{"title":"Hagar","author":{"id":2485,"name":"Hagar","slug":"hagar","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-09-06T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-09-06T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Hagar"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485","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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485","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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?audios_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?audios_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"articles":{"current_page":1,"data":[{"id":1887,"title":"Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil","slug":"hagar-ex-christian-brazil","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hagar-ex-christian-brazil","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJKHPR5xY71Q-92UciXDJcuzXlFbVJ2PIULarB0g1I5Ogdls2RWQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Are those who know equal to those who know not? It is only men of understanding who will remember.&rdquo; (Quran 39:9)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These were the first words from the Qur&rsquo;an that touched me. And when I read that I could not stop thinking about it. I wondered what should I really know to be able to understand? What really is knowledge?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What is it in reading books and studying theories, philosophies and thoughts if at the end we still do not find any meaning for our existence? Western answers for this dilemma just made me frustrated, uncomfortable, hopeless and, at the end, depressed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At that time I could not believe in God nor pray anymore. How I reached this stage, I am not really sure. &nbsp;One dayI was a believer in God (I was Christian &ndash; a Protestant) and the next day even to think about the existence of a God, Creator, seemed like nonsense to me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I used to read part of the Old or the New Testament everyday and also study it. I found nice words there but they were practically discarded, for no one that I know lived by them. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Observing the way people live, the way things happen, the way deals and arrangements are done around the world to make some superior to others, I, in my mind, concluded that this is a very unjust and unfair world. The Bible&rsquo;s words, so nice, were not more than some man&rsquo;s invention.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Religion was nothing more than a way to keep the poor and the oppressed people calm, satisfied and submissive, like cattle. It was the opium of life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I thought, &ldquo;If there is a God, he is cynical and unfair. I do not make deals with unfair people; and in contrast, I will not make deals with an unfair god.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I wished I had never learnt how to read and wished just to be like other people around me. Going to work, coming back home, watching TV (and accepting all what is said there), reading Sidney Sheldon, buying clothes, etc. I thought that I could live happilyin this way. But I was in a path without return. After all I had seen, I could not find any reason to be alive anymore.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I stopped looking at the different possibilities as to how the creation came about and made my mind up that the entire world was all brought about &lsquo;by chance&rsquo;. &nbsp;While I was in this state, I was still very upset with all the injustices that were taking place in the world; I decided that I should defend a minority. It so happened that I chose the Muslims and began learning about Islam. I had never heard about Islam before, but I was curious to know who those &lsquo;Terrorists&rsquo; were, as they were often called by the West.. I knew if the TV was showing them as evil, it was necessary to investigate because something was hidden.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I knew that the only way I could learn about Islam was to be in touch with Muslims. In Brazil, my country, we do not have too many communities. Then I went to the Internet and met many in chat rooms.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One young Saudi Muslim told me about Nizar Qabbani and I researched about him and found a poem called &ldquo;I am with Terrorism&rdquo;. The poet quotes many events and places totally unknown to me and I realized how ignorant I was. I had never heard about any of those facts.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One day, I was chatting with a chat friend &nbsp;and he showed me a site where I could read the Qur&rsquo;an. I opened it and random a surah (chapter) to read.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The title was in Arabic and I asked him the meaning in English and he told me it was the &ldquo;Day of Judgment&rdquo;. I remember him asking me why I had chosen that chapter of the Quran? .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I remember I said to him if there is a God and if He is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, He knows that words of punishment cannot affect me at all. Instead I am looking for words of hope, reasonable and effective words of hope.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At that time I remember that every night I had the same wish: I wish I could not wake up tomorrow. But the next day my eyes were opened again. It was reaching an unbearable level.