Today in the Masjid, two guys converted to Islam. One of them a medical doctor. Not that it matters. While it was inspiring and heartwarming to hear the conversion, it made me wonder why. Why Islam?
Like every born Muslim, at some point of life you go through a crisis of religion and the purpose of life. At that point you have three choices to makes.... Either take Islam to be your way of life by choice.... because you come to love Allah and the Prophet or to deviate from the path of Islam or to be muslim just by chance rather than choice.... may be even just for convenience.
So I am a muslim by choice... I try to practice as much as I can. there are times when its hard to that but striving to get to the highest level of heaven by submitting your will to God is every good muslim's mission or at least it should be.
Some Highlights of this blog
- the word Islam is derived from the route word 'Salam' - which means 'peace'
- the greeting Assalamu Alaikum means "May Peace be Upon You!"
- why is Islam the fastest growing religion in the world?
- Hijab and the Happy Woman!
- Muslims in America
- Is the Quran God's word?
- Why do some people hate muslims?
Be tuned in for more. Check out the links. Leave Comments and Questions. For when God asks me what I did in my own little capaity to spread the true message I'd have something to say...
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In this world there are some people who are lucky and others who are unlucky - the successful and the unsuccessful - the winners and the losers. The first two are judgments based on materialism. The third is like the outcome of a sporting fiesta. Where do these come in Islam. Most of us are lucky to have been born Muslims. Some of them are successful in living in this world in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah. The winners are a very few who whether having born a Muslim or not, accepted the truth and lived there lives in accordance with the Quran and the Sunnah and most importantly die with the Iman in tact. These are the winners. The rest are all losers.
We need to strive to be winners here in this world and in the hereafter by doing a few simple things like being truthful to your own self and to the rest of the world at all times, giving of what you have, dropping one's pride, etc.
The rest will fall into place Insha Allah, when you blend above with the faith in Allah.
My personal experience in teaching myself to depend solely on Allah for anything and everything blended with my undying physical efforts has brought me peace and success.
Interesting read.. I have been thinking of the claim that islam is the fastest growing religion..
i googled 'fastest growing religion' and there were several claims..the wikipedia artice raises some interesting issues.. according to wikipedia u are right. Islam has been the fastest growing religion.. but only in the period 2000-2005 by a slim margin... however I have some concerns - some already discussed in wikipeia..
1.Atheism has not been considered a religion even though the growth rate has been in the doube digits in the US and Australia compared to 1.84% of Islam worldwide..
2.It is probably impossible to calculate the percentages leaving Islam as apostasy is a crime punishable by death according to Sharia law...
3.Most of the muslim population live in the developing world with high birth rates and this could be a contributng factor...
I could be wrong but it is something to think about.. plus i am tired of hearing this claim as a 'justification' for Islam (argumentum ad populam)... Islam should be able to stand on its own merits irrespective of statistical observations in which the methodology used is arguable - to say the least...
Dear Friend
Thank you for visiting the blog and being among the first to comment. I am glad I allowed anonymous comments. Yes I cannot agree more with you when you say “Islam should be able to stand on its own merits”
Islam is definitely not the religion of the majority. We make up only about 1 billion of the people of the world. And yes there are quite a few people converting out of Islam irrespective of the associated punishment and some - just being there for mere convenience. And yes this is common in most schools of belief.
This is no competition among religions and atheism. We really don’t care about the numbers but what matters is ‘why’ people choose Islam to be their way of life despite the bad name it has gotten over the years. In fact if you google up the word Islam you would probably find more websites condemning it than the ones promoting it! An even bigger question is why people leave Islam? Is it because they don’t know Islam enough?
“Truth is from your lord, Let him who will believe it and let him who will disbelieve.” Quran, Sura 18:29
Interesting point about how islam is still growing despite the bad press....
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