{"title":"Halimah David","author":{"id":2462,"name":"Halimah David","slug":"halimah_david","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-09-04T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-09-04T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Halimah David"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?books_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"videos":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?videos_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"audios":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?audios_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?audios_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?audios_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"articles":{"current_page":1,"data":[{"id":1856,"title":"Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA","slug":"halimah-david-ex-christian-usa","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:halimah-david-ex-christian-usa","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROTy-EyC51uYoNi6j6Z4Yoq54Uu0uHnQfjvB3C0xWOtfe-d0RqaQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My father raised me on his own and as a Christian.&nbsp; He worked hard to teach me Christian values. I read the Bible a lot when I was in elementary school (I skipped the words I did not know) and noticed there were some contradictions (i.e. eating pork, Jesus&rsquo;s death , may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When I was twelve I knew I did not really believe in Christianity anymore, but I did not know what to think.&nbsp; I continued searching out God and praying to Him for the truth.&nbsp; I sought God a lot and very hard. I had a lot of questions on my mind: &ldquo;Everybody, at some time or another, asks themselves the question: &ldquo;Why do I exist?&rdquo; or &ldquo;For what purpose am I here on Earth?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The variety and complexity of the intricate systems, which constitute the fabric of both human beings and the world in which they exist, indicate that there must have been a Supreme Being who created them. Design indicates a designer.&nbsp; When human beings come across footprints on a beach, they immediately conclude that a human had walked by there some time previously. No one imagines that the waves from the sea settled in the sand and by chance produced a depression looking exactly like human footprints. Nor do humans instinctively conclude that they were brought into existence without a purpose.&nbsp; Since purposeful action is a natural product of human intelligence, humans conclude that the Supreme Intelligent Being who created them must have done so for a specific purpose. It is for this reason that human beings need to know the purpose for their existence in order to make sense of this life and to do what is ultimately beneficial for them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When I was nineteen while calling myself a &ldquo;truth seeker&rdquo;, I traveled a lot looking for other cultures and beliefs to satisfy my need for finding God.&nbsp; I looked into Taoism, Wicca, Buddhism, Rastafarian, Judaism, Free Masonry, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism, etc. I even looked at one or two pages about Islam but immediately dismissed it as it did not suit my own desire.&nbsp; I saw that Muslims worship Allah, and that Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, is their Messenger and that they pray five times a day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Five times a day!?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I thought that sounds like too much work; and it could not possibly be the religion of God, the Creator of the Heavens and the earth!?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">By time, I returned to the United States almost twenty one; I was not satisfied with any of the religions I had looked into.&nbsp; I decided to attend medical school (which was my dream).&nbsp; I filled out entrance exams and papers and was accepted at my delight. I took a Greyhound Bus from Michigan and headed to Colorado for college.&nbsp; While I was traveling, I met a young guy who was sitting behind me for most of the trip.&nbsp; I asked his name and learned he was Ibrahim from Africa, traveling to college to be an engineer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We began talking, and he told me he was a Muslim.&nbsp; I asked him what that was and he explained that Muslims believe there is none worthy of being worshiped but Allah alone and that Muhammad was the last and final Prophet of the Abrahamic faiths.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I concluded that Jews were behind on two Prophets: Jesus and Muhammad; and Christians were behind on one Prophet: Muhammad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I inquired further into the religion Islam, and he shared with me a small book of collected prayers (dua and dhikr) that Muslims make.&nbsp; Inside the first daily remembrance I read was this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;None has the right to be worshiped but Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs all sovereignty and praise and He is over all things Omnipotent.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It was then that I knew Islam was quite possibly what I had been looking for. I then looked further into the book for more clarification on who Allah is and focused on these two:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;In the Name of Allah, Who with His Name nothing can cause harm in the earth nor in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;O Allah, whatever blessing has been received by me or anyone of Your creation is from You alone, You have no partner.&nbsp; All praise is for you and thanks is to You.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I then turned to Ibrahim and asked him how I could become Muslim.&nbsp; He told me to say my Shahadah:&nbsp;<em>La ilaha illa llaah Muhammadur Rasoolullah<\/em>&nbsp;(There is no deity that has the right to be worshiped but Allah alone and Muhammad is His Messenger). And in believing that and stating it, I became a Muslim right then and there on a Greyhound Bus. So, after speaking with Ibrahim for fifteen minutes I became a Muslim.