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I left Brazil and came to Germany.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One day I was really desperate. I made ablution the way I read Muslims performed it, I prostrated the way I knew Muslims did and said &ldquo;God, if You are real, release me from this situation. Show me the way.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Al-hamdu llilah&nbsp;<\/em>(All praise is due to Allah). He did. I felt such great peace in my heart.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In my German class there were some Muslim sisters and I asked them for some books on Islam, and they gave me a few. It was at this time that I got my first Qur&rsquo;an. May Allah bless them all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I read the Qur&rsquo;an. And there I found:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;And I created not the jinn and the mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).&rdquo; (Quran 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;And We have made some of you as a trial for others; will you have patience?&rdquo; (Quran 25:20)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And all the answers I was looking for were there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My life didn&rsquo;t change. It was still hard most of the time. What changed was my attitude facing life.. The difference is that now I know that He is my Lord and my<em>Wali<\/em>&nbsp;(Guardian), and I am grateful for all that He has blessed me with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Hagar is a 42-year-old Muslim convert. She holds a degree in linguistics and literature and is a specialist in Portuguese language and literature.<\/em><\/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":10193,"lft":3549,"rght":3558,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-07T03:30:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T06:04:49.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2485,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Hagar","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-07","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx"},{"id":1888,"title":"Hagar, excristiana, Brasil","slug":"hagar-excristiana-brasil","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hagar-excristiana-brasil","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hagar, excristiana, Brasil<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h1>\r\n<p 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:ANd9GcSJKHPR5xY71Q-92UciXDJcuzXlFbVJ2PIULarB0g1I5Ogdls2RWQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;&iquest;Acaso son iguales quienes saben [los preceptos de su Se&ntilde;or y los ponen en pr&aacute;ctica] y quienes no saben? Y por cierto que s&oacute;lo reflexionan los dotados de intelecto&rdquo;. (Cor&aacute;n 39:9)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Estas fueron las primeras palabras del Cor&aacute;n que me tocaron. Y cuando las le&iacute; no pod&iacute;a dejar de pensar en ellas. Me pregunt&eacute;, &iquest;qu&eacute; debo saber en realidad para ser capaz de entender? &iquest;Qu&eacute; es realmente el conocimiento?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&iquest;De qu&eacute; sirve leer libros y estudiar teor&iacute;as, filosof&iacute;as y pensamientos, si al final seguimos sin encontrarle sentido a nuestra existencia? Las respuestas occidentales a este dilema s&oacute;lo me han hecho sentir frustrada, inc&oacute;moda, sin esperanza y, al final, deprimida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En ese momento yo no pod&iacute;a creer en Dios ni rezar m&aacute;s. No estoy muy segura de c&oacute;mo llegu&eacute; a ese estado. Un d&iacute;a cre&iacute;a en Dios (era cristiana protestante) y al siguiente d&iacute;a incluso pensar en la existencia de Dios, el Creador, me parec&iacute;a una tonter&iacute;a.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sol&iacute;a leer parte del Antiguo Testamento o del Nuevo Testamento a diario y tambi&eacute;n los estudiaba. Encontr&eacute; bellas palabras all&iacute;, pero que eran descartadas en la pr&aacute;ctica, porque nadie que haya conocido viv&iacute;a seg&uacute;n ellas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Observando el estilo de vida de la gente, la manera en que las cosas pasan, la forma en que los acuerdos y arreglos se hacen alrededor del mundo para hacer a algunos superiores a otros, llegu&eacute; a concluir que este es un mundo muy injusto. Las palabras de la Biblia, aunque hermosas, no eran m&aacute;s que invenci&oacute;n del hombre.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La religi&oacute;n no era m&aacute;s que una forma de mantener calmada, satisfecha y sumisa a la gente pobre y oprimida, como al ganado. Era el opio de la vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pens&eacute;: &ldquo;Si hay un Dios, es c&iacute;nico e injusto. Yo no hago tratos con gente injusta, y por lo tanto, no voy a hacer tratos con un dios injusto&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dese&eacute; no haber aprendido nunca a leer y quise ser como mucha otra gente a m&iacute; alrededor. Ir al trabajo, regresar a casa, ver televisi&oacute;n (y aceptar todo lo que ah&iacute; se dice) leer a Sidney Sheldon<a title=\" Prol&iacute;fico guionista y novelista norteamericano.