{"title":"Aasiya Inaya","author":{"id":2307,"name":"Aasiya Inaya","slug":"aasiya_inaya","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-08-28T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-08-28T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Aasiya Inaya"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2307?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2307?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2307?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\/may\/api\/authors\/2307","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\/may\/api\/authors\/2307?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2307?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxhgrAVuQ5bnwKyemaDEvc4n4Yx8Yub3x7FMyCTu_mA49cUbGi\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><\/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;\">When the truth is revealed to you and you stand face to face with it, how long can you refuse to accept it?&nbsp; How long would you run away denying it?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There comes a point in your life when you have to break free from all the chains that hold you back from answering the True Call.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is a moment where nothing else seems significant and equivalent to the call of the Almighty God and His path of freedom, bliss and satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All the lies with which you have been living with start fading and your beliefs as a disbeliever fall like a pack of cards.&nbsp; And what you witness is an Eureka moment, a moment when you realize the truth, when you realize the beauty of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then you take no time to accept it.&nbsp; You just have to take a bold step lest fearing the societal pressure and disagreement.&nbsp; For you should always fight for the Truth and stand firm on to it, no matter be it against your own kin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I remember the day when I stood in front of the mirror in my room, looking vaguely, trying to search for something but failing to find an answer.&nbsp; In retrospect, I was never an atheist,<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I always believed that God existed and being a Hindu it existed for me in thousand forms: from a stone to a tree, from a tree to a river, from a river to a well (funny but true).&nbsp; All were objects of worship for me as I was told by my family and other traditions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I took pride in being a polytheist, considering that all objects made by God are worth worshipping and that there exists a part of God in them, in every single being; so all are worthy of worship.&nbsp; It could be a cow, a tree, a river (as I said also a well), idols and even human beings themselves.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I detested Islam for being so rigid and stubborn on this.&nbsp; I found the Muslims static, living in the past, while the world is moving far ahead of them.&nbsp; For me all their beliefs were unreasonable (maybe because I never looked for reason), impractical, cruel and outdated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Probably, it was not my fault; I was made to look at them this way.&nbsp; It was a pre-conceived notion, which I inherited from this society which has often kept a negative image of Islam in majority of its opinion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My first encounter with Islam was in high school where the majority of my classmates were Muslims and during free classes we used to have discussions on Islam (largely because of the anti-Islam propaganda by the Hindu Organizations post 9\/11 and the Gujarat riots).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">During these talks they tried to clear various misconceptions that I carried regarding monotheism, rights of women, their status, and other popular myths which have become clich&eacute;d more or less.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yet, it was not convincing for me, I still kept those beliefs and my pride in being polytheist.&nbsp; Though I was not anymore an anti-Muslim, I was moved by the sufferings of the people who were one of us, simply dying because they practiced a different faith.&nbsp; I became more secular in my outlook.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I give the major credit of becoming a monotheist to Arya Samaj, a Hindu organization that believes that Hinduism preaches monotheism and not rituals and idol worshiping.&nbsp; After coming under its influence I stopped worshiping idols, performing any sort of rituals and going to temples.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These are what I call the steps I was taking to finally reach my destination that is Islam.&nbsp; Though Arya Samaj has its own flaws, I again found myself in the same cob-web; where rituals and fire worshiping became an integral part.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Reading Vedas, Manu Smiriti, and other scriptures only confused me.&nbsp; It was all philosophical, nothing material which could help you precisely find an answer for your daily life queries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While in college studying Law, it was the first time when the clarity of Islam dawned over me.