Why would a muslim become a christian it's a good question the quran teaches
about sin just like the bible the quran teaches that there is only one God just like the Bible the
quran teaches about heaven it teaches about hell it even teaches about Jesus being on the cross
just like the bible so again i have to ask why would a muslim become a christian let me share
something with you from the quran that muslims are commanded to say to Christians and to Jews
about their God and their beliefs surah 29 we believe in what has been revealed to us
and what has been revealed to you our god and your God is one and to whom we submit
so the quran proclaims that muslims and Christians and jews all alike worship the same exact
God there's really no difference at the end of the day my name is Ree's i'm an Arab Christian
i grew up as a muslim this is my story as to why i left islam in the pursuit of allah not Jesus allah
i grew up in Algeria to a very devout muslim family my grandpa would pray five times a
day he gave alms he observed ramadan my grandparents especially my grandmother
were very adamant in teaching me how to read the quran and how to understand the quran they would
also allow me to participate in things with them that were part of the five pillars of islam this
included reciting the shahada it included praying five times a day it included giving alms i never
went to mecca but my grandparents would go to mecca every single year as opposed to just once in
their life but the greatest thing that they taught me was to seek out what the quran had to say for
myself eventually i moved to the united states with my parents and i continued to be a muslim
because that's what i had held on to traditionally as i grew older i started to feel a deeper hunger
to know more about the quran let me share with you some of the fun things that the quran teaches
things about history things about men and women things about allah and who he is let's start
in surah 18 verse 86 till when he the traveler zulkernoin reached the setting place of the sun
he found it going down into a muddy spring the traveler here zulkornain
is Alexander the great apparently he traveled so far west that he found where the sun sets
now we can argue that this is all just poetic writing and that the quran doesn't actually mean
that he found where the literal sun sets and that it literally sets in a muddy spring but there's
more to this passage surah 18 is long and i won't read the whole entire thing but what surah 18
suggests is that Alexander the great was a muslim historically we know that that's not accurate
because Alexander the great lived some 1 000 years before the prophet muhammad did and he himself was
a Greek pagan but that's okay let's read some more how about surah 2 verse 223 your wives are
a tilth for you go then into your tilth as you wish whenever you like this one doesn't need much
explaining women are objects of sex end of story oh speaking of women in the same chapter here
it states that a woman's testimony is half of that of a man's why well according to the quran
it's because of the deficiency in a woman's mind so allah not only created women to be objects of
sex but he also created them to be stupid now here's where it gets really interesting both
the quran and the bible have a most influential figure in the quran it's the prophet muhammad in
the bible it's Jesus Christ these most influential figures act as the prime example of how
their followers ought to live and act so muhammad is the prime example for all muslims on how they
ought to conduct themselves and then Jesus Christ is the prime example for all Christians on how
they ought to conduct themselves so let's take a look at the difference between those
two characters so let's start in surah 8 verse 12. i will cast terror into the hearts of those
who disbelieve this is allah speaking to muhammad and then allah gives muhammad instructions
for himself therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them surah 9 verse 5
again this is allah speaking to muhammad slay the unbelievers wherever you find them
take them captives and besiege them and lie and wait for them in every ambush surah 66 verse 9
again allah speaking to muhammad o prophet strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites
and be hard against them finally let's take a look at sahih bukhari quick explanation here
sahih bukhari is a continuation of the quran it documents more of the things that muhammad did
so this is like the gospel of john compared to Matthew mark and Luke it's overall the same story
but it goes into other details about the things that Jesus did that may not necessarily be found
in Matthew mark and Luke but overall the story is still the same sahih bukhari is just like
that when it comes to the quran let's take a look here at sahih bukhari 52 44. a man came to allah's
apostle that's muhammad and said instruct me as to such a deed as equals jihad in reward a man comes
to muhammad and says muhammad is there anything that is as good as jihad that i could possibly do
to get a reward in heaven now for those of you that don't know jihad is committing atrocities
in the name of allah it's commonly referred to as holy war by muslims but the actions
of jihad mean committing atrocities in the name of allah in hopes to reap a reward in heaven so
let's look at muhammad's answer here muhammad replied i do not find such a deed that is equal
to jihad so the greatest accomplishment you could possibly achieve as a muslim
is to commit horrendous atrocities in the name of allah including beheading people
dismembering them and just killing people in general however there is one piece of silver
lining in all of this it's found in surah 5 o people of the book you have no ground to stand
on until you observe the law of the torah and the gospel and what has been revealed to you
from your lord according to this verse it's the bible that has the final authority
and final say over the quran it's the bible that validates the quran so much so that muslims have
