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WHY I CHOSE ISLAM
Book Title Why I Chose Islam
Book AuthorSalih Al-Fawzan
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Why I Chose Islam (Based on a True Story) by Saalih al-Fawzaan by M. Emery

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WHY I CHOSE ISLAM (BASED ON A TRUE STORY) BY SAALIH AL-FAWZAAN

 I was born to staunch Catholic Christian parents. Even from my youngest days, my father sometimes took me along with him when he went to preach, and it was pretty apparent that he wanted me to succeed him in his profession.

By the time I reached grade twelve, I could preach the Gospels in my way. In College, I often met my Protestant classmates and discussed the differences in our faiths and the performance of rituals.

By the time I completed the first year in college, I was sufficiently grounded in the knowledge of the Christian Faith as held by the Catholic Church. I was given a scholarship from the Church funds. In return for the help I received, I was required to obtain special coaching in understanding parts of the Holy Book under the Chief Priest of the Church, who loved to teach me very much and was very intimately attached to me.

Having appeared in the first group for my intermediate course, I used to sit working at his subjects till late at night. One night when all were asleep, and I was absorbed in my studies, an idea suddenly struck my mind to examine the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the basic

formula of the Christian Faith. The question of how God exists in three persons and yet has a single divine nature, a single will, and one substance arose in my mind.

My failure to reconcile my belief in Trinity with the reasoning of the science of logic created a mental restlessness in me.

Days passed on, and many a time, I asked my Father to help me solve the problem, which puzzled my mind, but I knew that my Father would never appreciate the slightest doubt in the dogmatic belief of the Catholic School. However, one day when I found my Father in a happy mood and asked him to explain the Holy Trinity, he finally said:

“In matters of faith one has to stop reasoning…this doctrine is beyond the grasp of human reason. One should believe in the doctrine only by one’s heart and mind!”

This reply from my Father upset me to a tremendous extent. All my thinking got centered on the question which had become a definite problem to puzzle my mind further, and I wondered, saying: “Is this the foundation upon which the huge edifice of the Christian faith is built? Is the basis of my faith only a matter of blind following of some dictated belief which can never stand reasoning or the independent scrutiny by the dispassionate and im‐ partial arguments from the clean conscience?”

I became distraught and made up my mind to blindly believe in the Trinity.

One day one of our senior lecturers was sitting alone in his room, and I entered with his permission and asked him if he could help me solve something, which to me was a perplexing problem.

He very kindly asked me what it was. I asked him to explain how God, a single being, can exist simultaneously as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit?!

The senior lecturer smiled and said: “Is it that you do not like my stay in this college?” I asked him: “Why sir?”

He said: “What do you think the college authorities who are staunch Catholics will do with me if someone in‐ forms them that I discuss in my private room things opposed to the Christian faith in general? Will they keep me on the staff of the College any longer?

If you want to dis‐ cuss anything here, you must confine your discussion to the subject of your studies in the College!”

After that, I made an appointment with him to see him in his house.

On Sunday, when I met the senior lecturer, he first asked me what made me inquire into the Doctrine of Trinity. I said that I wanted to know how far the doctrine stood to reason.

He smiled and said, “Why don’t you ask any one of our priests?”

I said: “I have asked them, but they say it is a matter of belief or faith, and it should not be subjected to any logic.

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