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Concluding Thoughts 195 On a much later occasion, when we were close to finishing this book, I asked Brother Rashid, “If you had to encapsulate your life experiences into one word, what would it be?” Without hesitation, he immediately said, “. ” I asked him to explain further. He said, “Once a seeker finds the Truth, nothing should deter him from that path. No matter what obstacles lie ahead, the seeker’s is proof that he found the Truth. ” Everyday we are faced with a choice: Islam or ignorance? When we pursue worldly status and pleasures as if they are our gods, we do it knowing they die when we die; however, when we choose Allah and the religion He has graced us with, death is merely our birth into the Next Realm of spiritual immortality. Drinking from the cup of Islam satiates the soul’s thirst, and the Qur’ ā n’s words, once planted in the fertile minds of men and women, become the seeds to Eternal Life. Once we attain this realization of Truth, may Allah grant us the to hold on to it at all cost…a that will bear witness for us on the Day of Judgment. All a humma A m i n. And in the end, all praise belongs to Allah. Naser-ud-Din Shams Zion Jam ā ‘ah, Illinois – USA September 2, 2014