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/es\/articles\/2678\/#_ftn19274\">[1]<\/a>, irme de compras, etc. Pens&eacute; que podr&iacute;a vivir feliz de esa manera. Pero estaba en un camino sin regreso. Despu&eacute;s de todo lo que hab&iacute;a visto no pod&iacute;a encontrar una raz&oacute;n para seguir viviendo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dej&eacute; de mirar las diferentes posibilidades en cuanto a c&oacute;mo la creaci&oacute;n se produjo y simplemente acept&eacute; que el mundo entero hab&iacute;a surgido &ldquo;al azar&rdquo;. Mientras estaba en ese estado, viv&iacute;a muy molesta con todas las injusticias que tienen lugar en el mundo; decid&iacute; que deb&iacute;a defender a una minor&iacute;a. Y result&oacute; que escog&iacute; a los musulmanes, y comenc&eacute; a aprender sobre el Islam. Nunca hab&iacute;a escuchado antes sobre el Islam, pero sent&iacute;a curiosidad por conocer qui&eacute;nes eran aquellos &ldquo;terroristas&rdquo;, como eran llamados a menudo en Occidente. Yo sab&iacute;a que si la televisi&oacute;n los estaba mostrando como malvados, era necesario investigar, porque algo hab&iacute;a oculto.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sab&iacute;a que la &uacute;nica manera de aprender sobre el Islam era ponerme en contacto con musulmanes. En Brasil, mi pa&iacute;s, no tenemos muchas comunidades. Entonces recurr&iacute; a la Internet y conoc&iacute; a muchos en salas de chat.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un joven musulm&aacute;n saud&iacute; me habl&oacute; sobre Nizar Kabani<a title=\" Famoso poeta sirio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/es\/articles\/2678\/#_ftn19275\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;e investigu&eacute; sobre &eacute;l; encontr&eacute; un poema llamado &ldquo;Estoy con el terrorismo&rdquo;. El poeta cita muchos eventos y lugares totalmente desconocidos para m&iacute; y me di cuenta cu&aacute;n ignorante era. Nunca hab&iacute;a o&iacute;do hablar de ninguno de estos hechos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un d&iacute;a, estaba conversando con un amigo por chat, y &eacute;l me mostr&oacute; un sitio&nbsp;<em>web<\/em>donde pod&iacute;a leer el Cor&aacute;n. Lo abr&iacute; en un&nbsp;<em>Surah<\/em>&nbsp;(cap&iacute;tulo) al azar para leerlo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">El t&iacute;tulo estaba en &aacute;rabe y le pregunt&eacute; su significado en ingl&eacute;s, &eacute;l me dijo que era &ldquo;el D&iacute;a del Juicio&rdquo;. Recuerdo que me pregunt&oacute; por qu&eacute; hab&iacute;a escogido ese cap&iacute;tulo del Cor&aacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Recuerdo haberle dicho que si hay un Dios y si &Eacute;l es Omnisciente, Omnipotente, &Eacute;l sabe que las palabras de castigo no me pueden afectar en absoluto. En cambio, yo buscaba palabras de esperanza, palabras razonables y efectivas de esperanza.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En ese momento recuerdo que ten&iacute;a cada noche el mismo deseo: quisiera no despertar ma&ntilde;ana. Pero al d&iacute;a siguiente mis ojos de abr&iacute;an de nuevo. Estaba llegando a un nivel insoportable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dej&eacute; Brasil y viaj&eacute; a Alemania.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un d&iacute;a estaba realmente desesperada. Hice abluci&oacute;n de la forma en que le&iacute; que los musulmanes la hac&iacute;an, me postr&eacute; como sab&iacute;a que hacen los musulmanes, y dije: &ldquo;Dios, si eres real, lib&eacute;rame de esta situaci&oacute;n. Mu&eacute;strame el camino&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Alhamdulilah&nbsp;<\/em>(Todas las alabanzas son para Allah). &Eacute;l lo hizo. Sent&iacute; una gran paz en mi coraz&oacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En mi clase de alem&aacute;n hab&iacute;a algunas hermanas musulmanas y les ped&iacute; algunos libros sobre Islam, y ellas me dieron unos pocos. Fue en ese momento que tuve mi primer Cor&aacute;n. Que Allah las bendiga a todas ellas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Le&iacute; el Cor&aacute;n. Y all&iacute; encontr&eacute;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Por cierto que he creado a los genios y a los hombres para que Me adoren&rdquo;. (Cor&aacute;n 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Y ciertamente os ponemos a prueba unos con otros, para que se evidencie qui&eacute;n es paciente y qui&eacute;n no&rdquo;. (Cor&aacute;n 25:20)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Y todas las respuestas que estaba buscando, estaban all&iacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mi vida no cambi&oacute;. Sigui&oacute; siendo dura la mayor parte del tiempo. Lo que cambi&oacute; fue mi actitud para enfrentar la vida. La diferencia es que ahora s&eacute; que &Eacute;l es mi Se&ntilde;or y mi&nbsp;<em>Wal&iacute;<\/em>&nbsp;(Guardi&aacute;n), y estoy agradecida por todas las bendiciones que &Eacute;l me da.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Hagar es una musulmana conversa de 42 a&ntilde;os de edad. Ella tiene un t&iacute;tulo en ling&uuml;&iacute;stica y literatura, y es especialista en lengua y literatura portuguesa.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/es\/articles\/2678\/#_ftnref19274\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;Prol&iacute;fico guionista y novelista norteamericano.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a title=\"Back to the refrence of this footnote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/es\/articles\/2678\/#_ftnref19275\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;Famoso poeta sirio<\/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":9310,"lft":3550,"rght":3551,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-07T03:30:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T05:11:39.