&nbsp; It was nothing but a small course of Family Law - Hindu Law and Islamic Law regarding marriages, divorce, succession, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While Hindu law was riddled with various technicalities, confusions, differences of opinions and lack of stability, Islamic law on the other hand was clear, precise and certain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My opinion here changed overnight.&nbsp; What I used to find static, appeared stable to me.&nbsp; This made me curious to read more in this regard; I spent hours online talking to friends who used to tell me about Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I read various links and participated in forum discussions.&nbsp; My outlook towards Islam started changing which was reflected when I spoke with my friends or discussed things with them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of course this change was not appreciated by them, they warned me against the so-called &lsquo;brain washers&rsquo; whose sole aim is to divert Hindus to Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All this used to bother me, I felt scared of their disagreement.&nbsp; I felt as though I were cheating my friends and family by doing what they sternly disagreed with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, as I said earlier, how long can you run away from the truth?&nbsp; You cannot live with a lie and accepting the truth needs courage.&nbsp; And as the Holy Quran says:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Believers, uphold justice.&nbsp; Always bear true witness, even if it be against yourself, your parents, or your relatives-and regardless of whether the person against whom you are speaking is rich or poor.&nbsp; God is close to people regardless of their material circumstances.&nbsp; Do not be led by emotion, as this may cause you to swerve from the truth.&nbsp; If you distort your testimony, or refuse to testify, remember that God is aware of all your actions.&rdquo; (Quran 4:135)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And that day all the fears just drifted away, because if I wouldn&rsquo;t have converted then I guess I would never had.&nbsp; I would have stayed stuck in the complexities of the material world where false emotions stop us from doing the right thing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Though my friends and family members are yet unaware of it, but certainly I will tell them sooner or later and I hope Insha&rsquo;Allah (God-willing) that they will respect my decision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdullilah, I&rsquo;m a Muslim today, trying to learn more and more about the Holy Quran and the guidelines of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.&nbsp; Insha&rsquo;Allah, I will walk on his path in a better way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With the help of a few friends and an organization, I&rsquo;ve learned to pray; I&rsquo;m praying 5 times daily alhamdulillah.&nbsp; I pray to God to give me more strength so that I could always stand firm on my decision.<\/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":10243,"lft":3111,"rght":3116,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-29T03:22:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-05T10:45:37.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2307,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Aasiya Inaya","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-29","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.docx"},{"id":1668,"title":"Saumya, Exhind\u00fa, India","slug":"saumya-exhind-india","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/53ff8283-912c-4130-acc0-7240b8adb1fd-en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/53ff8283-3714-42bb-a12c-7240b8adb1fd-en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:saumya-exhind-india","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxhgrAVuQ5bnwKyemaDEvc4n4Yx8Yub3x7FMyCTu_mA49cUbGi\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><\/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;\">When the truth is revealed to you and you stand face to face with it, how long can you refuse to accept it?&nbsp; How long would you run away denying it?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There comes a point in your life when you have to break free from all the chains that hold you back from answering the True Call.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is a moment where nothing else seems significant and equivalent to the call of the Almighty God and His path of freedom, bliss and satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All the lies with which you have been living with start fading and your beliefs as a disbeliever fall like a pack of cards.&nbsp; And what you witness is an Eureka moment, a moment when you realize the truth, when you realize the beauty of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then you take no time to accept it.&nbsp; You just have to take a bold step lest fearing the societal pressure and disagreement.&nbsp; For you should always fight for the Truth and stand firm on to it, no matter be it against your own kin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I remember the day when I stood in front of the mirror in my room, looking vaguely, trying to search for something but failing to find an answer.