&nbsp; This was about seven years ago. I never went to medical school.&nbsp; I decided to spend my time learning my new religion and moved to Utah.&nbsp; I met a great many Muslims there who warmly welcomed me into the community and spent much time teaching me the religion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To sum up some of the most important things I have learned as a Muslim would be this:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There has to have been a Creator due to the fact that there is creation.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A proof that there is a God is shown through the masses; whom all feel the need to worship and do so through the vast amounts of different religions and beliefs.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Otherwise, where would we have ever gotten the idea from to even worship?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If there were more then one god there would be complete and utter chaos from them arguing amongst themselves.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Consequently, every human being is responsible for belief in God, which is imprinted on each and every soul.&nbsp; It is based on this inborn belief that Allah defined the purpose of humankind&rsquo;s creation in Chapter&nbsp;<em>Adh-Dhariyat<\/em>&nbsp;(which means):<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;I created the jinn and humankind only to worship Me.&rdquo; (Quran 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The laws that we build our societies upon are a proof that there must be a Creator for everything and that we are mimicking Him and His divine laws by creating our own rules and legislation.&nbsp; Unfortunately, societies often make laws and legislation that are contrary to the divine laws of God.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Without these laws there would be complete panic and disorder spread out through the entire world, which would make life very different from the one we live in and experience.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A religion cannot be properly judged by its&rsquo; followers but can be properly judged by its&rsquo; teachings.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Islam is for all of mankind with complete structure and guidance for every aspect, condition and affliction that mankind ever meets and suffers with and\/or from.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Islam cannot be changed and &lsquo;put into a box&rsquo; in regards to how you want to practice it, you must change yourself and your way of life to meet and fit into Islam.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thus, the essential purpose for which humankind was created is the worship of God.&nbsp; However, the Almighty is not in need of human worship.&nbsp; He did not create human beings out of a need on His part.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If not a single human worshiped God, it would not diminish His Glory in any way, and if all of mankind worshiped Him, it would not increase His Glory in any way.&nbsp; God is Perfect.&nbsp; He alone exists without any needs.&nbsp; All created beings have needs.&nbsp; Consequently, it is humankind that needs to worship God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- Why do human beings need to worship and glorify God by obeying the divinely revealed laws? This is because obedience to divine law is the key to success in this life and the next.&nbsp; The first human beings, Adam and Eve, were created in paradise and later expelled from paradise for disobeying the divine law.&nbsp; The only way for human beings to return to paradise is by obedience to the law.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- Divine laws represent guidance for humankind in all walks of life.&nbsp; They define right and wrong for them and offer human beings a complete system governing all of their affairs.&nbsp; The Creator alone knows best what is beneficial for His creation and what is not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The divine laws command and prohibit various acts and substances to protect the human spirit, the human body and human society from harm.&nbsp; In order for human beings to fulfill their potential by living righteous lives, they need to worship God through obedience to His commandments.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am now married with children and am a stay home mother.&nbsp; I write and illustrate books for children.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I also maintain three websites on the Muslim&rsquo;s belief, character, manners and business ethics.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":10522,"lft":3487,"rght":3494,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-05T03:19:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T18:45:18.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2462,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Halimah David","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-05","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":1857,"title":"Halimah David, ex-chr\u00e9tienne, \u00c9tats-Unis","slug":"halimah-david-ex-chrtienne-tats-unis","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/FR-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/FR-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:halimah-david-ex-chrtienne-tats-unis","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Halimah David, ex-chr&eacute;tienne, &Eacute;tats-Unis<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROTy-EyC51uYoNi6j6Z4Yoq54Uu0uHnQfjvB3C0xWOtfe-d0RqaQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mon p&egrave;re m&rsquo;a &eacute;lev&eacute;e seul, dans la foi chr&eacute;tienne. &nbsp;Il a d&eacute;ploy&eacute; beaucoup de temps et d&rsquo;efforts pour m&rsquo;inculquer les valeurs chr&eacute;tiennes. &nbsp;&Agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;cole primaire, je lisais souvent la Bible et, m&ecirc;me &agrave; cette &eacute;poque, je ne pouvais m&rsquo;emp&ecirc;cher d&rsquo;y remarquer de nombreuses contradictions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de douze, je savais, au fond de moi, que je ne croyais plus vraiment au christianisme, mais j&rsquo;&eacute;tais &eacute;galement confuse et je ne savais trop qu&rsquo;en penser.