no ground to stand on unless they read the torah and the gospel well if that's what the quran says
then that's what i'm going to do at this point i'am 19 years old i'm a third year college student
studying biology and in my spare time i'm reading the bible you remember how i said that muslims see
muhammad as the pinnacle and the ultimate example of how they should conduct themselves and their
lives and that Jesus Christ is the same way to Christians well let's take a look at some of the
teachings and actions of Jesus Christ let's start in Matthew chapter 5 verse 43 says you have heard
that it was said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy let's stop right there
this is a very familiar concept in fact if you're a muslim this makes perfect sense for somebody
who is a fellow muslim like you you're to treat them with love and respect but somebody who is
an unbeliever you are to strive hard against them just like we read in the previous surahs
so far so good but Jesus Christ completely changes the narrative here Matthew 5 verse 44
but i say to you love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you and pray
for those who spitefully use you and persecute you that you may be sons of your father in heaven
for he makes his son rise on the evil and on the good and sends his reign on the just
and on the unjust for if you love those who love you what reward do you have
do not even the tax collectors do the same thing and if you greet your brethren only
what do you do more than others do not even the tax collectors do the same thing therefore you
shall be perfect just as your father in heaven is perfect god causes the sun to rise on both
the good and the evil he causes the rain to fall on both the good and the evil this is describing
god's common grace god gives common grace to all men therefore if we strive to be like
god but we only give our common grace such as greeting or loving somebody if we only give our
common grace to people that we love and not the people that don't love us what good does that do
if we then are created in god's image and we are striving to be like god shouldn't we also act
like god and if god gives common grace and love to all men shouldn't we do the same exact thing
what Jesus is trying to teach here is that if you want to be in the kingdom of heaven the kingdom
of heaven has to be in you if you want to dwell with god you have to be like god and god is a god
of grace so how does that compare to the quran the quran teaches that the greatest thing a man can do
is commit atrocities or jihad in the name of allah in order to reap their reward in heaven the bible
however teaches that the greatest thing a man can do is be like his father in heaven and if god
gives grace to all men you must do the same love your enemies give grace to those who oppose you
because it's god's grace that's keeping you alive today over the next several months i continued to
study out the teachings of Jesus i began to go to various bible studies to learn more about his
teachings and to mostly understand his parables because i was having a hard time comprehending
them i found two christian men who took me under their wing and began to teach me more and more
about the parables of Jesus and other biblical concepts that were truths on December 12 2010
i finally decided to commit my life to Jesus Christ after years of seeking allah and who he is
i came to the end of that road at the end of that road was the cross of Jesus Christ little did i
know that that would actually be the beginning of life where Jesus died for us the two young men who
were discipline me took me through various verses on baptism god used them in such a way that i
immediately recognized the significance of not just the cross but the significance of
repentance and what it means to give my life to Christ and so when i gave them my confession
that i had put my faith in Jesus and they started explaining baptism to me i knew immediately what
i had to do and that was to not wait i believed in Jesus therefore i was baptized so a few days
after i was baptized i went home to my family and i confessed my new faith to them out of respect
for them i'm not going to go into detail as to what happened but you can use your imagination
when i say that there were death threats it was quite violent and as a matter of fact one of my
family members looked at me and said i'am your god to which i replied no Jesus Christ is my lord and
savior i left home i had lost my family but i had gained eternity with the one true god years later
my family reached out to me again and they wanted to reconcile our relationship i'will admit i'am
human i didn't take kindly to that message at first but after considering Jesus's words again
when he said love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who persecute you
i thought if i'am going to follow in the steps of Jesus Christ i'am going to forgive my family i'am
going to have a relationship with them and for the sake of them lord willing someday coming to Jesus
Christ themselves i'am going to set myself as an example to do the things that Jesus did himself
and told me likewise that i should do so why would a muslim become a christian
well if you want to be in the kingdom of god be like god be godly but being godly
isn't exclusively about what you do it's about what god does in you a true follower of god is
someone who is so filled by his spirit that the way in which they live cannot be anything but a
reflection of who he is so many people in this world tried to get into heaven without first
getting heaven into themselves the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls
and when that merchant found one pearl of great value he sold everything that he had just to buy
that one pearl in my journey of seeking allah i found one pearl of infinite value that pearl
is Jesus and therefore i rid myself of everything absolutely everything that i
knew and everything that i had in order to be able to have this one pearl Jesus Christ