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2485,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1887,"author_name":"Hagar","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-07","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx"},{"id":1889,"title":"Hagar, ex-chr\u00e9tienne, Br\u00e9sil","slug":"hagar-ex-chrtienne-brsil","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/540b6299-43a8-4509-b603-2cfbb8adb1fd-fr-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hagar-ex-chrtienne-brsil","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hagar, ex-chr&eacute;tienne, Br&eacute;sil<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p 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:ANd9GcSJKHPR5xY71Q-92UciXDJcuzXlFbVJ2PIULarB0g1I5Ogdls2RWQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&laquo;&nbsp;Sont-ils &eacute;gaux, ceux qui savent et ceux qui ne savent pas? Seuls les dou&eacute;s d&rsquo;intelligence pr&ecirc;tent attention.&nbsp;&raquo; (Coran 39:9)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Telles furent les premi&egrave;res paroles du Coran qui me touch&egrave;rent personnellement.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s les avoir lues, je ne cessai d&rsquo;y penser.&nbsp; Je me demandais quelles &eacute;taient ces choses que je devais savoir pour &ecirc;tre intelligente. &nbsp;Et qu&rsquo;&eacute;tait le savoir, au fond?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; quoi bon lire des livres et &eacute;tudier des th&eacute;ories, des philosophies et des pens&eacute;es si, au bout du compte, on n&rsquo;en retire aucun sens &agrave; donner &agrave; notre existence?&nbsp; Les tentatives de r&eacute;ponses que je trouvais, &agrave; ce dilemme, m&rsquo;aga&ccedil;aient, me mettaient mal &agrave; l&rsquo;aise, me faisaient sentir d&eacute;sesp&eacute;r&eacute;e et, finalement, d&eacute;pressive.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; cette &eacute;poque, je ne croyais plus en Dieu et ne priais plus. &nbsp;Je ne sais trop comment j&rsquo;avais atteint cet &eacute;tat.&nbsp; Un jour, je croyais en Dieu (j&rsquo;&eacute;tais protestante) et le lendemain, l&rsquo;id&eacute;e m&ecirc;me de l&rsquo;existence d&rsquo;un Dieu, d&rsquo;un cr&eacute;ateur, m&rsquo;apparaissait comme une absurdit&eacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Il y eut un moment o&ugrave; je lisais et &eacute;tudiais quotidiennement des passages de l&rsquo;Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments.&nbsp; J&rsquo;y trouvais de bien belles paroles, mais personne, autour de moi, ne les mettait en pratique, dans sa vie de tous les jours.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Apr&egrave;s avoir observ&eacute; la fa&ccedil;on de vivre des gens, autour de moi, la fa&ccedil;on dont les &eacute;v&eacute;nements survenaient, la fa&ccedil;on dont les ententes se concluaient, dans le monde, de sorte que des &ecirc;tres humains devenaient sup&eacute;rieurs &agrave; d&rsquo;autres, j&rsquo;en avais conclu que ce monde &eacute;tait tr&egrave;s injuste.&nbsp; Et que les paroles de la Bible, parfois si belles, n&rsquo;&eacute;taient rien de plus que des mots invent&eacute;s par l&rsquo;homme.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La religion ne servait qu&rsquo;&agrave; exercer un certain contr&ocirc;le sur les masses, sur les pauvres et les opprim&eacute;s, &agrave; les garder soumis et plus ou moins satisfaits de leur sort.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je pensais&nbsp;: s&rsquo;il existe un Dieu, il doit &ecirc;tre franchement cynique et injuste.&nbsp; Je ne conclus pas d&rsquo;entente avec les gens injustes et je n&rsquo;en conclurai pas davantage avec un Dieu injuste.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &Agrave; certains moments, je souhaitais n&rsquo;avoir jamais appris &agrave; lire et n&rsquo;&ecirc;tre que comme beaucoup de gens, autour de moi, qui allaient chaque jour travailler, qui revenaient chez eux, regardaient la t&eacute;l&eacute; et absorbaient tout ce qui s&rsquo;y disait, allaient magasiner, etc.&nbsp; Je pensai qu&rsquo;on ne pouvait vivre heureux que de cette fa&ccedil;on, sans se poser trop de questions.&nbsp; Mais je savais que je marchais sur un chemin sur lequel il &eacute;tait impossible de reculer.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s tout ce que j&rsquo;avais vu, je ne voyais plus aucune raison, pour moi, de continuer &agrave; rester en vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je cessai de me demander comment la cr&eacute;ation avait bien pu se r&eacute;aliser et je d&eacute;cidai que le monde entier &eacute;tait apparu par un simple hasard. &nbsp;Alors que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais dans cet &eacute;tat d&rsquo;esprit, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais toujours irrit&eacute;e et r&eacute;volt&eacute;e par les injustices de ce monde et je me dis, un jour, que je me devais au moins de d&eacute;fendre un groupe minoritaire et opprim&eacute;.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est alors que je choisis de d&eacute;fendre les musulmans et que je me mis &agrave; &eacute;tudier l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;avais jamais vraiment connu l&rsquo;islam avant cela, mais j&rsquo;&eacute;tais curieuse de savoir qui &eacute;taient ces &laquo;&nbsp;terroristes&nbsp;&raquo;, comme on les appelait, en Occident. &nbsp;Je savais que comme la t&eacute;l&eacute; les d&eacute;peignait constamment comme de mauvaises personnes, il me fallait aller au-del&agrave; de cette image.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je savais &eacute;galement que la seule fa&ccedil;on, pour moi, de bien apprendre l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait d&rsquo;entrer en contact avec des musulmans.&nbsp; Dans mon pays, au Br&eacute;sil, il n&rsquo;y a pas beaucoup de communaut&eacute;s musulmanes.