&nbsp; Je ne cessai toutefois jamais de prier Dieu et de Lui demander de me guider vers la v&eacute;rit&eacute;. &nbsp;Je me posais beaucoup de questions, du genre de celles que l&rsquo;on se pose &agrave; cet &acirc;ge&nbsp;: pourquoi est-ce que j&rsquo;existe?&nbsp; Quel est le but de ma pr&eacute;sence sur terre?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de dix-neuf ans, je me consid&eacute;rais comme une personne en qu&ecirc;te de v&eacute;rit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je voyageai beaucoup afin de d&eacute;couvrir d&rsquo;autres cultures et d&rsquo;autres religions, dans l&rsquo;espoir d&rsquo;y trouver des r&eacute;ponses satisfaisantes. &nbsp;J&rsquo;&eacute;tudiai bri&egrave;vement le tao&iuml;sme, la wicca, le bouddhisme, le mouvement rastafari, le juda&iuml;sme, la franc-ma&ccedil;onnerie, d&rsquo;autres branches du christianisme, l&rsquo;hindouisme, l&rsquo;animisme&hellip;&nbsp; Je ne lus qu&rsquo;une ou deux pages sur l&rsquo;islam, que je rejetai imm&eacute;diatement, car il ne correspondait pas &agrave; mes envies personnelles.&nbsp; J&rsquo;y appris n&eacute;anmoins que les musulmans adorent Allah, que leur proph&egrave;te s&rsquo;appelle Mohammed et qu&rsquo;ils prient cinq fois par jour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Cinq fois par jour?!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cela me semblait demander beaucoup trop d&rsquo;efforts et me donnait l&rsquo;impression que cette religion n&rsquo;&eacute;tait probablement pas la religion de Dieu, le Cr&eacute;ateur de la terre et des cieux.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je retournai aux &Eacute;tats-Unis alors que j&rsquo;avais presque vingt-et-un an, toujours en qu&ecirc;te de v&eacute;rit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je fis mon inscription en m&eacute;decine et, apr&egrave;s avoir pass&eacute; divers tests, je fus accept&eacute;e.&nbsp; Je pris un autobus voyageur du Michigan jusqu&rsquo;au Colorado et, au cours du voyage, je fis la connaissance d&rsquo;un jeune homme qui &eacute;tait assis derri&egrave;re moi, dans le bus.&nbsp; Je lui demandai son nom et il me dit qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;appelait Ibrahim, qu&rsquo;il &eacute;tait originaire d&rsquo;Afrique et qu&rsquo;il se rendait &agrave; l&rsquo;universit&eacute; pour y &eacute;tudier l&rsquo;ing&eacute;nierie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nous discut&acirc;mes et il me dit qu&rsquo;il &eacute;tait musulman.&nbsp; Je lui demandai ce qu&rsquo;&eacute;tait un musulman, exactement, et il me dit que les musulmans croient que nul ne m&eacute;rite d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute; en dehors d&rsquo;Allah et que Mohammed fut le dernier messager qu&rsquo;Il envoya sur terre.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je conclus que, sur la base de son affirmation, les juifs &eacute;taient en retard de deux proph&egrave;tes, J&eacute;sus et Mohammed, et que les chr&eacute;tiens &eacute;taient en retard d&rsquo;un proph&egrave;te, Mohammed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je lui posai davantage de questions sur sa religion et il me montra un petit livre de pri&egrave;re qu&rsquo;il portait sur lui.&nbsp; Le premier hadith que j&rsquo;y trouvai, en l&rsquo;ouvrant, fut celui-ci&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Nul n&rsquo;a le droit d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute; en dehors d&rsquo;Allah, qui agit seul, sans partenaires.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est &agrave; Lui qu&rsquo;appartiennent la souverainet&eacute; et toutes les louanges et c&rsquo;est Lui l&rsquo;Omnipotent.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">C&rsquo;est &agrave; la lecture de ces lignes que je me dis que l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait peut-&ecirc;tre cette religion que j&rsquo;avais toujours cherch&eacute;e. &nbsp;Je feuilletai encore le livre pour mieux comprendre ce qu&rsquo;&eacute;tait Allah, exactement, et je tombai sur ces deux invocations&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Au nom d&rsquo;Allah, avec le nom duquel nul ne peut causer de mal, sur terre ni dans les cieux. &nbsp;Il entend tout et sait tout.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;&Ocirc; Allah, toutes les b&eacute;n&eacute;dictions re&ccedil;ues par moi ou par tout &ecirc;tre de Ta cr&eacute;ation ne proviennent que de Toi.&nbsp; Tu n&rsquo;as aucun associ&eacute;.&nbsp; Toutes les louanges et tous les remerciements sont pour Toi.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me tournai ensuite vers Ibrahim et lui demandai ce que je devais faire pour devenir musulmane.&nbsp; Il me dit que je devais prononcer l&rsquo;attestation de foi (shahadah), i.e. que nul ne m&eacute;rite d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute; en dehors de Dieu et que Mohammed est Son messager.&nbsp; Et, en pronon&ccedil;ant cette shahadah et en y croyant vraiment, je devins musulmane &agrave; ce moment-l&agrave;, sur un autobus voyageur.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s avoir discut&eacute; quinze minutes avec Ibrahim, je suis devenue musulmane.&nbsp; C&rsquo;&eacute;tait il y a sept ans.&nbsp; Je finis par ne jamais aller &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;cole de m&eacute;decine.&nbsp; Je d&eacute;cidai de passer mon temps &agrave; apprendre ma nouvelle religion et je d&eacute;m&eacute;nageai en Utah. &nbsp;J&rsquo;y fis la rencontre de musulmans(es) fort sympathiques, qui m&rsquo;accueillirent tous chaleureusement au sein de leur communaut&eacute; et qui pass&egrave;rent beaucoup de temps &agrave; m&rsquo;enseigner ma religion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Si je pouvais r&eacute;sumer les points les plus importants que j&rsquo;ai appris en tant que musulmane, ce serait ainsi:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Il ne peut y avoir de cr&eacute;ation sans Cr&eacute;ateur.