Why Islam is my choice — Page 27
27 what they taught us in church was absolutely right. Perhaps that was the reason why I had stopped going to church. Later on, when I had a better understanding, I still did not feel satisfaction with the Christian teachings about God. The message of Isl ā m on the other hand satisfied every part of my thinking. This was definitely the turning point in my life. The most important teaching of Isl ā m to me was the concept of one God. Although I seldom showed an interest for religious activities, I always believed that there was a Supreme Being. I could not, however, accept the Christian belief regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ and the Trinity. I used to pity the people who believed in such myths. To me those concepts were ridiculous, and degrading to the human mind. Isl ā m offered the most convincing arguments of a Living, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Almighty God whose will seemed vividly prevailing in all natural activities and the life of every individual human being. In fact, Isl ā m did what Christianity failed to do: to create respect and love for Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the A ḥ madiyyah explanation about the life of Jesus Christ was an eye opener. To know that Jesus, peace be on him, never died on the cross and lived a long life, having successfully completed his divine mission, was absolutely convincing. After such powerful arguments, I could not remain silent. One day, I mentioned my desire to be formally accepted into Isl ā m to Brother Mu ḥ ammad Ṣā diq, who was the president of our New York A ḥ madiyyah Muslim Jam ā ‘at. He expressed a great deal of joy and asked me to fill out the bai‘at form the following Sunday. Al- Ḥ amdu Lill ā h, on that day in May 1972, at the Archer Street Mission House in Jamaica, New York, Brother Bil ā l Sunni ‘Al ī and I signed the bai‘at forms to change our destiny for good. Since that day, I have never looked back to my previous life. Sometimes I ponder as to what made me deserve such great blessings of All ā h, as I