&nbsp; Alors je me tournai vers l&rsquo;internet, o&ugrave; je pus discuter avec plusieurs musulmans sur des forums.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un jeune musulman d&rsquo;Arabie me parla de Nizar Qabbani.&nbsp; Je fis une recherche sur lui et trouvai un po&egrave;me intitul&eacute; &laquo;&nbsp;Je suis pour le terrorisme&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Le po&egrave;me citait plusieurs &eacute;v&eacute;nements et endroits qui m&rsquo;&eacute;taient totalement inconnus et je r&eacute;alisai &agrave; quel point j&rsquo;&eacute;tais ignorante; je n&rsquo;avais jamais entendu parler de ces faits.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un jour, alors que je clavardais avec un ami virtuel, il me montra un site o&ugrave; je pouvais aller lire le Coran.&nbsp; Je l&rsquo;ouvris et choisis une sourate au hasard.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Le titre &eacute;tait en arabe et je lui demandai ce que cela signifiait en anglais.&nbsp; Il me dit que cela voulait dire &laquo;&nbsp;Le jour du Jugement&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Je me souviens qu&rsquo;il me demanda pourquoi j&rsquo;avais choisi cette sourate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me souviens &eacute;galement de lui avoir dit, au cours de la conversation, que s&rsquo;il y avait bel et bien un Dieu et qu&rsquo;Il &eacute;tait Omniscient et Omnipotent, Il savait alors que les paroles faisant allusion au ch&acirc;timent ne m&rsquo;affectaient pas le moindrement.&nbsp; Je souhaitais plut&ocirc;t lire des paroles d&rsquo;espoir et des paroles raisonnables.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me souviens qu&rsquo;&agrave; cette &eacute;poque, je souhaitais chaque soir la m&ecirc;me chose&nbsp;: je souhaitais ne pas me r&eacute;veiller le lendemain. &nbsp;Mais chaque matin, j&rsquo;ouvrais &agrave; nouveau les yeux.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais atteint un point o&ugrave; tout m&rsquo;insupportait.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je quittai le Br&eacute;sil pour l&rsquo;Allemagne.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un jour, le c&oelig;ur rempli de d&eacute;sespoir, je me levai et allai faire mes ablutions comme j&rsquo;avais lu que faisaient les musulmans. &nbsp;Puis, je me prosternai comme le font les musulmans et je dis&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Dieu, si Tu existes, lib&egrave;re-moi de cette situation.&nbsp; Montre-moi la voie &agrave; suivre.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Alhamdoulillah<\/em>&nbsp;(gloire &agrave; Dieu), c&rsquo;est ce qu&rsquo;Il fit.&nbsp; Et je sentis une incroyable paix dans mon c&oelig;ur.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dans mon cours d&rsquo;allemand, il y avait des musulmanes; je leur demandai quelques livres sur l&rsquo;islam et elles m&rsquo;en offrirent quelques-uns.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est &agrave; ce moment qu&rsquo;on me donna mon premier Coran.&nbsp; Que Dieu les b&eacute;nisse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je lus le Coran et j&rsquo;y lus, entre autres&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p 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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Et Nous avons fait de certains d&rsquo;entre vous une &eacute;preuve pour les autres; endurerez-vous avec patience?&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(Coran 25:20)<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Et toutes les autres r&eacute;ponses que je cherchais, je les trouvai dans le Coran.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ma vie ne changea pas tellement.&nbsp; Elle &eacute;tait toujours aussi difficile, la plupart du temps.&nbsp; Ce qui changea, c&rsquo;est mon attitude face &agrave; elle.&nbsp; La diff&eacute;rence, c&rsquo;est que je sais maintenant qu&rsquo;Il est mon Seigneur et qu&rsquo;Il veille sur moi et je suis reconnaissante pour tous les bienfaits qu&rsquo;Il m&rsquo;a accord&eacute;s.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Hagar est une musulmane convertie de 42 ans.&nbsp; Elle d&eacute;tient un dipl&ocirc;me en linguistique et en litt&eacute;rature et est sp&eacute;cialiste en langue et en litt&eacute;rature portuguaises.<\/em><\/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":10435,"lft":3552,"rght":3553,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-07T03:30:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T12:09:35.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2485,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1887,"author_name":"Hagar","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-07","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/540b6299-43a8-4509-b603-2cfbb8adb1fd-fr-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf"},{"id":1890,"title":"Hagar, Ex-Christin, Brasilien","slug":"hagar-ex-christin-brasilien","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hagar-ex-christin-brasilien","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hagar, Ex-Christin, Brasilien<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p 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:ANd9GcSJKHPR5xY71Q-92UciXDJcuzXlFbVJ2PIULarB0g1I5Ogdls2RWQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;\"Sind solche, die wissen, denen gleich, die nicht wissen?\" Allein nur diejenigen lassen sich warnen, die verst&auml;ndig sind.&rdquo;&nbsp;(Quran 39:9)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dies waren die ersten Worte vom Qur&acute;an, die mich ber&uuml;hrten. &nbsp;Und als ich sie las, konnte ich nicht aufh&ouml;ren, dar&uuml;ber nachzudenken.