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La preuve de l&rsquo;existence de Dieu se constate dans le comportement de l&rsquo;&ecirc;tre humain.&nbsp; La grande majorit&eacute; des hommes ressent le besoin d&rsquo;adorer quelqu&rsquo;un ou quelque chose et elle le fait par l&rsquo;interm&eacute;diaire d&rsquo;une grande vari&eacute;t&eacute; de religions et de syst&egrave;mes de croyance.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sinon, o&ugrave; l&rsquo;homme serait-il all&eacute; chercher l&rsquo;id&eacute;e d&rsquo;adorer en premier lieu?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">S&rsquo;il existait plus d&rsquo;une divinit&eacute;, le monde serait un chaos total, car elles ne pourraient jamais &ecirc;tre toutes d&rsquo;accord sur tous les sujets.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Chaque &ecirc;tre humain est responsable de sa croyance en Dieu, qui est grav&eacute;e sur chaque &acirc;me.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est sur la base de cette croyance inn&eacute;e qu&rsquo;Allah a d&eacute;fini la raison d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre de l&rsquo;humanit&eacute; dans le Coran&nbsp;:<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Je n&rsquo;ai cr&eacute;&eacute; les djinns et les hommes que pour qu&rsquo;ils M&rsquo;adorent.&nbsp;&raquo; (Coran 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les lois qu&rsquo;&eacute;tablissent les hommes, au sein des diverses soci&eacute;t&eacute;s de la terre, sont une preuve de l&rsquo;existence de Dieu, car elles s&rsquo;inspirent largement des lois divines.&nbsp; Malheureusement, il leur arrive trop souvent, aussi, d&rsquo;&eacute;tablir des lois qui vont &agrave; l&rsquo;encontre de la volont&eacute; divine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Une religion ne devrait pas &ecirc;tre jug&eacute;e sur la base du comportement de ses fid&egrave;les, mais sur la base de ses enseignements.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">L&rsquo;islam est une religion qui s&rsquo;adresse &agrave; toute l&rsquo;humanit&eacute;.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est un mode de vie complet, qui englobe tous les aspects de la vie humaine.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">L&rsquo;islam ne peut &ecirc;tre amend&eacute; ni rel&eacute;gu&eacute; au fond d&rsquo;un tiroir pour satisfaire les d&eacute;sirs de certains fid&egrave;les; le musulman doit changer et s&rsquo;adapter &agrave; l&rsquo;islam plut&ocirc;t que l&rsquo;inverse.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ainsi, la raison d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre essentielle de la cr&eacute;ation de l&rsquo;humanit&eacute; est l&rsquo;adoration de Dieu.&nbsp; Il faut toutefois garder &agrave; l&rsquo;esprit que le Tout-Puissant n&rsquo;a pas besoin de nous et que c&rsquo;est plut&ocirc;t nous qui avons besoin de Lui.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">M&ecirc;me si aucun &ecirc;tre humain n&rsquo;adorait Dieu, cela ne diminuerait pas Sa gloire le moindrement et si toute l&rsquo;humanit&eacute; L&rsquo;adorait, cela n&rsquo;augmenterait pas Sa gloire.&nbsp; Dieu est Parfait.&nbsp; Il existe par Lui-m&ecirc;me, sans besoin aucun, tandis que les &ecirc;tres humains existent par Lui et ont toutes sortes de besoins.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est pourquoi ils ont besoin d&rsquo;adorer Dieu.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pourquoi les &ecirc;tres humains ont-ils besoin d&rsquo;adorer et de glorifier Dieu en ob&eacute;issant &agrave; Ses lois?&nbsp; Parce que l&rsquo;ob&eacute;issance aux lois divines est la clef du succ&egrave;s dans cette vie et dans l&rsquo;au-del&agrave;.&nbsp; Les premiers &ecirc;tres humains, Adam et &Egrave;ve, furent cr&eacute;&eacute;s au Paradis, dont ils furent plus tard chass&eacute;s pour avoir d&eacute;sob&eacute;i &agrave; Dieu.&nbsp; La seule mani&egrave;re, pour l&rsquo;&ecirc;tre humain, de retourner au Paradis est d&rsquo;ob&eacute;ir &agrave; Dieu et d&rsquo;appliquer Ses lois.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les lois divines sont l&agrave; pour guider les hommes dans toutes les sph&egrave;res de leur vie.&nbsp; Elles d&eacute;finissent le bien et le mal et offrent aux hommes un syst&egrave;me complet pour gouverner toutes leurs affaires. &nbsp;Le Cr&eacute;ateur sait mieux que quiconque ce qui est b&eacute;n&eacute;fique pour Sa cr&eacute;ation et ce qui ne l&rsquo;est pas.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les lois divines imposent et interdisent divers actes pour prot&eacute;ger l&rsquo;esprit et le corps humain, de m&ecirc;me que la soci&eacute;t&eacute;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je suis maintenant mari&eacute;e, j&rsquo;ai des enfants et je suis m&egrave;re au foyer.&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;cris et j&rsquo;illustre des livres pour enfants.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;ai &eacute;galement mis sur pied trois sites web sur la croyance, le mode de vie, les mani&egrave;res et l&rsquo;&eacute;thique commerciale islamiques.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":7303,"lft":3488,"rght":3489,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-05T03:19:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T11:15:18.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2462,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1856,"author_name":"Halimah David","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-05","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/FR-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/FR-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":1858,"title":"Halimah David, Ex-Christin, USA","slug":"halimah-david-ex-christin-usa","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:halimah-david-ex-christin-usa","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Halimah David, Ex-Christin, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROTy-EyC51uYoNi6j6Z4Yoq54Uu0uHnQfjvB3C0xWOtfe-d0RqaQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mein Vater hat mich allein als Christin aufgezogen. &nbsp;Er hat sich sehr angestrengt, mir christliche Werte zu vermitteln.