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Diploma in Engineering Klaus from Cologne
So at the start there was a Painter in my house who was a Muslim
and he enforced accretive work.
and that was the first bit of information which I received from a muslim. In fact that was the first Muslim who I conversated it with. I don't know.
ok.
before where I used to work in a fort, where there was also thousand of Turkish workers there, I did not conversate with them. I know that for a fact.
and this painter, who was a moroccan muslim, told me things which sounded very strange to me
that Muslim believe in Jesus (peace be upon him)
and believe in Mary (peace be upon her)
and that there was only one more Prophet after Jesus (peace be upon him).
the first feeling that I had was that every Christian knows how it feels that the Jews do not accept Jesus
and I felt like, I, as a christian was doing the same to not accept Mohammad (peace be up him) as a prophet for the Muslims.
and that thought did not leave me in peace, so I started to think sometime after, that something must have gone wrong
but then this was all new to me, I didn't know.
and in this context that I really had occupied myself with the truth, that was really the case, which was unknown to me before.
I then heard the verse from the Qur'an that whenever a person takes a step (towards Allah), Allah will come to you or take 10 steps towards you.
and these kind of these were happening that, I was moving towards the truth from falsehood
and then other things happened that amazed me, like the fact that religion is logical
as a christian does not find his religion to be logical,
like it has been described in the Qur'an that they are the followers of their forefather. full stop, end of, there is nothing else to it.
and that is the reason why we should help them.
and the christians are needy (of the truth)
because they live in falsehood and no one has told them about the truth.
and these things had stunned me the fact that religion should be logical
I have retained that one should seek knowledge in their religion.
and you cannot believe someone who just tells you something
and please do the same. Even Ibrahim proves that. He says something and then proves it to you. Do the same, as much as it is possible for you.
And I always do that, when something is not clear to me. I would check.
This is something which will bring surety, in the sense that we don't only possess religion with faith without knowledge but also a religion which is built upon knowledge
which we all could check.
what I also need to say is that I had straight away good brothers around me and knowledgeable brothers
one of them is Ibrahim
That is not always the case with us all, as I have experienced, as some muslims tend to feel isolated.
and one needs to be careful
a person is actually as good as the company that the person keeps, otherwise a peson over strains themselves (with effort)
so one should always try to be around good muslims and good people.
and not with those who are not as good or bad people, actually not all. Then one should not wonder when something bad happens to them.
as bad people have bad influence on a person.
and I am always thankful for having a good company, as that made me feel more secure whenever I had a question.
because I can't speak arabic and I have never learnt arabic. I am not intending to learn it because it would find it difficult.
but I have welcomed the idea that I could always ask whenever I went into further detail about the commentary from the original text in comparison to my own understanding.
whether the terminology which I have understood from the commentary is correct in accordance to the original text.
that is another reason why one should try to be around knowledgeable people.
because you could always ask questions when you are experiencing any problems.
and that would also need to be checked and not to be naive and accept everything you have been told.
there were to a large extent things that happened to me, where one is being supported whilst looking for the truth
for me for instance, Alcohol. I was just a typal European, German drinker
who use to always drink.
those kind of people just need to grow older and then they have some sort of Alcoholic problem in some sort of a form.
and that was easy for me to stop.
I actually didn't feel that
and the support that one gets in these situations
what also happened was that falsehood had always something to do with the veil that humans live with
you should not wonder, as these difficulties have been pre-programmed, whenever you try to bring these people close to the truth.
just imagine that the truth does not come to them, as there is a veil in front of them, which makes the truth for them unclear.
a person who converts and researches loses this veil from in front of their eyes.
and that is one of the forms of support that when one gets to see the truth to be the truth. It sounds unbelievable but that is the case, because they couldn't see it before.
one always hears about those being brainwashed by the communist, there may be some situation where people have been brainwashed, but I find that it happens here.
and I felt that I was one with the veil before my eyes who was brainwashed and as the veil was removed from my eyes, so was the brainwashing and saw the things how they are.
very realistic
and one needs to know that a lot of the things that the people do here is not because there are evil but it comes from ignorance.
It is the veil and the environment that they are in.
and it is the stuff we know about that has been described in the Qur'an, that they are following their forefathers and they can't come out of it.
and that is why the DAWA effort is so important.
from everyone.
every conversation that you lead about Islam is DAWA support for Islam and that is essential because that happens on a one to one basis.
and I would like to end and always think of the external point that bases of the wall needs to be set and then a decorator would need to paint over the dry bases.
and these are one to one situations that we find ourselves in... and we all experience them. And in these situation we need to speak.
yeah just like I am doing right now.
even though that was nearly done by force
I thought there is not such thing as compulsion in religion.
no one from my family has converted to Islam
what does you family say? (about the conversion)
They have left me, well not my kids but my wife.
yes, I no longer have wife.
my wife could not accept that I have converted to Islam.
it can also end sadly.
4 and half years since I have been a muslim
do you still try to call the rest of your family to Islam?
yeah I do try but it is not that simple.
because that what I just spoke about also counts for them, such as the veil and the wrong perception.
and following the footsteps of the parents, like me. Look how complicating that is.
I am my children because I was a christian whilst I was raising them up.
and it is not easy, it is not like that, that they would think my father means the same thing, and now he is right.
No. I need to be careful the way i conduct myself with them because I need to remove the blur first from them.
because I told them the story of how it was and now I need to re-tell them the story new.
and I need to hold myself back in my place. And there are perception that chldren become themselves, from the outside, maybe from one of you.
Godwilling!
do you have any more questions?
does your children want to also convert to Islam? Not so far, not so far
The last question here. my children are 15 and 16 years old.
How do you convert to Islam? how? yes
He just told us the story.
My story is not as spectacular as those who are on the website when they call in.
With me it was in a matter of time space.
It was so that I didn't even remember when I said my shahadah.
to secure that I said my shahada once again when I was around Ibrahim and other christians who wanted to also revert.
And I started pray from fairly at the the start.
as the religious avowal is a components of our prayers and we are say the religious avowal actually enough throughout the day.
and I sometimes do sense the moment of changes that occurs for those who call up. And these changes I am also familiar with but for me the changes weren't just on a point (situation) but rather on many situations.
I find it very nice and it is one of the most beloved site to see the germans converts to Islam and... and...
and I realise and I find it typical.. everystory is different.
every convert tells another story. They could converge. and there is always another person with another reason behind it. And the different ways that they go.
And there are a number of people who got themselves to search for the purpose of Life, the deeper truth. I didn't actually do that.
It only triggered with me once a muslim was at my house
then I also did it, but the initiaton came from the outside.
and that we must bare in mind.
we must also be careful because we could be that triggers it.
eventhough the person would do everything themselves, even when the guidance comes from Allah.