Why Islam is my choice — Page 8
8 the opportunity of seeing him. After the meeting I met with Mr. Y ū sef Kh ā n who told me all about the A ḥ madiyyah Muslim Jam ā ‘at. He explained to me about the Khil ā fat and the organization of the Movement. Eventually he invited me to join Isl ā m. While this brother was talking to me, somehow or the other, I felt in my heart as if I had always belonged there. I felt a kind of satisfaction which I thought I had always sought after. I realized that my Creator, the Almighty God, had after all answered my prayer and here I was standing at the footsteps of the right path to All ā h. I did not hesitate any further. I requested Mr. Y ū sef Kh ā n for my initiation into A ḥ madiyyat. Mr. Y ū sef Kh ā n very politely told me not to rush into the initiation. He wanted me to pray and think of all the consequences before I did that. But I had made up my mind. I told my host that I was not going to leave until my initiation was accepted. Thus by the grace and blessings of All ā h, the Almighty, I became a Muslim and an A ḥ mad ī that very night. Since my initiation, to this day, I have never looked back and will, In Sh ā ’ All ā h, die an A ḥ mad ī Muslim. After my becoming a Muslim, my mother, who loved me a lot, thought that I would not visit her any more. When she mentioned this to me, I told her that I was going to love her more than before as the Holy Prophet of Isl ā m, Mu ḥ ammad, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, had laid great emphasis on the love and obedience of one’s parents, especially one’s mother. She was very glad to know that. I had been very careful to keep my promise for as long as my mother lived. She was likewise very happy with me until her last breath. I could see how the beautiful teachings of Isl ā m were beginning to change my life. Since I had already possessed an immense love in my heart for Jesus Christ, whom I had always believed to be alive (actually this way All ā h had informed me in a special