&nbsp; Als ich in der Grundschule war, las ich viel in der Bibel (&uuml;bersprang die Worte, ich wei&szlig; nicht wie) und ich bemerkte eine Menge Widerspr&uuml;che (zB. Schweinefleisch essen, Jesus Tod, usw.).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als ich zw&ouml;lf war, wu&szlig;te ich, dass ich nicht mehr wirklich ans Christentum glaubte, aber ich wu&szlig;te nicht, an was ich sonst glauben sollte.&nbsp; Ich forschte weiter &uuml;ber Gott nach und betete zu Ihm um die Wahrheit zu finden.&nbsp; Ich bat Gott viel und sehr eindringlich.&nbsp; Mein Kopf war voller Fragen: \"Jeder stellt sich irgendwann einmal die Frage: &acute;Warum existiere ich?&acute;&nbsp; oder &acute;Warum bin ich hier auf der Erde?&acute;\"&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Vielf&auml;ltigkeit und Komplexit&auml;t der komplizierten Systeme, die das Gewebe sowohl der menschlichen Wesen als auch der Welt in der sie existieren, darstellen, zeigen an, dass es ein H&ouml;heres Wesen gegeben haben muss, das sie geschaffen hat.&nbsp; Eine Gestalt weist auf ihren Gestalter hin.&nbsp; Wenn Menschen an einem Strand Fu&szlig;spuren sehen, schlie&szlig;en sie sofort, dass dort vor kurzem ein Mensch entlang gegangen sein muss.&nbsp; Keiner k&auml;me auf den Gedanken, die Wellen des Meeres h&auml;tten sich im Sand nieder gelassen und zuf&auml;llig einen Abdruck hinterlassen, der genau wie menschliche Fu&szlig;abdr&uuml;cke aussieht. &nbsp;Genauso wenig folgern sie instinktiv, dass sie ohne irgendeinen Zweck zur Existenz gebracht wurden. &nbsp;Da zielgerichtetes Handeln ein nat&uuml;rliches Produkt der menschlichen Intelligenz ist, folgern Menschen, dass das H&ouml;here Wesen, das sie geschaffen hat, dies zu einem bestimmten Zweck getan hat.&nbsp; Aus diesem Grund haben Menschen das Bed&uuml;rfnis, den Sinn und Zweck ihrer Existenz herauszufinden, um diesem Leben einen Sinn zu geben und um das zu tun, was von ultimativem Nutzen f&uuml;r sie ist.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als ich 19 war, da nannte ich mich selbst mittlerweile eine nach der \"Wahrheit Suchende\", reiste ich viel herum, um andere Kulturen und Glaubensrichtungen kennenzulernen, um mein Bed&uuml;rfnis Gott zu finden, zu befriedigen.&nbsp; Ich besch&auml;ftigte mich mit Taoismus, Wicca, Buddhismus, Rastafarier, Judentum, Freimaurerei, Christentum, Hinduismus, Animismus, etc. &nbsp;&nbsp;Ich sah mir sogar eine oder zwei Seiten &uuml;ber den Islam an, aber ich habe es gleich wieder gelassen, als ich merkte, dass es nicht meinem Verlangen entsprach.&nbsp; Ich sah, dass Muslime Allah anbeten und dass Muhammad, Gottes Segen und Frieden seien mit ihm, ihr Gesandter war und dass sie f&uuml;nfmal am Tag beten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>F&uuml;nfmal am Tag!?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich dachte, das h&ouml;rt sich nach viel Arbeit an; das konnte unm&ouml;glich die Religion Gottes, des Sch&ouml;pfers der Himmel und der Erde sein!?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als ich in die Vereinigten Staaten zur&uuml;ckkehrte, war ich fast einundzwanzig; ich war mit keiner Religion zufrieden, mit der ich mich besch&auml;ftigt hatte.&nbsp; Ich beschloss, die medizinische Hochschule zu besuchen (das war mein Traum).&nbsp; Ich bestand die Aufnahmepr&uuml;fungen und f&uuml;llte die Papiere aus und zu meiner Freude wurde ich angenommen. &nbsp;Ich nahm einen Greyhound Bus von Michigan und fuhr Richtung Colorado zum College.&nbsp; Auf der Reise traf ich einen jungen Mann, der den Gro&szlig;teil der Reise hinter mir sa&szlig;. &nbsp;Ich fragte nach seinem Namen und erfuhr, dass er Ibrahiem aus Afrika war, er war auf dem Weg zum College, um Ingenieur zu werden. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wir fingen an, zu reden und er sagte mir, dass er Muslim sei. &nbsp;Auf meine Frage, was das sei, erkl&auml;rte er mir, dass Muslime glauben, dass keiner es wert ist, angebetet zu werden, au&szlig;er Allah Allein und dass Muhammad der letzte und abschlie&szlig;ende Prophet des abrahamitischen Glaubens ist.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich zog den Schluss, dass die Juden zwei Propheten zur&uuml;ck sind: Jesus und Muhammad; und die Christen sind einen Propheten zur&uuml;ck: Muhammad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich erkundigte mich weiter &uuml;ber die Religion des Islam, und er zeigte mir ein kleines B&uuml;chlein mit einer Sammlung von Gebeten (Dua und Dhikr), die Muslime machen. &nbsp;In dem ersten Gedenken las ich dies:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Nichts gibt es, dem zu Recht gedient wird, au&szlig;er Allah Allein, keinen Teilhaber hat Er. &nbsp;Sein ist die Herrschaft und Sein ist das Lob, und Er ist &uuml;ber alles M&auml;chtig.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Da bemerkte ich, dass der Islam sehr wahrscheinlich das war, wonach ich gesucht hatte. &nbsp;Ich suchte weiter in dem Buch nach Erkl&auml;rungen, Wer Allah ist und stie&szlig; auf diese beiden: &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Im Namen Allahs, keine Sache auf der Erde und im Himmel f&uuml;gt mit Seinem Namen Schaden zu, und Er ist der Allh&ouml;rende, der Allwissende.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;O Allah, welche Wohltat mich oder irgendeinen anderen Deiner Sch&ouml;pfung auch immer erreicht, ist von Dir Allein, Du hast keinen Teilhaber.&nbsp; Aller Lobpreis geb&uuml;hrt Dir und Dir sei Dank.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Da wandte ich mich Ibrahiem zu und fragte ihn, wie ich Muslim werden konnte. &nbsp;Er sagte mir, ich solle die Schahada aussprechen:&nbsp;<em>La ilaha illa llaah Muhammadur Rasuulullah<\/em>&nbsp;(Es gibt keine Gottheit, der zu Recht gedient wird, au&szlig;er Allah Allein, und Muhammad ist Sein Gesandter).&nbsp; Mit diesem Glauben und dieser Bezeugung wurde ich an Ort und Stelle in einem Greyhound-Bus eine Muslima.