reverting from christianity

eboni

New Member
Hello everyone. I took my shahadah last week but still don't know where to start. I actually just learned what islam is a few weeks ago. I knew this is what I was missing. I was raised christian but never fully understood the trinity. I read the Bible over and over while growing up and still continued to question it. I even quit going to church recently because it just did not seem like a Holy place anymore, just a big concert and a feel good sermon with no morals to it.

I have always loved God. I never smoked, never drink or say bad words. I do not eat meat. I have been practicing abstinence and I have always dressed modestly. All I wanted was a closer relationship with God but being a christian just holds no value now. Christians can have sex smoke drink etc, christians dont have to pray, christians can do whatever they want because Jesus already died for our sins. I just did not understand how I was to grow closer to God in such a "watered down religion." By his grace God blessed me with a one bedroom apartment in a new city far away from my family who did not practice religion anymore and was nothing but negative all the time. The first night in my new home I prayed to God to help me grow closer to Him and help me not to abuse this new freedom and independence. The following morning I found a tv program about islam as I was flipping through the channels. I was so intrigued that I began to research. I just felt like this is what God wanted for me. He brought me from living in a home with depressed family members who practiced every form of sin and had no spirituality in a city where I'd never seen a muslim in real life to a city with a muslim population of 10,000, many mosque close by, and my own apartment where I can worship freely.

I have seen many muslims in my new city but do not have any muslim friends, have not told any of my friends or family that I am now muslim, and have not began saying the 5 prayers because I can't figure out the right way. Each website and youtube video says something different. I also have not read the quran because i dont know arabic.
A little guidance would be greatly appreciated!
 

Itqan Ullah

Time is Running!!
Asslamaliekum warahmatullahi wabrakatu,
Welcome to our family of islam and our small family at TTI. :)
Hope you will find this find this site beneficial. feel free to ask anything.
You can learn how to do wudhu, pray salah from here: http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=46

Some basics of Islam: http://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_books/single/en_Have_you_discovered_its_real_beauty.pdf

you can read English translation of Quran from here: http://www.quranabc.com/quran/

here is a good site to gain authentic information about islam: http://abdurrahman.org/index.html (check the new muslim section also)

Understanding Six pillars of faith-series

And you can check these out later also to enhance your understanding of islam:
http://www.youtube.com/user/aabphilips/videos
http://www.onewaytoparadise.net/

You can find many sisters over here who would like to be your friend. We too believe in Jesus (peace be upon him) but we believe him to be a messenger of God not God and we don't believe someone dying for sins of other and niether we believe god will punish us for sins of our forefathers.
 

ahmed3711

Junior Member
salamou alekoum sister eboni

ur story is perfect & welcome to Islam :)

The best website for praying specially for beginners it is an animation site with English translation & Arabic speaking try it
About the Quran read it in English till u learn Arabic

the website link :

http://www.howdoipray.com/howdoipray/Home/

if u need any information ask & alot of brothers & sisters will help u Inshallah
 

sclavus

Junior Member
Congratulations, good sister.

Take it easy, you'll learn evrything you want about Islam, this is a great site, people are wonderful.

First off, you'll have to learn the basics, the pillars of Islam. Brother Itqan has already given you enough links to get you busy learning. .

Good luck to you and ask questions!


Peace and blessings!
 

tinkerbell

New Member
Hi,
Im a Christian. But im really interested to learn Islam not because im curious but i can feel that Muslim are so faithful. They love and think of God always. 5 times of prayer in a day.
I joined this site because i want to learn more of Islam. :) hope Qur'an has the english version.
Thanks a lot :)
 

Itqan Ullah

Time is Running!!
Hi,
Im a Christian. But im really interested to learn Islam not because im curious but i can feel that Muslim are so faithful. They love and think of God always. 5 times of prayer in a day.
I joined this site because i want to learn more of Islam. :) hope Qur'an has the english version.
Thanks a lot :)

Hello, Welcome to TTI. Hope you'll benefit from site and enjoy your stay here.
Yes, English translation of Qur'an is available, you can read it here: http://www.quranabc.com/quran/

You can learn basic of Islam here: http://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_...eal_beauty.pdf
 

afrarzk

احبك ىارب
Hello everyone. I took my shahadah last week but still don't know where to start. I actually just learned what islam is a few weeks ago. I knew this is what I was missing. I was raised christian but never fully understood the trinity. I read the Bible over and over while growing up and still continued to question it. I even quit going to church recently because it just did not seem like a Holy place anymore, just a big concert and a feel good sermon with no morals to it.