&nbsp; Ich fragte mich, was sollte ich wirklich wissen, um in der Lage zu sein, zu verstehen?&nbsp; Was ist eigentlich Wissen?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Was n&uuml;tzt es, B&uuml;cher zu lesen und Theorien, Philosophien und Denkweisen zu studieren, wenn wir am Ende immer noch nicht den Sinn unserer Existenz herausgefunden haben?&nbsp; Westliche Antworten auf dieses Dilemma haben mich frustriert, beunruhigt, hoffnungslos und zum Schluss depressiv gemacht.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Zu jener Zeit konnte ich weder an Gott glauben, noch zu Ihm beten.&nbsp; Wie ich dieses Stadium erreicht hatte, bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher.&nbsp; An einem Tag war ich Gottesgl&auml;ubig (ich war Christ &ndash; Protestant) gewesen und am n&auml;chsten Tag schien mir allein der Gedanke daran, &uuml;ber die Existenz Gottes, des Sch&ouml;pfers, nachzudenken, Unsinn zu sein.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich pflegte jeden Tag ein St&uuml;ck im Alten oder Neuen Testament zu lesen und es auch zu studieren. &nbsp;Ich fand sch&ouml;ne Worte, aber sie waren praktisch unbrauchbar, denn keiner, den ich kenne, lebte danach. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nach der Beobachtung wie Menschen auf dieser ganzen Welt leben, wie die Dinge geschehen, wie Gesch&auml;fte und Vereinbarungen abgeschlossen werden, wie manche den anderen &uuml;berlegen waren, schlussfolgerte ich, dass dies eine sehr ungerechte und unfaire Welt ist. &nbsp;Die Worte der Bibel, so sch&ouml;n sie auch sein m&ouml;gen, waren nicht mehr als eine Intervention des Menschen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Religion war nichts weiter als ein Mittel, um die armen und unterdr&uuml;ckten Menschen ruhig zu halten, zufrieden und unterw&uuml;rfig, wie Rinder.&nbsp; Sie war das Opium des Lebens.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich dachte: &bdquo;Wenn es einen Gott gibt, dann ist Er zynisch und unfair. &nbsp;Ich mache keine Gesch&auml;fte mit unfairen Leuten, und ich werde schon gar keine Gesch&auml;fte mit einem unfairen Gott machen.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich w&uuml;nschte, ich h&auml;tte nie gelernt zu lesen und ich w&auml;re wie andere Leute um mich herum.&nbsp; &nbsp;Arbeiten gehen, nach Hause kommen, fernsehen (und alles akzeptieren, was dort gesagt wird), Sidney Sheldon lesen, Klamotten kaufen, etc.&nbsp; Ich dachte, ich k&ouml;nnte gl&uuml;cklich auf diese Art leben.&nbsp; Aber ich war auf einem Pfad ohne Wiederkehr.&nbsp; Nach allem, was ich gesehen hatte, fand ich keinen Grund mehr, am Leben zu bleiben.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich h&ouml;rte damit auf, nach den verschiedenen M&ouml;glichkeiten zu schauen, wie die Sch&ouml;pfung vonstatten gegangen sein k&ouml;nnte und setzte mir in den Kopf, die ganze Welt sei &acute;zuf&auml;llig&acute; entstanden.&nbsp; Als ich mich in diesem Zustand befand, war ich immer noch sehr ersch&uuml;ttert wegen der ganzen Ungerechtigkeiten, die in der Welt geschehen; ich entschloss mich eine Minderheit zu verteidigen.&nbsp; So kam es, dass ich Muslime ausw&auml;hlte und anfing, &uuml;ber den Islam zu lernen. &nbsp;Ich hatte nie zuvor vom Islam geh&ouml;rt, aber ich war neugierig, zu erfahren, wer diese &acute;Terroristen&acute; waren, wie sie im Westen so oft genannt werden.&nbsp; Ich wusste, wenn das Fernsehen sie als schlecht zeigte, dann war es notwendig, nachzuforschen, denn irgendetwas wird da verborgen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich wusste, die einzige Art, wie ich etwas &uuml;ber den Islam lernen konnte, war mit Muslimen in Kontakt zu treten. &nbsp;In Brasilien, in meinem Land, haben wir nicht so viele Gemeinschaften. &nbsp;Da ging ich ins Internet und traf viele in Chatrooms.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ein junger saudische Muslim erz&auml;hlte mir von Nizar Qabbani, und ich forschte nach ihm, da fand ich ein Gedicht mit dem Titel: &ldquo;I am with Terrorism&rdquo;. &nbsp;Der Dichter zitiert viele Ereignisse und Orte, die mir v&ouml;llig unbekannt waren und mir wurde klar, wie unwissend ich war ich von irgendwelchen dieser Tatsachen geh&ouml;rt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eines Tages chattete ich mit einem Chat-Freund, und er zeigte mir eine Seite, wo ich den Qur&acute;an lesen konnte. &nbsp;Ich &ouml;ffnete sie und w&auml;hlte zuf&auml;llig eine Sura (ein Kapitel) zum Lesen aus. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der Titel war auf arabisch, und ich fragte ihn nach der englischen Bedeutung und er sagte mir, es sei &bdquo;der Tag des Gerichts&ldquo;.&nbsp; Ich erinnere mich daran, dass er mich fragte, warum ich gerade dieses Kapitel ausgew&auml;hlt habe?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich wei&szlig; noch, dass ich ihm darauf antwortete, wenn es einen Gott gibt und wenn Er Allwissend, Allgegenw&auml;rtig, Allm&auml;chtig ist, dann wei&szlig; Er, dass Worte &uuml;ber Bestrafung mich nicht beeindrucken werden. &nbsp;Statt dessen suche ich nach Worten der Hoffnung, vern&uuml;nftigen und effektiven Worten der Hoffnung. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Zu jener Zeit erinnere ich mich, dass ich jede Nacht denselben Wunsch hatte: ich w&uuml;nschte mir, am Morgen nicht aufstehen zu k&ouml;nnen. &nbsp;Aber am n&auml;chsten Tag wurden meine Augen wieder ge&ouml;ffnet.&nbsp; Es erreichte ein unertr&auml;gliches Ausma&szlig;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich verlie&szlig; Brasilien und kam nach Deutschland.