&nbsp; Nachdem ich f&uuml;nfzehn Minuten mit Ibrahiem gesprochen hatte, bin ich Muslima geworden. &nbsp;Dies ist ungef&auml;hr sieben Jahre her.&nbsp; Ich bin nie zur Medizinischen Hochschule gegangen.&nbsp; Ich entschloss mich, meine Zeit damit zu verbringen, meine neue Religion zu lernen und zog nach Utah.&nbsp; Ich traf eine Menge Muslime, die mich warm im ihrer Gemeinschaft empfingen und viel Zeit damit verbrachten, mich in der Religion zu unterrichten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Einige der wichtigsten Dinge, die ich als Muslima gelernt habe, m&ouml;chte ich hier aufz&auml;hlen:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Es muss einen Sch&ouml;pfer geben, weil es eine Sch&ouml;pfung gibt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ein Beweis daf&uuml;r, dass es einen Gott gibt, zeigt sich an den Massen; die alle den Bedarf zu beten sp&uuml;ren, und in den gro&szlig;en Mengen an unterschiedlichen Religionen und Glaubensrichtungen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Woher sonst h&auml;tten wir auch nur die Idee von der Anbetung bekommen sollen? &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wenn es mehr als einen Gott geben w&uuml;rde, g&auml;be es ein v&ouml;lliges und vollkommenes&nbsp; Chaos, weil sie unter einander streiten w&uuml;rden. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Daher ist die Verantwortlichkeit eines jeden Menschen vor Gott in jeder einzelnen Seele eingepr&auml;gt. &nbsp;Dies basiert auf diesem angeborenen Glauben, dass Allah den Sinn und Zweck der Sch&ouml;pfung der Menschheit in Kapitel&nbsp;<em>Adh-Dhariyat<\/em>&nbsp;nennt, (was bedeutet):<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Und Ich (Gott) habe die Ginn und die Menschen nur darum erschaffen, damit sie Mir (Allein) dienen (sollen)<\/strong>.<strong>&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(Quran 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Gesetze, auf die wir unsere Gesellschaften aufbauen, sind der Beweis daf&uuml;r, dass es einen Sch&ouml;pfer f&uuml;r alles geben muss, und dass wir Ihn nachahmen, wenn wir unsere eigenen Regeln und Gesetzgebungen schaffen, die den g&ouml;ttlichen Gesetzen widersprechen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ohne diese Gesetze w&uuml;rde sich vollst&auml;ndige Panik und Unordnung auf der ganzen Welt verbreiten, die das Leben, das wir jetzt hier f&uuml;hren und erfahren, ganz anders machen w&uuml;rde. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eine Religion kann nicht an ihren Anh&auml;ngern beurteilt werden, sondern an ihren Lehren. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der Islam ist f&uuml;r die gesamte Menschheit mit einer vollst&auml;ndigen Struktur und Rechtleitung f&uuml;r jeden Aspekt, jede Bedingung und jedes Leiden, das der Menschheit widerfahren kann.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der Islam kann nicht ver&auml;ndert und 'in eine Schublade' gesteckt werden, in bezug darauf, wie du ihn praktizieren willst; du musst dich und deine Lebensweise ver&auml;ndern und dem Islam anpassen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der wesentliche Grund zu dem die Menschheit erschaffen wurde, ist Gott anzubeten. &nbsp;Allerdings braucht der Allm&auml;chtige die Anbetung der Menschen nicht.&nbsp; Er hat die Menschen nicht geschaffen, weil Er sie braucht.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wenn kein einziges menschliches Wesen Gott anbeten w&uuml;rde, w&uuml;rde dies Seine Herrlichkeit kein bisschen verringern und wenn alle Menschen Ihn anbeten w&uuml;rden, w&uuml;rde dies Seine Herrlichkeit kein bisschen vermehren. &nbsp;Gott ist Vollkommen.&nbsp; Er Allein existiert ohne jegliche Bed&uuml;rfnisse.&nbsp; Alle erschaffenen Wesen haben Bed&uuml;rfnisse.&nbsp; Deshalb ist es f&uuml;r die Menschheit notwendig, Gott anzubeten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- Warum haben Menschen den Bedarf, Gott anzubeten und zu lobpreisen, indem sie die von Gott offenbarten Gesetze befolgen? &nbsp;Dies ist so, weil das Befolgen des g&ouml;ttlichen Gesetzes der Schl&uuml;ssel zum Erfolg in diesem Leben und im n&auml;chsten Leben ist. &nbsp;Die ersten Menschen, Adam und Eva, wurden im Paradies erschaffen und sp&auml;ter aus dem Paradies vertrieben, weil die dem g&ouml;ttlichen Gesetz nicht gehorcht haben.&nbsp; Der einzige Weg f&uuml;r die Menschen in das Paradies zur&uuml;ckzukehren, ist durch das Befolgen des Gesetzes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- Die g&ouml;ttlichen Gesetze repr&auml;sentieren Rechtleitung f&uuml;r die Menschheit in allen Lebenslagen. &nbsp;Sie definieren, was f&uuml;r sie richtig und falsch ist und bieten der Menschheit ein vollst&auml;ndiges System, um alle ihre Angelegenheiten zu regeln.&nbsp; Der Sch&ouml;pfer allein weiss am besten, was das f&uuml;r Seine Sch&ouml;pfung n&uuml;tzlich ist und was nicht.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die g&ouml;ttlichen Gesetze befehlen und verbieten verschiedene Taten und Dinge, um den menschlichen Geist, den menschlichen K&ouml;rper und die menschliche Gesellschaft vor Schaden zu bewahren. &nbsp;Damit die Menschen ihr Potential durch das Leben rechtschaffener Leben erf&uuml;llen k&ouml;nnen, brauchen sie nur Gott durch das Befolgen Seiner Befehle anzubeten. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich bin nun verheiratet und habe Kinder.&nbsp; Als Hausfrau schreibe und illustriere ich B&uuml;cher f&uuml;r Kinder.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich unterhalte auch eine Website &uuml;ber muslimischen Glauben, Eigenschaften und Wirtschaftsethik.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":8084,"lft":3490,"rght":3491,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-05T03:19:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T03:25:27.