I have always loved God. I never smoked, never drink or say bad words. I do not eat meat. I have been practicing abstinence and I have always dressed modestly. All I wanted was a closer relationship with God but being a christian just holds no value now. Christians can have sex smoke drink etc, christians dont have to pray, christians can do whatever they want because Jesus already died for our sins. I just did not understand how I was to grow closer to God in such a "watered down religion." By his grace God blessed me with a one bedroom apartment in a new city far away from my family who did not practice religion anymore and was nothing but negative all the time. The first night in my new home I prayed to God to help me grow closer to Him and help me not to abuse this new freedom and independence. The following morning I found a tv program about islam as I was flipping through the channels. I was so intrigued that I began to research. I just felt like this is what God wanted for me. He brought me from living in a home with depressed family members who practiced every form of sin and had no spirituality in a city where I'd never seen a muslim in real life to a city with a muslim population of 10,000, many mosque close by, and my own apartment where I can worship freely.

I have seen many muslims in my new city but do not have any muslim friends, have not told any of my friends or family that I am now muslim, and have not began saying the 5 prayers because I can't figure out the right way. Each website and youtube video says something different. I also have not read the quran because i dont know arabic.
A little guidance would be greatly appreciated!


MashaAllah sister........

Welcome to the true faith and to this wonderful forum.....

InshaAllah already brothers over here had given you enough information to learn and know about islam.......sister have patience inshaAllah step by step you will learn and improve. May Almighty Allah make your path easy and shower His mercy and blessings upon you..ameen

sis, dont hesitate to ask any kind of doubts you have about islam......feel free to ask.....Alwayz welcome for u :)
 

