“Our
life, this is the big movie, Allah is the writer, producer, director… it is a perfect system and the angels run the
system. All is in control of Allah. Use your brain! Everything is proof of God’s existence. Nature is the proof of God. The value of the universe is a very big thing
for us. Don’t look for scientific proof
or formulas. Look to your body…”
“When
you want to buy the best item, you look to the newest model. Islam is the newest and final model. Christianity is the old model.”
I
know Tahir is a very sincere in his desire that I convert to Islam. At one point he asked me if anything he had
said to me had any effect on me. It
hasn’t made me want to be a Muslim but it has definitely made an impression on
me. I had been feeling guilty about this
because I am not a good candidate for this religion. I truly wanted to please him for his
effort. I begin to approach the
discussion telling him that his words have had an effect on me and that I see
Islam in a different light. I see good
things in it. But my own childhood was
that of being raised as a Catholic. And
this is similar to Shia Muslims. I was
raised in a God environment. I am not a
good candidate to become Muslim because I never really felt that presence of
God. I don’t want to disappoint him.
Tahir: "Oh, I'm not disappointed. I
feels sorry for you."
I
didn’t see this coming. Tahir was not
being condescending, he was being sincere.
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