كتاب To My Beloved Mother

I wrote this letter almost 20 years ago while I was studying in a religious school called Jamiyatul Falah, Bileria Gunj (Azam Garh District). In those days I used to go home now and then. It was beyond my imagination that I would ever be fortunate enough to embrace Islam. Before I embraced Islam, I was a Hindu from the Agarwal family. I was 9 years old when my father passed away. After the demise of my father, my elder brother became the head of the family. Because of his tolerance, I always got his support and encouragement. But my mother neither liked my embracing of Islam nor any of my Islamic education away from her, even though I visited her quite often. My earnest desire was for her to become one of the followers of the greatest religion on earth but her desire was opposite to mine. She wished that I leave this religion as soon as possible and revert to the old one. But this desire of hers was due to a reason – the reason being the great love she had for me. Thus, she was hurt psychologically at my acceptance of Islam. Such a behavior was expected and natural because she was ignorant about Islam. The lives of Muslims in India are not only different but sometimes irritating due to the fact that their beliefs and customs are unlike the customs of the other residents of India. Thus, she had no place in her heart for Islam. She was already worried about me and to add to that, others used to incite her in many ways. I indicated a few of them in this letter. I tried to remove her misconceptions and doubts about Islam to the best of my ability and tried to illustrate to her the teachings of Islam. Sometimes we had face-to-face discussions while at other times, we spoke through letters. When I was born, our family gurus foretold many a thing about me to my mother among which was: ‘Your son will never be yours.’ When I embraced Islam, she felt that the priest’s prediction became true. Consequently, she would remind me of his prophecy and warn me and she tried her best to keep me away from Islam. She thought that there exists no good in Islam and that her son has fallen into the traps of the Muslims priests. And this took root in her mind. Through this letter I tried to remove her misconceptions about Islam and invited her towards the right way – the way of Islam. My intention was to not only remove the misconceptions she had about me and Islam but to also make clear to her the truth about Islam, so that she may accept it and enter Paradise and be saved from the torments of Hell-Fire. After reading this letter her intensiveness against Islam decreased but she was not yet ready to leave her forefathers’ religion. Quite often I prayed to Allah to open the doors of her heart to the true religion. After 3 years of continuous discussions and letters, Allah bestowed His Mercy upon her and she was guided to Islam. She felt guilty of her past behavior towards Islam. Today, my mother is satisfied and firm on the path of Islam. Before she had embraced Islam, she had studied the translation of the Holy Qur’an several times and now her earnest desire is to convey the message of Quran to all of mankind. She also wants the people to understand the teachings of the Qur’an and to follow it properly and to remove the wrong beliefs which are enrooted in their minds. She further wants the Islamic teachings to be spread among the common people. Though this is a personal letter but I hope publishing it may give guidance to the seekers of truth. I pray to Allah to guide us to the right religion and make us firm on it till death reaches us, and may He let us all die as Muslims. Ameen.
نسيم غازى - ❰ له مجموعة من الإنجازات والمؤلفات أبرزها ❞ To My Beloved Mother ❝ ❱
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