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LikeAsalaam alekum, I first started becoming interested in Islam around August, ’09. I have numerous muslim friends. What I was kind of surprised about is that none of them “pushed” their religion on me. Yeah, sure, they’d ask if I am muslim and I’d say “not yet”. But these “gentle” nudges were always motivating me to look into it. Since I was not yet a muslim, I didn’t have a copy of the Qur’an. So I went online and found a website (quran.com) and started reading it. I found that I enjoyed reading the Qur’an and kept wanting to read [...]
A man who will enter Paradise
A man who will enter Paradise
One day the Prophet Peace be upon him looked at a man and said: Whoever likes to look at a man who will enter Paradise, let him look at this man. Abdullah Ibn Abbas, who was present and heard this comment, followed the man who was favoured with this promise. He asked his permission to be his guest which the man accepted. After observing him for three consecutive nights, without seeing anything extraordinary about him, Abdullah Ibn Abbas said: I don’t see anything about you which qualifies you to enter Paradise more than the rest of us. Can you remember [...]
Maurice Bucaille
Maurice Bucaille
Maurice Bucaille was born to a French parent and, like his family, he grew up a Christian. When he ended his secondary education, he joined Faculty of Medicine, France University. He excelled at medicine until he obtained a BSc degree and worked hard until he rose to fame, becoming the most renowned and cleverest surgeon ever in modern France, but a story happened to change his life completely. Story of his conversion to Islam: France is known for its unique interest in archeology and heritage. When French Socialist President François Mitterrand assumed power in 1981, France asked Egypt, late in [...]
If Allah Wills
If Allah Wills
Nasruddin was determined to be decisive and efficient. one day he told his wife he would plow his largest field on the far side of the river and be back for a big dinner. She urged him to say, “If Allah is willing.” He told her whether Allah was willing or not, that was his plan. The frightened wife looked up to Allah and asked forgiveness. Nasruddin loaded his wooden plow, hitched up the oxen to the wagon, climbed on his donkey, and set off. But within the short span of a day the river flooded from a cloudburst and [...]
A Dinner of Smells
A Dinner of Smells
Once, long ago, a very fine and expensive restaurant stood on a busy street in a bustling market town. One day, a poor man passed by this restaurant. He was tired and hungry, for he had had nothing to eat all day. His nostrils caught the smell of the delicious food being cooked inside. He stopped and sniffed, smiled sadly, and began to walk away. But he did not get far. The owner of the restaurant came storming out into the street. “Come here!” he bellowed. “I saw that! You took the smell of my food, and you’ll have to [...]
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