&nbsp; In retrospect, I was never an atheist,<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I always believed that God existed and being a Hindu it existed for me in thousand forms: from a stone to a tree, from a tree to a river, from a river to a well (funny but true).&nbsp; All were objects of worship for me as I was told by my family and other traditions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I took pride in being a polytheist, considering that all objects made by God are worth worshipping and that there exists a part of God in them, in every single being; so all are worthy of worship.&nbsp; It could be a cow, a tree, a river (as I said also a well), idols and even human beings themselves.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I detested Islam for being so rigid and stubborn on this.&nbsp; I found the Muslims static, living in the past, while the world is moving far ahead of them.&nbsp; For me all their beliefs were unreasonable (maybe because I never looked for reason), impractical, cruel and outdated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Probably, it was not my fault; I was made to look at them this way.&nbsp; It was a pre-conceived notion, which I inherited from this society which has often kept a negative image of Islam in majority of its opinion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My first encounter with Islam was in high school where the majority of my classmates were Muslims and during free classes we used to have discussions on Islam (largely because of the anti-Islam propaganda by the Hindu Organizations post 9\/11 and the Gujarat riots).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">During these talks they tried to clear various misconceptions that I carried regarding monotheism, rights of women, their status, and other popular myths which have become clich&eacute;d more or less.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yet, it was not convincing for me, I still kept those beliefs and my pride in being polytheist.&nbsp; Though I was not anymore an anti-Muslim, I was moved by the sufferings of the people who were one of us, simply dying because they practiced a different faith.&nbsp; I became more secular in my outlook.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I give the major credit of becoming a monotheist to Arya Samaj, a Hindu organization that believes that Hinduism preaches monotheism and not rituals and idol worshiping.&nbsp; After coming under its influence I stopped worshiping idols, performing any sort of rituals and going to temples.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These are what I call the steps I was taking to finally reach my destination that is Islam.&nbsp; Though Arya Samaj has its own flaws, I again found myself in the same cob-web; where rituals and fire worshiping became an integral part.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Reading Vedas, Manu Smiriti, and other scriptures only confused me.&nbsp; It was all philosophical, nothing material which could help you precisely find an answer for your daily life queries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While in college studying Law, it was the first time when the clarity of Islam dawned over me.&nbsp; It was nothing but a small course of Family Law - Hindu Law and Islamic Law regarding marriages, divorce, succession, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While Hindu law was riddled with various technicalities, confusions, differences of opinions and lack of stability, Islamic law on the other hand was clear, precise and certain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My opinion here changed overnight.&nbsp; What I used to find static, appeared stable to me.&nbsp; This made me curious to read more in this regard; I spent hours online talking to friends who used to tell me about Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I read various links and participated in forum discussions.&nbsp; My outlook towards Islam started changing which was reflected when I spoke with my friends or discussed things with them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Of course this change was not appreciated by them, they warned me against the so-called &lsquo;brain washers&rsquo; whose sole aim is to divert Hindus to Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All this used to bother me, I felt scared of their disagreement.&nbsp; I felt as though I were cheating my friends and family by doing what they sternly disagreed with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, as I said earlier, how long can you run away from the truth?&nbsp; You cannot live with a lie and accepting the truth needs courage.&nbsp; And as the Holy Quran says:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;Believers, uphold justice.&nbsp; Always bear true witness, even if it be against yourself, your parents, or your relatives-and regardless of whether the person against whom you are speaking is rich or poor.&nbsp; God is close to people regardless of their material circumstances.&nbsp; Do not be led by emotion, as this may cause you to swerve from the truth.&nbsp; If you distort your testimony, or refuse to testify, remember that God is aware of all your actions.&rdquo; (Quran 4:135)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And that day all the fears just drifted away, because if I wouldn&rsquo;t have converted then I guess I would never had.