Author: Zak D

Tawḥīd: Islamic Monotheism – The Oneness of God

Written by Zak D on April 22, 2008. Posted in Oneness of God, Tawḥīd - The Oneness of Allāh.

In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful Verily all praise is due to Allāh. We praise Him, we seek His Help and ask for His Forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allāh from all the evils in our souls and from our sinful deeds. Whoever Allāh guides, no one can mislead and whoever Allāh leaves stray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allāh. He is one and has no partners. And I bear witness that Muḥammad is His servant and last Messenger. O believers have fear and consciousness of Allāh according to His right and die not except as Muslims. O...

What Is Tawḥīd?

Written by Zak D on April 17, 2008. Posted in Oneness of God, Tawḥīd - The Oneness of Allāh.

The word Tawḥīd has by the grace of Allāh, become a word which is well known amongst the Muslims of today. But do we really know the reality of this word? ‘What is tawheed?’ you ask any Muslim ‘Is it the oneness of Allāh?’ he would reply ‘What’s that?’ You ask again. ‘I’m not too sure’ he would say. This is the kind of scenario which the Muslims are involved in, and what a sad state of affairs it is when we cannot even explain the basics of our religion to those around us. Some of us are so dedicated to completing our...

La Creación Esta en Necesidad de Alá

Written by Zak D on November 9, 2007. Posted in Oneness of God, Who is Allāh and Why Worship Him Alone.

Traducción del inglés al español por: Abū Uthman Hernán Al EkuadoreeRevisado por: Umm Uthman Wendy Al Buerto Rikiyyah Tomado de : www.islaam.ca El ser humano siempre busca lo que le beneficia y lo que lo puede proteger de cualquier daño. Sin embargo, para lograr esto, el hombre debe reconocer lo que es dañino para el ser humano. El debe entonces saber a quien necesita, y en quien confiar y amar para que pueda obtener lo que es beneficioso e igualmente sentirse bien con su decisión. El también debe saber el acercamiento apropiado y bueno para alcanzar su meta. Esta última condición...

Ilyias Nassif (Comm. of Dominica)

Written by Zak D on September 10, 2007. Posted in Caribbean, Converts, Uncategorized.

My Path to Islām I was raised as a catholic on a small island in the Caribbean called Dominica. As I reached my teenage years I began questioning the purpose of my existence. I believed in a Creator, but I knew that what I had grown up with was not the truth. I began reading books, becoming an introvert and constantly reflecting on what I understood from my proliferous readings. This phase continued for years until I moved from books of philosophy to books about the world religions. This change of direction occurred because I found that most of these “religions” all...

Christopher (ʿAbd al-Hāqq) Caras (USA)

Written by Zak D on May 25, 2007. Posted in Converts, N. America, Uncategorized.

…No fear upon them, nor shall they grieve… In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful All praise is to Allāh, and may He exalt the mention of His noble Messenger Muḥammad and grant him peace and security. To proceed: I was raised with traditional Christian values — my parents instilled with me not to lie nor steal and they forbade me from ever getting any tattoos or piercings, praise be to Allāh. My father, a federal judge, was Greek Orthodox and my mother, a registered nurse/”home-maker” was a Lutheran. I used to frequent both...

Aesha Lorenz Al Saeed (USA)

Written by Zak D on March 19, 2007. Posted in Converts, N. America.

From Edge of Despair to Glory in Islām One day when I was six years old, my parents gave me a shiny quarter, as they did every Sunday morning and told me to put it in the collection plate for church “to give it to Jesus for his work.” When I returned, however, the quarter was still in my purse. I was frank in explaining that I hadn’t given my money for Jesus because he was absent. My parents were more amused than concerned, probably thinking that my genes would prevail, having descended from a family with three Christian ministers as my grandparents. I attended an...

Is There Anything in the Qur’an Similar to Bible’s Ten Commandments?

Written by Zak D on March 15, 2007. Posted in The Noble Qur'an, What Is Islām?.

In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful Question: Is there anything in the Quran that is similar to the Ten Commandments of the Bible? Answer: All praise is due to Allāh, thank you for directing this question to us indicating your interest in the Quran. We would be delighted to provide you with an answer. There are verses in the Qurʾān that were called the ‘Ten Commandments’ or the ‘ Ten Instructions’ by some scholars due to containing ten great commandments to mankind by Allāh. These verses can be found in two places in the Qurʾān. The First: In Surah al-Anʿām,...

Umm Maryam Puri (Kenya)

Written by Zak D on February 22, 2007. Posted in Africa, Converts.

• Kenyan born Indian• Was Hindu• Became Muslim in May 1995 “I always knew Muslims so I was aware of their religion, but it was never put to me that it can be my religion as well. I used to think that all religions lead to one God, but then I realized that after thinking about it when there are so many different versions of God in people’s minds, that this couldn’t be true. What made me look into Islām properly was when I asked a Muslim what would happen to me if I died as a non-Muslim, and he replied that I would go to the Hell-Fire. So I thought then it was...

Umm Khadija Argoub (France)

Written by Zak D on February 21, 2007. Posted in Converts, Europe.

• Italian-French• Was a Roman Catholic• Became Muslim in March 1993 I stopped practicing my religion when I was ten years old. When I was in school I learned about how badly priests used to treat people in the past. They used to lie and terrorize the people. So that put me off my religion. Later on I had a best friend who was a Jehovah’s Witness. She used to talk to me about her faith. I was a little bit interested. It sounded more logical to me. Then I came to England and met my husband (a Muslim) and he talked to me about Islām and the Oneness of God and how all the Prophets used to...

Mujāḥid Egan (Ireland) and Suʿād Egan (Carribean)

Written by Zak D on February 20, 2007. Posted in Caribbean, Converts, Europe.

• Mujāḥid Egan – Irish• Suʿād Egan – Caribbean• Were a Christian family from Church Of Christ• Became Muslims in Jan 1995 “We had been Christians for several years prior to becoming Muslims and the only thing we knew about Islām was basically what the West had taught us and the only thing we read was by other Christians and it was written just to refute Islām. Eventually we left the church because we became disillusioned by the Bible, because it contained so many contradictions and lies. We stripped it of its, traditionalism and culturalism and paganism to go back to the raw...

Maimunah Fateen (USA)

Written by Zak D on February 16, 2007. Posted in Converts, N. America.

• American• Was a Christian from the Church of God• Became Muslim in 1977 “I continuously asked my Pastor why do we pray to Jesus, yet the Bible tells us, ‘Not to have any God before Me’. My Pastor could never give me a satisfactory answer. So at the age of 17 I went in search of an authentic religion that made sense. I studied the books of the Bible that were left out, and found out the reason for this is due to the fact that the information in those books contradicts the Bible! It is well known that the Bible has been changed many times. Islām is authentic. The...