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2462,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1856,"author_name":"Halimah David","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-05","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":1859,"title":"Halimah David, Ex-Crist\u00e3, EUA","slug":"halimah-david-ex-crist-eua","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:halimah-david-ex-crist-eua","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Halimah David, Ex-Crist&atilde;, EUA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROTy-EyC51uYoNi6j6Z4Yoq54Uu0uHnQfjvB3C0xWOtfe-d0RqaQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meu pai me educou sozinho e como crist&atilde;.&nbsp; Trabalhou duro para me ensinar os valores crist&atilde;os. Lia muito a B&iacute;blia quando estava no fundamental (pulava as palavras que n&atilde;o conhecia) e notei algumas contradi&ccedil;&otilde;es (por exemplo, comer porco, a morte de Jesus, que a miseric&oacute;rdia e b&ecirc;n&ccedil;&atilde;os de Deus estejam sobre ele, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quando estava com doze anos sabia que, de fato, n&atilde;o acreditava mais no Cristianismo, mas n&atilde;o sabia o que pensar.&nbsp; Continuei buscando Deus e orando a Ele pela verdade.&nbsp;&nbsp;Busquei muito a Deus.&nbsp;Tinha muitas perguntas em minha mente. Todos em algum momento se perguntam &ldquo;Por que eu existo?&rdquo; ou &ldquo;Qual o prop&oacute;sito de estar na Terra?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A variedade e complexidade dos intrincados sistemas que constituem a f&aacute;brica dos seres humanos e do mundo nos quais existem indica que deve ter havido um Ser Supremo que os criou.&nbsp;O projeto indica um projetista.&nbsp;&nbsp;Quando seres humanos encontram pegadas na praia, imediatamente concluem que um ser humano caminhou por ali anteriormente.&nbsp;Ningu&eacute;m imagina que as ondas do mar se fixaram na areia e produziram ao acaso uma depress&atilde;o que se parece exatamente com pegadas humanas. Nem os humanos concluem instintivamente que foram trazidos &agrave; exist&ecirc;ncia sem um prop&oacute;sito.&nbsp; Uma vez que uma a&ccedil;&atilde;o com prop&oacute;sito &eacute; um produto natural da intelig&ecirc;ncia humana, os humanos concluem que o Ser Inteligente Supremo que os criou deve t&ecirc;-lo feito para um prop&oacute;sito espec&iacute;fico. &nbsp;&Eacute; por essa raz&atilde;o que os seres humanos precisam saber o prop&oacute;sito de sua exist&ecirc;ncia para que suas vidas tenham sentido e para fazer o que, no final das contas, &eacute; ben&eacute;fico para eles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quando estava com dezenove anos enquanto chamava a mim mesma de &ldquo;buscadora da verdade&rdquo;, viajei muito procurando outras culturas e cren&ccedil;as para satisfazer minha necessidade de encontrar Deus.&nbsp; Pesquisei no Tao&iacute;smo, Wicca, Budismo, Rastaf&aacute;ri, Juda&iacute;smo, Ma&ccedil;onaria, Cristianismo, Hindu&iacute;smo, Animismo, etc. At&eacute; pesquisei uma ou duas p&aacute;ginas sobre o Isl&atilde;, mas imediatamente o descartei, j&aacute; que n&atilde;o se adequava aos meus desejos.&nbsp; Vi que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos adoram Allah e que Muhammad, que a miseric&oacute;rdia e b&ecirc;n&ccedil;&atilde;os de Deus estejam sobre ele &eacute; Seu mensageiro e que oram cinco vezes ao dia.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Cinco vezes ao dia!?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pensei que soava como trabalho demais; n&atilde;o era poss&iacute;vel ser a religi&atilde;o de Deus, o Criador dos c&eacute;us e da terra!?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quando voltei aos Estados Unidos estava com quase vinte anos; n&atilde;o estava satisfeita com nenhuma das religi&otilde;es que havia pesquisado.&nbsp; Decidi fazer medicina (que era meu sonho).&nbsp; Preenchi os documentos e as provas de admiss&atilde;o e fui aceita, para minha alegria. Peguei um &ocirc;nibus em Michigan e fui para o Colorado, para a universidade.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enquanto viajava, encontrei um rapaz que estava sentado atr&aacute;s de mim a maior parte da viagem.&nbsp; Perguntei seu nome e soube que era Ibrahim da &Aacute;frica, viajando para a universidade para ser engenheiro.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Come&ccedil;amos a conversar e ele me contou que era mu&ccedil;ulmano.&nbsp; Perguntei a ele o que era e ele explicou que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos creem que nada merece adora&ccedil;&atilde;o exceto Allah e que Muhammad &eacute; o &uacute;ltimo e final mensageiro das f&eacute;s abra&acirc;micas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Conclui que para os judeus faltam dois profetas, Jesus e Muhammad, e para os crist&atilde;os falta um profeta, Muhammad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Perguntei mais sobre a religi&atilde;o do Isl&atilde; e ele compartilhou comigo um livreto com uma colet&acirc;nea de s&uacute;plicas (duas e dhikr) que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos fazem.&nbsp; Dentro do primeiro lembrete di&aacute;rio que li estava:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Ningu&eacute;m tem o direito de ser adorado exceto Allah, sem parceiros. A Ele pertence toda a soberania e louvores e Ele &eacute; Onipotente sobre todas as coisas.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Foi ent&atilde;o que soube que o Isl&atilde; era muito possivelmente o que tinha estado procurando.&nbsp;Pesquisei mais no livro para mais esclarecimentos sobre Allah e foquei nesses dois:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Em nome de Allah, Que com Seu nome nada pode causar mal na terra ou nos c&eacute;us e Ele &eacute; Oniouvinte e Onisciente.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;&Oacute; Allah, qualquer b&ecirc;n&ccedil;&atilde;o recebida por mim ou qualquer de Suas cria&ccedil;&otilde;es vem de Ti somente, Tu n&atilde;o tens n&atilde;o parceiros.&nbsp; Todos os louvores e agradecimentos s&atilde;o para Ti.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Voltei-me ent&atilde;o para Ibrahim e perguntei a ele como poderia me tornar mu&ccedil;ulmana.&nbsp; Ele me disse para fazer minha shahada:&nbsp;<em>La ilaha illa llaah Muhammadur Rasoolullah<\/em>&nbsp;(N&atilde;o h&aacute; divindade que tenha o direito de ser adorada exceto Allah e Muhammad &eacute; Seu mensageiro).