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">An einem Tag war ich richtig verzweifelt. &nbsp;Ich machte die rituelle Waschung, wie ich gelesen habe, dass die Muslime sie machen, ich warf mich auf die Art und Weise nieder, wie ich es von den Muslimen kannte und sagte: &bdquo;Gott wenn Du wirklich da bist, erl&ouml;se mich von dieser Situation.&nbsp; Zeige mir den Weg.&ldquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Al-hamdu llilah&nbsp;<\/em>(Aller Lobpreis geb&uuml;hrt Allah). &nbsp;Er tat es.&nbsp; Ich versp&uuml;rte so gro&szlig;en Frieden in meinem Herzen.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In meinem Deutschkurs gab es ein paar muslimischen Schwestern, die ich um B&uuml;cher &uuml;ber den Islam bat und sie gaben mir einige. &nbsp;Da bekam ich meinen ersten Qur&acute;an.&nbsp; M&ouml;ge Allah sie alle segnen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich las im Qur&rsquo;an. &nbsp;Und dort fand ich:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Und Ich habe die Ginn und die Menschen nur darum erschaffen, damit sie Mir dienen (sollen)&rdquo; (Quran 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Allein, Wir machen die einen unter euch zur Pr&uuml;fung f&uuml;r die anderen. Wollt ihr denn geduldig sein? Und dein Herr ist Allsehend.&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/tanzil.net\/#trans\/de.aburida\/25:20\">20<\/a>)&rdquo; (Quran 25:20)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Und alle die Antworten, nach denen ich gesucht hatte, waren dort.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mein Leben hat sich nicht ge&auml;ndert.&nbsp; Es war immer noch die meiste Zeit schwer.&nbsp; Was sich ver&auml;ndert hat, ist meine Haltung dem Leben gegen&uuml;ber &hellip; Der Unterschied ist, dass ich jetzt wei&szlig;, dass Er mein Herr und mein&nbsp;<em>Wali<\/em>&nbsp;(H&uuml;ter),und ich bin dankbar f&uuml;r alles, mit dem Er mich gesegnet hat.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Hagar ist eine 42-j&auml;hrige muslimische Konvertierte. &nbsp;Sie hat einen Hochschulabschluss in Linguistik und Literatur und ist eine Spezialistin in portugiesischer Sprache und Literatur.&nbsp;<\/em><\/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":10355,"lft":3554,"rght":3555,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-07T03:30:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T21:09:04.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2485,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1887,"author_name":"Hagar","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-07","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx"},{"id":1891,"title":"Hagar, Ex-Crist\u00e3, Brasil","slug":"hagar-ex-crist-brasil","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hagar-ex-crist-brasil","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hagar, Ex-Crist&atilde;, Brasil<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p 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:ANd9GcSJKHPR5xY71Q-92UciXDJcuzXlFbVJ2PIULarB0g1I5Ogdls2RWQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Poder&atilde;o, acaso, equiparar-se os s&aacute;bios com os insipientes? S&oacute; os sensatos recordar&atilde;o.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(Alcor&atilde;o 39:9)<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Essas foram as primeiras palavras do Alcor&atilde;o que me tocaram. E quando as li n&atilde;o pude parar de pensar a respeito. Pensava o que deveria saber para ser capaz de entender. O que &eacute;, de fato, conhecimento?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O que h&aacute; na leitura de livros e estudo de teorias, filosofias e pensamentos se no fim continuamos sem encontrar qualquer sentido para nossa exist&ecirc;ncia? As respostas ocidentais para esse dilema s&oacute; me deixavam frustrada, desconfort&aacute;vel, sem esperan&ccedil;a e, por fim, deprimida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Na &eacute;poca n&atilde;o acreditava mais em Deus ou orava. Como cheguei aquele ponto, realmente n&atilde;o estou certa.&nbsp; Um dia acreditava em Deus (era crist&atilde; - protestante) e no outro, at&eacute; pensar sobre a exist&ecirc;ncia de um Deus, criador, parecia sem sentido para mim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Costumava ler parte do Velho ou do Novo Testamento todos os dias e tamb&eacute;m estud&aacute;-lo. Encontrava belas palavras, mas eram praticamente descartadas porque ningu&eacute;m que conhe&ccedil;o vivia de acordo com elas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Observando a forma como as pessoas vivem, como as coisas acontecem, como neg&oacute;cios e arranjos s&atilde;o feitos ao redor do mundo para que alguns sejam superiores a outros, conclui em minha mente que fosse um mundo muito injusto. As palavras da B&iacute;blia, t&atilde;o belas, n&atilde;o eram mais que inven&ccedil;&atilde;o de algum homem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A religi&atilde;o n&atilde;o era mais que uma forma de manter os pobres e oprimidos calmos, satisfeitos e submissos, como gado. Era o &oacute;pio da vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pensava: &ldquo;Se existir um Deus, ele &eacute; c&iacute;nico e injusto. N&atilde;o negocio com pessoas injustas e n&atilde;o farei neg&oacute;cios com um deus injusto.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Desejava nunca ter aprendido a ler e queria ser como as outras pessoas ao meu redor. Ir para o trabalho, voltar para casa, assistir TV (e aceitar tudo que &eacute; dito l&aacute;), ler Sidney Sheldon, comprar roupas, etc. Pensei que viveria feliz dessa forma. Mas estava em um caminho sem volta. Depois de tudo que tinha visto n&atilde;o podia achar qualquer raz&atilde;o para viver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Parei de procurar por possibilidades diferentes de como a cria&ccedil;&atilde;o passou a existir e decidi que o mundo inteiro tinha surgido &ldquo;por acaso&rdquo;.