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Bismillah Al-Rehman Al-Raheem

Assalam-Alaikum Brother Confronted:

May Allah guide you to the Truth and enable you to find the Straight Path.

I wanted you to know I have not forgotten you, Brother. I hope you are making progress in your journey to learning and understanding about Islam and your purpose in life as well as looking into yourself as well as outside of yourself.

I thought I would give you a site to peruse (if you’re done with the other recommendations) which is The Deen Show in your free time. You can simply go to Youtube and watch their videos directly. However, what you may find of more relevance is Dr. Brown’s reversion. Dr. Brown is a man who was previously an atheist who found Islam, and maybe that will enable you to better put into perspective your quest, which is why I give you the video of his guest appearance on The Deen Show (for which you may simply click on his name and relax into watching the show).

Also, I wanted to share with you my personal favorite very fun and funny revert video: Australian Muslim Part 1 and Part 2.

I may have written the longest posts on this thread, but you know what the best advice you received on this thread was?

The best advice was to pray for Guidance, as recommended and stated by Brother Mu'min-4-life. So, Brother, even if you have to voice the words of a doubter... Because believe me that if you are sincere about learning your true purpose in life, Allah will guide you but only if you ask.

[fameintatenly]

i actually wanted help. while i am a muslim ( mashaaAllah) , i recently found out that one of my muslim friends drifted away from the fold of Islam and turned into an atheist. i would really like to help revert my friend. please can somebody help me? i would really appreciate some articles or stories about someone's personal experience that my friend could read and which will help to revert.

[mussmicky]

i actually wanted help. while i am a muslim ( mashaaAllah) , i recently found out that one of my muslim friends drifted away from the fold of Islam and turned into an atheist. i would really like to help revert my friend. please can somebody help me? i would really appreciate some articles or stories about someone's personal experience that my friend could read and which will help to revert.

Does he have a reason?

[fameintatenly]

yes. the person says that until he is given proof of the existance of Allah, he will not consider it. he wants a 'sign' of some sort, some sort of indication. everything else, in his opinion, is meaningless. he said that once, while he was a child, he prayed to Allah for a miracle. something so different, that will help him believe that there is someone out there, who was in complete control. i have tried my level best of finding articles online, also the person has talked to many people, including Dr.Zakir but he has been told that to even consider the fact that Allah does not exist, is shirk.
i dont know what to do next.

[fameintatenly]

Does he have a reason?

do you think that you would be able to help me out?

[mussmicky]

yes. the person says that until he is given proof of the existance of Allah, he will not consider it. he wants a 'sign' of some sort, some sort of indication. everything else, in his opinion, is meaningless. he said that once, while he was a child, he prayed to Allah for a miracle. something so different, that will help him believe that there is someone out there, who was in complete control. i have tried my level best of finding articles online, also the person has talked to many people, including Dr.Zakir but he has been told that to even consider the fact that Allah does not exist, is shirk.
i dont know what to do next.

Dr. Jeffrey Lang was raised as a Christian, but when he was 12 he started doubting the existence of God. At home there were troubles with his father for which he blamed God. At the age of 18 he became an atheist. During this time however he had the one dream multiple times.
He described the dream as follow:

It was a tiny room with no furniture, and there was nothing on its grayish-white walls. Its only adornment was the predominantly red-and-white patterned carpet that covered the floor. There was a small window, like a basement window, above and facing us, filling the room with bril*liant light. We were in rows; I was in the third. There were only men, no women, and all of us were sitting on our heels and facing the direction of the window.

It felt foreign. I recognized no one. Perhaps I was in another country. We bowed down uniformly, our faces to the floor. It was serene and quiet, as if all sound had been turned off. All at once, we sat back on our heels. As I looked ahead, I realized that we were being led by someone in front who was off to my left, in the middle, below the window. He stood alone. I only had the briefest glance at his back. He was wearing a long white gown, and on his head was a white scarf with a red design. And that is when I would awaken.

He didn't know what it meant but it made him comfortable, even thought the same dream
repeated multiple times during the next ten years of his life.
At the age of 28 he met a Saudi friend who eventually gave him the Qur'an.
After reading it and a lot of thinking he became a Muslim. So one day he went to the
mosque to pray:

We bowed down in prostration with our faces on the red-and-white carpet. It was serene and quiet, as if the sound had been turned off. And then we sat back on our heels again.

As I looked ahead, I could see Ghassan, off to my left, in the middle, below the window that was flooding the room with light. He was alone, without a row. He was wearing a long white gown and on his head was a white scarf with a red design.

The dream! I screamed inwardly. The dream exactly! I had forgotten it completely, and now I was stunned and frightened. Am I dreaming? I wondered. Will I awaken? I tried to focus on what was happening to determine whether I was asleep. A rush of cold flowed through my body, making me shudder. My God, this is real! Then the coldness subsided, succeeded by gentle warmth radiating from within. Tears welled up in my eyes.

Your friend should read his books (Even Angels Ask and Struggeling to surrender).
The above is probably the 'sign' your friend is looking for.

[fameintatenly]

thankyou so much. i surely hope this is exactly what he needs.

[fameintatenly]

also, another problem is, that the person was initially a muslim. he drifted away a few years ago. hence, i think it will be more difficult to revert. but Allah, can do miracles.

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Assalaam alikum, I'm a convert.

I was adopted into Christian parents but I never followed Christianity. I would have to go to church and sunday school but I never took it seriously. I have knowledge of Christianity, but I never believed it.

However, I did believe in God, so I guess I was agnostic. I just didn't belong to a religion.

In 2006, I became interested in Islam and converted a few months later. Basically, my beliefs were already similar to what Islam teaches. Belief in one God, forgiveness based on intentions, etc.

Basically, I had to believe that Muhammad (SAW) was the final prophet of God and that was that.

I admit I'm not the best Muslim, but I plan to remain a Muslim

[Wachearex]

Maybe someone might explain about "Qabd" and "Bast"...

"Qabd" seems to be a state where a person worships, but appears (only appears) to get nothing from it, no feedback, no feeling, like talking to a wall. It can happen to anyone. But no doubt someone on SF can explain it better...

[fameintatenly]

yes. but i wanted to know, if i can find an article, or any such piece of writing, which is BY a person who was previously an atheist but reverted. i think that will help my friend sort out the questions in his mind.

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what a civilized thread.
may Allah guide us all.