Converting..., I am seriously thinking of converting,though I could do with advice... Options

Thanks Haward! =] Nothing as refreshing as being covered in mud and paint, being jumped on by 20 little Indian kids....

i give praise when praise is due...

and when its not due too

My health is as good as it is going to get. =] The latest? On the converting front... very little I'm afraid.... =[ .... Though I've been doing a charity project in India for a month so please excuse my non-Muslimness.... =/

you kind of people i have to utmost respect for, willing to help other people like charity projects so i must say well done

P.s you will soon learn that im mad and crazy and will disappear and never talk for months then come back... just ask iamcrazy and miss jj they know too well

Ahuh damn right Haward.

My health is as good as it is going to get. =] The latest? On the converting front... very little I'm afraid.... =[ .... Though I've been doing a charity project in India for a month so please excuse my non-Muslimness.... =/

Doing charity work is a very worthy act depending on your intention for every act is merited on its intention.

The Messenger of Allah said: "To smile in the company of your brother is charity. To command to do good deeds and to prevent others from doing evil is charity. To guide a person in a place where he can not get astray is charity. To remove troublesome things like thorns and bones from the road is charity. To pour water from your jug into the jug of your brother is charity. To guide a person with defective vision is charity for you." (Bukhari)

Allah says in the Qur'an: "Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in secret and in public have their reward with their Rabb (only God and Sustainer). On them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve." (Qur'an, 2:274)

But the non beleivers will ONLY be rewarded for their good actions in this world for they have no share in the hereafter.


“If anyone desires a religion other than Islâm (submission to Allâh), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).” (3:85)


May I ask what is stopping you from accepting the truth because if you truly believe that Allah is one and that there is no worthy of worship except him and you believe in his angels, his Prophets, his books and that destiny is ultimatley in his hands then what could possibly be stopping you from accepting the truth?

"And Allah summons to the abode of peace, and leads whom He wills to the straight path" (The Qurán 10:25)

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@irum:dhikr means, as said, remembrance/mention....i think.@flower...:i uzed 2 do a lotta "AlRahmaan AlRaheem"....i believe it helped me get thru much.tcwish u joy.

Ohhhh! News!!! =] Finally got myself my own copy of the Koran..... Sucks to borrow one from the library......... Well on my way....

.........Ohhhh dear...... I'm being so slow about this..... Well I'm getting a little help from a friend and I'mma start praying as soon as I can remember what to do without having to faff about with a ton of paper.....

By the ways, in terms of Koran interpretations...any chance of having an army of knowlegable people at my disposal? Only I find it a little intimidating asking my friend about stuff too often...

Flower.

Hi Flower:

I may not be the smartest chick in the hen house, but I am at your disposal!! So is the rest of the crew!! I'm here for ya!!

Dear readers

In the next few minutes you are going to hear the greatest news that you have ever heard in your whole life! First I have a question for you. If you were to die today, do you think you would go to heaven? If your answer is “I am not sure” or “I do not know if there is heaven”, this is your day! Do you think the bible is all about religious rules and rituals to keep and obey? Then you are missing the whole point. These are all secondary and minor issues. The most important purpose of the bible is to show us that we are not finished by death and that there is eternal life. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life”(1 John 5:13).

First of all the good news is that this eternal life is a free gift from God, and is not what we work for or earn by good works. In fact the most precious things in life such as air, Sun light and our very life are all gifts from God or parents, for which we do not even pay a penny. “The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). My point will be much more clear to you when we understand who we are and who God is. The bible says we are all sinners. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). God looks into the root cause of sin, not just its result, namely, greed for stealing, hatred for murder, lust for adultery and so on. Sin in thought is the same as sin in deed to God. Because we are all sinners, we cannot save ourselves. A drowning person cannot rescue himself no matter how hard he struggles. On the other hand, the bible says that God is loving and gracious so that he wants to give all of us the eternal life as a gift. “God is love” (1 John 4:8). But the same bible also says that he is just and righteous so that the appropriate consequence of sin must be paid. “Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished” (Exodus 34:7). “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23) God loves us but has to punish us because of our sin, and because of his justice and righteousness, creating a dilemma for God. He solved this problem in Jesus Christ.

God laid on Jesus all our sins and punished him on our behalf to spare us from the punishment. “He bore the sin of many” (Isaiah 53:12). “He was crushed for our iniquities” (Isaiah 53:5)”. Christ in our place, as our substitute, paid the penalty for our sin, providing us the way to eternal life that is reserved for those whose sin is cleared for good. Now God did all his part, and the rest is ours. A great feast of eternal life was already prepared and ready for us, and it is us who decide to pick up the food and eat it. We receive this wonderful gift of eternal life by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son (as a sacrifice for our sins) that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). With Jesus in your heart you are about to experience an incredible transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly. You will fly high into the world of joy, thanks and freedom forever, which you were born for and which you deserve. Are you hungry for true excitement and joy? Are you hungry for a fulfilled life? Do you want to live like a butterfly instead of a caterpillar? There is a hope. Your best days are still right in front of you with Jesus Christ. Most of all, you were born for much better than who you are now. You are the focus of God’s mighty love. You deserve much better than who you are now.

If you want to ask me a question privately, you are very welcome to send me your email at truthfinder0@gmail.com.

This post has been edited by truth-finder: Dec 30 2009, 10:48 PM

If you want to ask me a question privately, you are very welcome to send me your email at truthfinder0@gmail.com.

Can I ask you questions about physics? You have a PhD in theoretical physics right?

Dear friend

You can ask me any kind of questions including physics and life experience. I am open to discuss anything with anybody. Please feel free.

You deserve much better than who you are now. You were born for much better than who you are now. You were created to be loved by God. Let us not miss our full potential as a true human being whose heart always overflows with joy, thanks and freedom in a loving relationship with Jesus Christ

Hey, erm... no offence Truth Finder... but your comments seem out of place on this particular thread... Sorry.... =/

Dear friend

You can ask me any kind of questions including physics and life experience. I am open to discuss anything with anybody. Please feel free.

You deserve much better than who you are now. You were born for much better than who you are now. You were created to be loved by God. Let us not miss our full potential as a true human being whose heart always overflows with joy, thanks and freedom in a loving relationship with Jesus Christ

Thank you friend! You are very kind and generous. I'll pm you.