Waseem Hanif
Banned
Asalamu Aleikum,
I always had this question which I wanted to ask fellow muslim brother and sister. When u were reading the Quran , did it have any impact on ur life ?
What did u feel ?
Before reading the Quran , I was an Atheist or Neo-Darwinist however u want to call it. My family aint religious either. I was living this typical lifestyle of the western world. Party, Drinking and Drugs pretty much sums it up. Unimportant things like music, movies , fashion, money were very important to me.
I think I started to become an alcoholik. Because whenever I couldnt sleep(poor excuse) I would start to drink. Also used to smoke hash/cannabis.
Then I think last year, around August I bought a Quran(german interpretation).
I bought it not because of interest in Religion or Islam but because I heard that it was a great literature.
I tried to read it right away and I couldnt get into it. So I threw it away and forget about it. My lifestyle eventually caused me to drop out of college.
SO now its december 2006. I wanted to read a book and found the Quran again. It botthered me that I didnt understand it the first time. So I start to read it again, but this time I was more focused. I read and read and read.
I couldnt just close it and put it away. It was so interesting to me.
After two weeks: I think I read like half of the Quran, I started to call my self muslim. Not only that, I also quit smoking drugs and drinking alcohol.But it wasnt hard for me to quit. I also stopped listening to music and stopped beeing so money hungry. So basically I changed alot due the reading. I also didnt quit because in the Quran it says not to do this and that, no It was because something happend to me, in my mind. Hard to explain.
So since December (almost one year) Ive been clean elhamdullah.
And it wasnt really hard for me. AFTER READING THE QURAN
Its really weird to explain what happend. It was like I became a Free Human.
The Quran really changed me and the way I think.
LONG READ I KNOW, BUT POST UR STORY UP IF U HAVE ONE
WASALAM
I always had this question which I wanted to ask fellow muslim brother and sister. When u were reading the Quran , did it have any impact on ur life ?
What did u feel ?
Before reading the Quran , I was an Atheist or Neo-Darwinist however u want to call it. My family aint religious either. I was living this typical lifestyle of the western world. Party, Drinking and Drugs pretty much sums it up. Unimportant things like music, movies , fashion, money were very important to me.
I think I started to become an alcoholik. Because whenever I couldnt sleep(poor excuse) I would start to drink. Also used to smoke hash/cannabis.
Then I think last year, around August I bought a Quran(german interpretation).
I bought it not because of interest in Religion or Islam but because I heard that it was a great literature.
I tried to read it right away and I couldnt get into it. So I threw it away and forget about it. My lifestyle eventually caused me to drop out of college.
SO now its december 2006. I wanted to read a book and found the Quran again. It botthered me that I didnt understand it the first time. So I start to read it again, but this time I was more focused. I read and read and read.
I couldnt just close it and put it away. It was so interesting to me.
After two weeks: I think I read like half of the Quran, I started to call my self muslim. Not only that, I also quit smoking drugs and drinking alcohol.But it wasnt hard for me to quit. I also stopped listening to music and stopped beeing so money hungry. So basically I changed alot due the reading. I also didnt quit because in the Quran it says not to do this and that, no It was because something happend to me, in my mind. Hard to explain.
So since December (almost one year) Ive been clean elhamdullah.
And it wasnt really hard for me. AFTER READING THE QURAN
Its really weird to explain what happend. It was like I became a Free Human.
The Quran really changed me and the way I think.
LONG READ I KNOW, BUT POST UR STORY UP IF U HAVE ONE
WASALAM
) and ok i didnt always obey orders...but children are children at the end of the day, and they do things wrong either intentionally or unintentionally. I didnt understand what i was reading, all i basically knew was i had to esteem and respect this book, so i did as my parents asked me to i.e memorise surah Yasin and Surah Mulk and surah Duha to Surah Nas. I did that but didnt understand anything of what i was memorising.