&nbsp;E ao acreditar e afirmar isso, tornei-me uma mu&ccedil;ulmana ali no Greyhound Bus.&nbsp;Assim, depois de conversar com Ibrahim por quinze minutos tornei-me uma mu&ccedil;ulmana.&nbsp; Isso foi h&aacute; sete anos. Nunca fui para a faculdade de medicina.&nbsp; Decidi passar meu tempo aprendendo minha nova religi&atilde;o e me mudou para Utah.&nbsp; Encontrei muitos grandes mu&ccedil;ulmanos l&aacute; que me deram calorosas boas-vindas &agrave; comunidade e passaram muito tempo me ensinando a religi&atilde;o.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Para resumir algumas das coisas mais importantes que aprendi como mu&ccedil;ulmana:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tem que haver um Criador porque existe cria&ccedil;&atilde;o.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Uma prova de que existe Deus &eacute; mostrada atrav&eacute;s das massas, que sentem a necessidade de adorar e o fazem atrav&eacute;s das grandes quantidades de religi&otilde;es e cren&ccedil;as diferentes.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De outra forma, de onde ter&iacute;amos tirado a ideia de adorar?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Se existisse mais de um deus haveria um caos completo e absoluto por discutirem entre si.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Consequentemente, todo ser humano &eacute; respons&aacute;vel pela cren&ccedil;a em Deus, que est&aacute; marcada em toda alma.&nbsp; &Eacute; baseado nessa cren&ccedil;a inata que Allah definiu o prop&oacute;sito da cria&ccedil;&atilde;o da humanidade no cap&iacute;tulo&nbsp;<em>Adh-Dhariyat<\/em>&nbsp;(que significa):<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Criei os g&ecirc;nios e a humanidade somente para Me adorarem.&rdquo; (Alcor&atilde;o 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As leis em que se baseiam nossas sociedades s&atilde;o uma prova de que deve haver um Criador para tudo e que O estamos imitando e &agrave;s Suas leis divinas criando nossas pr&oacute;prias regras e legisla&ccedil;&atilde;o.&nbsp; Infelizmente as sociedades frequentemente fazem leis e legisla&ccedil;&otilde;es que s&atilde;o contr&aacute;rias &agrave;s leis de Deus.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sem essas leis haveria p&acirc;nico e desordem completos em todo o mundo, que fariam a vida muito diferente daquela que vivemos e experimentamos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Uma religi&atilde;o n&atilde;o pode ser adequadamente julgada por seus seguidores, mas pode ser adequadamente julgada por seus ensinamentos.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O Isl&atilde; &eacute; para toda a humanidade com estrutura e orienta&ccedil;&atilde;o completas para cada aspecto, condi&ccedil;&atilde;o e afli&ccedil;&atilde;o que a humanidade encontra e sofre.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O Isl&atilde; n&atilde;o pode ser mudado e &ldquo;colocado em uma caixa&rdquo; sobre como voc&ecirc; quer pratic&aacute;-lo. Voc&ecirc; deve se modificar e ao seu estilo de vida para atender e se adequar ao Isl&atilde;.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O prop&oacute;sito essencial para o qual a humanidade foi criada &eacute; adorar Deus.&nbsp; Entretanto, o Todo-Poderoso n&atilde;o precisa da adora&ccedil;&atilde;o humana.&nbsp; Ele n&atilde;o criou os seres humanos por causa de uma necessidade de Sua parte.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Se nenhum ser humano adorasse Deus isso n&atilde;o diminuiria Sua Gl&oacute;ria de forma alguma e se toda a humanidade O adorasse, n&atilde;o aumentaria Sua Gl&oacute;ria de forma alguma.&nbsp; Deus &eacute; perfeito.&nbsp; Ele existe sem quaisquer necessidades.&nbsp; Todos os seres criados t&ecirc;m necessidades.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequentemente, &eacute; a humanidade que precisa adorar Deus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- Por que os seres humanos precisam adorar Deus obedecendo as leis divinamente reveladas?&nbsp;Porque a obedi&ecirc;ncia &agrave; lei divina &eacute; a chave para o sucesso nessa vida e na outra.&nbsp; Os primeiros seres humanos, Ad&atilde;o e Eva, foram criados no para&iacute;so e posteriormente expulsos por desobedecerem &agrave; lei divina.&nbsp; A &uacute;nica maneira dos seres humanos retornarem ao para&iacute;so &eacute; atrav&eacute;s da obedi&ecirc;ncia &agrave; lei.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">- As leis divinas representam orienta&ccedil;&atilde;o para a humanidade em todos os grupos &eacute;tnicos e sociais.&nbsp;&nbsp;Definem certo e errado e oferece aos seres humanos um sistema completo governando todos os seus assuntos.&nbsp; Somente o Criador sabe o que &eacute; ben&eacute;fico para Sua cria&ccedil;&atilde;o e o que n&atilde;o &eacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As leis divinas ordenam e pro&iacute;bem v&aacute;rios atos e subst&acirc;ncias para proteger o esp&iacute;rito, o corpo e a sociedade de danos.&nbsp; Para os seres humanos cumprirem seu potencial levando vidas virtuosas, precisam adorar Deus atrav&eacute;s da obedi&ecirc;ncia aos Seus mandamentos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Agora sou casada com filhos e sou uma m&atilde;e que fica em casa.&nbsp; Escrevo e ilustro livros para crian&ccedil;as.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tamb&eacute;m mantenho tr&ecirc;s websites sobre a cren&ccedil;a, o car&aacute;ter, as maneiras e a &eacute;tica isl&acirc;mica nos neg&oacute;cios.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":15269,"lft":3492,"rght":3493,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-05T03:19:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T19:01:43.000000Z","language_id":15,"user_id":7,"author_id":2462,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1856,"author_name":"Halimah David","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-05","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Halimah David, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/alb\/api\/authors\/2462?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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