&nbsp; I would have stayed stuck in the complexities of the material world where false emotions stop us from doing the right thing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Though my friends and family members are yet unaware of it, but certainly I will tell them sooner or later and I hope Insha&rsquo;Allah (God-willing) that they will respect my decision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdullilah, I&rsquo;m a Muslim today, trying to learn more and more about the Holy Quran and the guidelines of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.&nbsp; Insha&rsquo;Allah, I will walk on his path in a better way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With the help of a few friends and an organization, I&rsquo;ve learned to pray; I&rsquo;m praying 5 times daily alhamdulillah.&nbsp; I pray to God to give me more strength so that I could always stand firm on my decision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":10657,"lft":3112,"rght":3113,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-29T03:22:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-05T10:57:45.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2307,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1667,"author_name":"Aasiya Inaya","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-29","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/53ff8283-3714-42bb-a12c-7240b8adb1fd-en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/53ff8283-912c-4130-acc0-7240b8adb1fd-en-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.docx"},{"id":1669,"title":"Saumya, Ex-Hindu, Indien","slug":"saumya-ex-hindu-indien","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Saumya, Ex-Hindu, India.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:saumya-ex-hindu-indien","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Saumya, Ex-Hindu, Indien<\/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-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxhgrAVuQ5bnwKyemaDEvc4n4Yx8Yub3x7FMyCTu_mA49cUbGi\" 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;\">Wenn sich dir die Wahrheit enth&uuml;llt, und du stehst ihr von Angesicht zu Angesicht gegen&uuml;ber, wie lange kannst du dann ablehnen, sie anzunehmen?&nbsp; Wie lange kannst du vor ihr davonrennen und sie leugnen?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Es kommt ein Punkt in deinem Leben, da musst du dich von allen Ketten befreien, die dich davon abhalten, dem Wahren Ruf zu folgen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Es ist ein Augenblick, in dem nichts anderes bedeutungsvoll und gleichwertig erscheint, wie der Ruf des Allm&auml;chtigen Gottes und Sein Weg der Freiheit, Gl&uuml;ckseligkeit und Zufriedenheit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All die L&uuml;gen, mit denen du gelebt hast, beginnen zu verblassen und dein Glaube als Ungl&auml;ubiger f&auml;llt um wie ein Stapel Karten. &nbsp;Und du wirst Zeuge eines gro&szlig;artigen Moments, eines Momentes, in dem dir die Sch&ouml;nheit des Islam gewahr wird.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dann nimmst du dir keine Zeit, sondern nimmst ihn an. &nbsp;Du musst nur einen mutigen Schritt machen, den gesellschaftlichen Druck und die Meinungsverschiedenheiten weniger f&uuml;rchten. Denn du solltest immer f&uuml;r die Wahrheit k&auml;mpfen und fest dazu stehen, egal ob es gegen deine Verwandtschaft ist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich erinnere mich an den Tag, als ich in meinem Zimmer vor dem Spiegel stand, unbestimmt schaute, versuchte nach etwas zu suchen, aber die Antwort nicht fand.&nbsp; Zur&uuml;ck blickend kann ich sagen, ich bin nie Atheist gewesen, ich habe immer an Gott geglaubt und als Hindu hat Er f&uuml;r mich in tausend Formen existiert: von einem Stein bis zu einem Baum, von einem Baum zu einem Fluss, von einem Fluss zu einem Brunnen (das ist lustig aber wahr).&nbsp; Sie alle waren f&uuml;r mich Objekte der Anbetung, wie mir von meiner Familie und anderen Traditionen gesagt wurde.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich war stolz darauf, ein Polytheist zu sein, dachte, dass alle Dinge, die Gott geschaffen hat, es wert seien, angebetet zu werden und dass ein Teil Gottes in ihnen existiere, in jedem einzelnen Ding, daher seien sie alle es wert, angebetet zu werden. Es konnte eine Kuh, ein Baum, ein Fluss (wie ich bereits sagte, auch ein Brunnen) sein, G&ouml;tzen und sogar menschlicher Wesen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich verabscheute den Islam daf&uuml;r, dass er in diesen Dingen so starr und eigensinnig ist.&nbsp; Ich fand, dass Muslime starr sind, in der Vergangenheit leben, w&auml;hrend sich die Welt weit von ihnen weg bewegt. &nbsp;F&uuml;r mich waren alle ihre Ansichten unvern&uuml;nftig (weil ich nie nach Vernunft gesucht hatte), impraktikabel, grausam und veraltet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Vielleicht war es nicht mein Fehler, es war mir beigebracht worden, es so zu betrachten.&nbsp; Es war eine vorgefasste Vorstellung, die ich von dieser Gesellschaft geerbt hatte, die oft ein negatives Bild vom Islam besitzt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mein erstes Zusammentreffen mit dem Islam war in der High School, wo die Mehrheit meiner Klassenkameraden Muslime waren und w&auml;hrend der Freistunden pflegten wir &uuml;ber den Islam zu diskutieren (vor allem wegen der anti-islamischen Propaganda der Hindu-Organisationen nach dem 11.September und der Unruhen von Gujarat).