Many thanks for all your replies.

I've added other responses to this thread but for some reason they aren't appearing, so i hope this one will work.....

Anyway, i wouldn't class myself as a Richard Dawkins either. In fact, i despise his arrogance and obvious attempt to incite hatred. Rather, I guess i see myself leaning more towards the Agnostic side of the fence, however my comprehension of God doesn't seem to fit any of the religions ( well to what i have understood anyway).

We have to look for the objective truth (which happens to be Islam), not something that conforms to our ideas about who or what God is.
I sometimes think that a superior being does in fact exist but then i have times where i think that if he did, surely the religions would be more stable.....and then i start researching religion but feel like i move more away. ? It's been stated before, but we can't judge a religion by its followers. Islam is perfect, Muslims, unfortunately, are not.

This is the conundrum that i face with. So, do you guys think that I need to understand the concept of religion first? Or do i need to understand God first? Or does it go hand in hand I don't know if I can specifically answer your questions here, but I can share my personal story, and insha'Allah that might help.

I can't really say that my reversion to Islam was really "miraculous" or anything. I wasn't at a point in my life where I was all depressed and looking for meaning. I didn't have any terrible problems that I was trying to solve with religion. I just bought a translation of the Qur'an one day on a whim, and then I finally started reading it a few weeks later because I was bored. (Astagfirullah, I know how bad that sounds).

I don't really know how to explain the way reading the Qur'an affected me. I've read the Bible, I've read the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, but they were just interesting reading. The Qur'an wasn't and still isn't like anything I've read before. I think by the time I was half way through Surah al-Baqarah I knew that I was going to end up a Muslim. At first I was sort of in denial about it. I didn't want to admit it to myself, and I certainly looked at the idea of having to pray five times a day, fast, only eat halal foods, etc. with disdain.

Besides reading Qur'an, I was doing a lot of side reading, mostly about the Prophet (SAW) and the Sahaba (RA), and Islam in general. I think what finally made me admit to myself that Islam is the truth was reading the Sira. The life of Rasulullah (SAW) is probably the most inspirational thing I've read in my life (aside from the Qur'an), reading about the way he lived and who he was made it obvious that he truly is the messenger of Allah and the mercy to the world.

After that I started fasting, because it was Ramadan, and I started praying (not entirely correctly, because I only had the internet as a resource at that point) five times a day and that sealed it. After I started praying and making Du'a, that was it. I knew Islam was the truth because, Alhamdulillah, Allah (SWT) answered all of my Du'a, every single one. A few days later I went to a Masjid and took the Shahada and learned how to pray correctly.

This is getting pretty long and I don't know how helpful my story is anyway, so I leave it at that. It would be impossible to explain how much my life has changed and how great it's become since I reverted, anyway.

I hope that this helped, even a little, and that you come back to Islam, insha'Allah.

11-08-2010, 02:24 PM	#10
DeilMikina Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 609 Senior Member	Many thanks for all your replies. I've added other responses to this thread but for some reason they aren't appearing, so i hope this one will work..... Anyway, i wouldn't class myself as a Richard Dawkins either. In fact, i despise his arrogance and obvious attempt to incite hatred. Rather, I guess i see myself leaning more towards the Agnostic side of the fence, however my comprehension of God doesn't seem to fit any of the religions ( well to what i have understood anyway). We have to look for the objective truth (which happens to be Islam), not something that conforms to our ideas about who or what God is. I sometimes think that a superior being does in fact exist but then i have times where i think that if he did, surely the religions would be more stable.....and then i start researching religion but feel like i move more away. ? It's been stated before, but we can't judge a religion by its followers. Islam is perfect, Muslims, unfortunately, are not. This is the conundrum that i face with. So, do you guys think that I need to understand the concept of religion first? Or do i need to understand God first? Or does it go hand in hand I don't know if I can specifically answer your questions here, but I can share my personal story, and insha'Allah that might help. I can't really say that my reversion to Islam was really "miraculous" or anything. I wasn't at a point in my life where I was all depressed and looking for meaning. I didn't have any terrible problems that I was trying to solve with religion. I just bought a translation of the Qur'an one day on a whim, and then I finally started reading it a few weeks later because I was bored. (Astagfirullah, I know how bad that sounds). I don't really know how to explain the way reading the Qur'an affected me. I've read the Bible, I've read the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, but they were just interesting reading. The Qur'an wasn't and still isn't like anything I've read before. I think by the time I was half way through Surah al-Baqarah I knew that I was going to end up a Muslim. At first I was sort of in denial about it. I didn't want to admit it to myself, and I certainly looked at the idea of having to pray five times a day, fast, only eat halal foods, etc. with disdain. Besides reading Qur'an, I was doing a lot of side reading, mostly about the Prophet (SAW) and the Sahaba (RA), and Islam in general. I think what finally made me admit to myself that Islam is the truth was reading the Sira. The life of Rasulullah (SAW) is probably the most inspirational thing I've read in my life (aside from the Qur'an), reading about the way he lived and who he was made it obvious that he truly is the messenger of Allah and the mercy to the world. After that I started fasting, because it was Ramadan, and I started praying (not entirely correctly, because I only had the internet as a resource at that point) five times a day and that sealed it. After I started praying and making Du'a, that was it. I knew Islam was the truth because, Alhamdulillah, Allah (SWT) answered all of my Du'a, every single one. A few days later I went to a Masjid and took the Shahada and learned how to pray correctly. This is getting pretty long and I don't know how helpful my story is anyway, so I leave it at that. It would be impossible to explain how much my life has changed and how great it's become since I reverted, anyway. I hope that this helped, even a little, and that you come back to Islam, insha'Allah.
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