&nbsp; Enquanto estava nesse estado, continuava muito incomodada com todas as injusti&ccedil;as acontecendo no mundo e decidi que devia defender uma minoria. Aconteceu de escolher os mu&ccedil;ulmanos e comecei a aprender sobre o Isl&atilde;. Nunca tinha ouvido falar sobre o Isl&atilde; antes, mas estava curiosa para saber quem eram aqueles &ldquo;terroristas&rdquo;, como eram frequentemente chamados pelo ocidente. Sabia que se a TV os mostrava como maus era necess&aacute;rio investigar, porque algo estava oculto.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sabia que a &uacute;nica maneira de aprender sobre o Isl&atilde; era estar em contato com mu&ccedil;ulmanos. No Brasil, meu pa&iacute;s, n&atilde;o temos muitas comunidades. Ent&atilde;o fui para a internet e encontrei muitos em salas de bate-papo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Um jovem mu&ccedil;ulmano saudita me contou sobre Nizar Qabbani. Pesquisei sobre ele e encontrei um poema chamado &ldquo;I am with Terrorism (<em>Estou com terrorismo,&nbsp;<\/em>em tradu&ccedil;&atilde;o livre)&rdquo; O poeta cita muitos eventos e lugares totalmente desconhecidos para mim e percebi o quanto era ignorante. Nunca tinha ouvido falar de nenhum daqueles fatos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Um dia, estava batendo papo com um amigo e ele me mostrou um site onde poderia ler o Alcor&atilde;o. Eu o abri e escolhi aleatoriamente uma surata (cap&iacute;tulo) para ler.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O t&iacute;tulo era em &aacute;rabe e perguntei a ele o significado em ingl&ecirc;s. Ele me disse que era &ldquo;O Dia do Ju&iacute;zo&rdquo;.&nbsp;Lembro de ele ter me perguntado por que eu tinha escolhido aquele cap&iacute;tulo do Alcor&atilde;o. .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lembro de ter dito que se existisse um Deus e Ele fosse Onisciente, Onipresente e Onipotente, saberia que palavras de puni&ccedil;&atilde;o n&atilde;o podem me afetar de forma alguma. Ao inv&eacute;s disso, procuro por palavras de esperan&ccedil;a, palavras razo&aacute;veis e eficazes de esperan&ccedil;a.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Naquela &eacute;poca lembro que todas as noites tinha o mesmo desejo: desejava n&atilde;o acordar no dia seguinte. Mas no dia seguinte meus olhos estavam abertos novamente. Estava chegando a um n&iacute;vel insuport&aacute;vel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Deixei o Brasil e vim para a Alemanha.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Um dia estava realmente desesperada. Fiz ablu&ccedil;&atilde;o da forma como li que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos faziam, me prostrei do jeito que sabia que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos faziam e disse: &ldquo;Deus, se Voc&ecirc; &eacute; real, liberte-me dessa situa&ccedil;&atilde;o. Mostre-me o caminho.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Al-hamdu llilah<\/em>&nbsp;(Todos os louvores s&atilde;o para Allah).&nbsp;Ele mostrou. Senti uma enorme paz em meu cora&ccedil;&atilde;o.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Em minhas aulas de alem&atilde;o existem algumas irm&atilde;s mu&ccedil;ulmanas. Pedi alguns livros sobre o Isl&atilde; e elas me deram alguns. Foi nessa &eacute;poca que consegui meu primeiro Alcor&atilde;o. Que Allah aben&ccedil;oe a todas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Li o Alcor&atilde;o. E l&aacute; encontrei:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;N&atilde;o criei a Humanidade e os Jinns exceto para Me adorarem.&rdquo; (Alcor&atilde;o 51:56)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;E fizemos alguns, dentre v&oacute;s, como testes para os demais. Acaso (&oacute; crentes), sereis perseverantes?&rdquo;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(Alcor&atilde;o 25:20)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">E todas as respostas que procurava estavam l&aacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Minha vida n&atilde;o mudou. Continuou dif&iacute;cil a maior parte do tempo. O que mudou foi minha atitude perante a vida. A diferen&ccedil;a &eacute; que agora sei que Ele &eacute; meu Senhor e meu&nbsp;<em>Wali&nbsp;<\/em>(Guardi&atilde;o) e sou grata por tudo com o qual Ele me aben&ccedil;oou.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Hagar &eacute; uma convertida ao Isl&atilde; de 42 anos. &Eacute; graduada em Lingu&iacute;stica e Literatura e especialista em l&iacute;ngua portuguesa e literatura.<\/em><\/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":10563,"lft":3556,"rght":3557,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-07T03:30:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T11:30:49.000000Z","language_id":15,"user_id":7,"author_id":2485,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1887,"author_name":"Hagar","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-07","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Hagar, Ex-Christian, Brazil.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?articles_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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":5,"total":5},"fatawas":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?fatawas_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?fatawas_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485?fatawas_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\/luy\/api\/authors\/2485","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"books_total":0,"videos_total":0,"audios_total":0,"fatawas_total":0,"articles_total":5,"q":"","count":5}