We as a religious community have chosen to hide our religion from other communities. Yesterday evening I happened to join a session with a new Muslim preacher of Islam. He was a christian and Allah Almighty blessed him with guidance. He searched for the truth and reason behind his existence and in order to know it , he studied Bible, discussed many things with father and when found no answer tried to change the source and read Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions. He was very much confused that how it is possible for Jesus to be son of God, God and the soul. He wanted to reach to the Almighty, Jesus himself used to worship because when he is worshipping God how could he be a God?

He was brought up in a christian family that had biased and terribly negative thoughts about Islam so it took time for him to approach Islam for his quest of truth. But disappointed from every religion and ideology when he eventually tried to get close to Islam and read Quran, Muslims were in his way to stop him from reading the final book of Allah. But Allah paved the way and when he read Quran he got his questions answered and was able to find the purpose of life. He embraced Islam and tried his best to learn the basics of the religion and started preaching it . He is doing the same and has been successful to bring about 2500 people to Allah and to Islam. He was boycotted by his dears and nears, they made him fell isolated and hopeless but his beliefs were strong and he faced all the hardships with greater courage and patience.

When he narrated his story and some other new Muslims stories it was worth noting, eyes were full of tears and hearts were full of affection. He reminded Muslims of their holy duty and the greatest blessings they have; their religion Islam but with great amount of sorrows he was forced to say that Muslims hide it through their unislamic character and through their ignorance of religion. They must try to preach it, and make efforts to make it a known religion for every person on the planet.

Sanaullah Sadiq Taimi