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">W&auml;hrend dieser Gespr&auml;che versuchten sie, verschiedene Missverst&auml;ndnisse zu beseitigen, die ich bez&uuml;glich des Monotheismus, Frauenrechten, ihrer Stellung und anderer bekannter Mythen hatte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Doch es &uuml;berzeugte mich nicht, ich behielt diese Ansichten und meinen Stolz darauf, Polytheist zu sein.&nbsp; Obwohl ich nicht mehr gegen Muslime voreingenommen war, bewegten mich die Leiden von Menschen, die von uns waren, die einfach starben, weil sie einen anderen Glauben praktizierten.&nbsp; Ich wurde in meinen Ansichten weltlicher.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich verdanke es haupts&auml;chlich Arya Samaj, einer Hinduorganization, die glaubt, dass Hinduismus Monotheismus predigt, und keine Rituale und G&ouml;tzenanbetung billigt, dass ich Monotheist geworden bin.&nbsp; Nachdem ich unter ihren Einfluss geraten bin, h&ouml;rte ich damit auf, G&ouml;tzen anzubeten, Rituale irgendeiner Art zu verrichten und zu den Tempeln zu gehen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Diese sind die Schritte, die ich unternommen habe, um letztendlich mein Reiseziel zu erreichen, das der Islam ist. &nbsp;Obwohl Arya Samaj seine eigenen Fehler hat, fand ich mich in demselben System wieder; wo Rituale und Feueranbetung zu einem integralen Bestandteil wurden.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Das Lesen von Vedas, Manu Smiriti und anderen Schriften verwirrte mich.&nbsp; Sie alle waren philosophisch, nichts materielles, dass mir dabei helfen konnte, eine pr&auml;zise Antwort auf meine allt&auml;glichen Fragen zu finden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als ich auf dem College Rechte studierte war das erste mal, dass mir die Klarheit des Islam d&auml;mmerte.&nbsp; Es war nur ein kleiner Kurs des Familienrechts &ndash; hinduistisches Recht und islamisches Recht in Bezug auch Heirat, Scheidung, Erbfolge usw.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">W&auml;hrend das hinduistische Recht von allerlei Formalit&auml;ten, Verwirrungen, Meinungsunterschieden und fehlender Stabilit&auml;t durchl&ouml;chert war, war das islamische Recht dagegen klar, pr&auml;zise und sicher.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meine Ansicht &auml;nderte sich &uuml;ber Nacht.&nbsp; Was ich als starr empfunden hatte, erschien mir nun stabil. &nbsp;Dies weckte meine Neugier in dieser Hinsicht; ich verbrachte Stunden damit, mit Freunden zu reden, die mir &uuml;ber den Islam zu erz&auml;hlen pflegten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich las verschiedene Linke und nahm an Forumsdiskussionen teil. &nbsp;Meine Ansicht &uuml;ber den Islam begann, sich zu ver&auml;ndern, was sich wiederspiegelte, wenn ich mit meinen Freunden sprach oder diskutierte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nat&uuml;rlich wurde diese Ver&auml;nderung von ihnen nicht gew&uuml;rdigt, sie warnten mich vor der sogenannten Gehirnw&auml;sche, deren einziges Ziel darin bestand, die Hindus zum Islam abzulenken.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All dies pflegte mich zu st&ouml;ren, ich f&uuml;rchtete ihre Meinungsverschiedenheit. &nbsp;Ich f&uuml;hlte mich, als w&uuml;rde ich meine Freunde und meine Familie verraten, indem ich tue, womit sie nicht einverstanden waren.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Doch wie ich schon vorher sagte, wie lange kann man vor der Wahrheit davonrennen? &nbsp;Man kann nicht mit einer L&uuml;ge leben und akzeptieren, dass die Wahrheit Mut ben&ouml;tigt.&nbsp; Und wie der Heilige Qur&acute;an sagt:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-quran\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&ldquo;O ihr, die ihr glaubt, seid auf der Hut bei der Wahrnehmung der Gerechtigkeit und seid Zeugen f&uuml;r Allah, auch dann, wenn es gegen euch selbst oder gegen Eltern und Verwandte geht. Ob der eine reich oder arm ist, so ist Allah beiden n&auml;her; darum folgt nicht der pers&ouml;nlichen Neigung, auf dass ihr gerecht handeln k&ouml;nnt. Und wenn ihr aber (die Wahrheit) verdreht oder euch von&nbsp;(der Wahrheit) abwendet, so ist Allah eures Tuns kundig.&nbsp;&rdquo;&nbsp;(Quran 4:135)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Und an jenem Tag verschwanden die &Auml;ngste einfach, denn wenn ich nicht konvertiert w&auml;re, dann h&auml;tte ich es vermutlich nie getan.&nbsp; Ich w&auml;re in der Komplexit&auml;t der materiellen Welt h&auml;ngen geblieben, in der uns falsche Emotionen davon abhalten, das Richtige zu tun. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Auch wenn meine Freunde und Familienangeh&ouml;rigen es noch nicht wissen, doch ich werde es ihnen fr&uuml;her oder sp&auml;ter erz&auml;hlen, und ich hoffe, inschaAllah (wenn Gott will), dass sie meine Entscheidung akzeptieren werden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah, ich bin heute Muslim, ich versuche, immer mehr &uuml;ber den Qur&acute;an und die Richtlinien des Propheten Muhammad, Gottes Segen sei auf ihm, zu lernen. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;InschaAllah werde ich auf Seinem Weg besser gehen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mit der Hilfe weniger Freunde und einer Organisation habe ich gelernt zu beten,&nbsp; ich bete 5 mal am Tag alhamdulillah. 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