kashif_nazeer

~~~Alhamdulillah~~~
Welcome to the website,I hope you will benefit from it in sha' Allah.
Feel free to ask if anything bothers you or if you have any questions in sha' Allah.
 

Casiva

A Servant of Allah
Assalamualaikum, sister,
You can ask anything you want to us here. If you want it more private, I will gladly help you. Just send me PM and I will Insya Allah try to answer all your questions regarding to Islam. I am glad to help new convert. Good luck! :)
 

Abd_Al_Hadi

لبيك يا الله
Mark1:11,

Out of curiosity, why name yourself after the bible verse: "And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

?
 

slaveofAllah88

Slave of Allah (swt)
aslam o aliakum wr wb

welcome to islam sisters, May Allah (swt) make your way easy - ameen

InshAllah, take things slowly :) and don't worry about the small differences, the main prayer is the same, you can pick the one you feel most comfortable with inshAllah, and make sure you stick to islam , and don't get distracted by some sects, inshAllah.
I would recommend since you have many muslims, go to the mosque meet muslims, inshAllah u will meet other reverts to islam as well there are many to be found Alhumdulilah and even born muslims will be more than happy to help you
ALso, everyone in this forum is here to help as well inshAllah, u can PM any sisters and they are more than happy to help you inshAllah

@Mark 1:11,

Welcome to the forum brother, I hope you find your stay beneficial.
I want to clarify something,
Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد‎ tawḥīd ; English: doctrine of Oneness [of God]; also transliterated Tawheed, and Tauhid.) is the concept of monotheism in Islam.

Tawheed is what all the Prophets, and Messengers (Peace be upon them all ) taught, they wanted humans to only worship one god, in bible many times the word used is 'Elah', in Arabic Allah. The word "Allah" itself has beautiful connotation, it removes all the misconception of God being man/women, single not plural and other things that later on came into christianity like trinity.
And Tawheed has been talked about many many times in quran you just have to read it, many times its mentioned Allahu La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshiped but he), even just just browsing the end of quran u can come across surah ikhlas which starts with "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only".

while you are here :) i invite you to read the quran while asking God for guidance, I am not saying asking about a particular religion but sincerely asking for guidance and letting God guide you towards the true path. and Give Quran a read

there are so many sources : almost unlimited online

http://quran.com/

if you have kindle, ipad

http://www.amazon.com/English-Trans...=1351024274&sr=1-2&keywords=quran+translation

you can order a free copy from many resources

http://www.allahsquran.com/free/
http://www.cpsglobal.org/content/order-free-quran
 

Um Ibrahim

Alhamdulilah :)
Asalamu Alykum sis Eboni

Congratulations on you finding the truth and the light of Allah (Islam). I ask Allah all mighty to give you full protection from the shaytan and his whisperings and dilusions. May Allah make your life easy and filled with dedication to HIM. Allahuma Amin. Dear sister please make du'a for us as well and all the Muslims in the world who are going through difficulties in their lives.
 

Abu-Talha

Brother in Deen
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as always trying to prove something wich is not there

There is no unity in trinity,not even complex unity, complex unity is for object that can be compared and are in need of each other and wich can unite with each other in their own form and their own being-and they unite in purpose or in action or as creaturs becasue they have a need for each other etc

God dosnt have a need for son or any things like that, God dosnt have a need to unity with anything-becasue God is AllPowerfull, and nothing canot unite with the Being of God, nothing canot reach God Being, His Existenc nothing canot reach, God attributes are perfect wich human mind canot even reach

in trinity all of them are separated and again one !!!, Jesus is weak, but in same time his spirit is God, he is man 100%, olso God 100%, !!!!, where is here one !?, this is clear paganism, dont see the differencies betwen hindu belief that say God is Cow etc, its the same .....


...as for the example wich you gave, man and women are echad-means thos are one in purpose, not one as being, they are separate as being, man is one being and women is one being and they canot be mix of them, because that will mean totaly different creature

you claim that God is Man, and man is God, we have two being, one weak being wich is man and one Powerfull Being wich is God that dosnt have limit and He is perfect, you canot even compare them, but you make them the same !!

echad is one and can be used in different way, dosnt have to do with complex or simple unity, that word can be used for one purpose of people,

example: We are all Echad in this path- wich means we are One in this path, means thos people have same purpose on their path, they are not all of them One complex being, they are one in purpose, as being there are all separate, this is not about Attributes of them as Being, because each of them is individual being in themself, that is why they have their own name, bodies, and lives and their own character as creaturs, their own desires, own choices and desicion etc

But when One is used for God, it means He is Alone and Nobody is similiar to Him, he is Alone in ruling and creating the univers, He is One and Only that can give life and take life, He is One in Attributes-wich means no one is like Him in attributes, it means He has no partner or somebody like Him, it means He is Unike, nobody is like Him and nothing canot be like He, He is perfect and He dosnt have a need for nobody and for nothing
 

Abu-Talha

Brother in Deen
Welcome sister Eboni

may Allah give you strenght to learn more and to be firm in practising islam, Eboni your life now is totaly different, from the moment you said shahadah, you are pure and clean from all sins, like a new baby, you have now all white pages with no sin in them, may Allah give you strenght to have from now deeds that will put you more higher and near to Allah

you are in the path of all Prophets of God, you are a sister to all Prophets alayhi salam that called to worship only One God, may Allah make you strong in this path
 

Abu-Talha

Brother in Deen
Hi,
Im a Christian. But im really interested to learn Islam not because im curious but i can feel that Muslim are so faithful. They love and think of God always. 5 times of prayer in a day.
I joined this site because i want to learn more of Islam. :) hope Qur'an has the english version.
Thanks a lot :)



welcome to the forum, you are most welcome to ask any question about islam

i advice you to read this link, its short intruduction about islam, simple and short

http://www.islam-guide.com/
 

queenislam

★★★I LOVE ALLAH★★★
Hello everyone. I took my shahadah last week but still don't know where to start. I actually just learned what islam is a few weeks ago. I knew this is what I was missing. I was raised christian but never fully understood the trinity. I read the Bible over and over while growing up and still continued to question it. I even quit going to church recently because it just did not seem like a Holy place anymore, just a big concert and a feel good sermon with no morals to it.

I have always loved God. I never smoked, never drink or say bad words. I do not eat meat. I have been practicing abstinence and I have always dressed modestly. All I wanted was a closer relationship with God but being a christian just holds no value now. Christians can have sex smoke drink etc, christians dont have to pray, christians can do whatever they want because Jesus already died for our sins. I just did not understand how I was to grow closer to God in such a "watered down religion." By his grace God blessed me with a one bedroom apartment in a new city far away from my family who did not practice religion anymore and was nothing but negative all the time. The first night in my new home I prayed to God to help me grow closer to Him and help me not to abuse this new freedom and independence. The following morning I found a tv program about islam as I was flipping through the channels. I was so intrigued that I began to research. I just felt like this is what God wanted for me. He brought me from living in a home with depressed family members who practiced every form of sin and had no spirituality in a city where I'd never seen a muslim in real life to a city with a muslim population of 10,000, many mosque close by, and my own apartment where I can worship freely.

I have seen many muslims in my new city but do not have any muslim friends, have not told any of my friends or family that I am now muslim, and have not began saying the 5 prayers because I can't figure out the right way. Each website and youtube video says something different. I also have not read the quran because i dont know arabic.
A little guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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To all,

Masha'allah,
Alhamdulillah.

Welcome to TTI my sister
we are please and happy that you
choose to join us~Alhamdulillah!

I suggest you report yourself to the Islamic council near where you stay
for close and better guide to study on basic of Islam .

~May Allah swt help,protect and guide all muslims~Amin!

Take care,
~Wassalam
 
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