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Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem:
This article is designed for those who wish to become muslims as to what would be their benefits after accepting Islam. It should be stated here that we are not trying to entice people to become muslims, nor are we trying to convert them into the folds of Islam. Any person who wishes to become a muslim should recognize that he will get all these benefits and much more. However, he should realize that he has to earn them by practicing the teachings of Islam. Implementing the practice of Islamic teachings is as important as believing it
Benefits
The following items are some of the benefits to be earned and enjoyed
by those who wish to become muslims:
1. as far as the creator (whose prophet name is Allah) is concerned,
you will be able to identify him and get to know him, his role and your
relationship to names, you will be able to communicate with him any time,
24 hours a day, throughout the whole year. As a result of this category,
you will be able to know your origin, your roots, and the wisdom as to
why you are on this planted. You will be able to have good answering to
the questions why, how, when where, what and other philosophical.
2. As a result of the first benefit, your loyalty, allegiance, and
obedience will be to the creator himself. You will transcend yourself from
all types of allegiance for this world. This means that if there
is a conflict of interest between your boss, your job, your government,
your system or any worldly relationship with the creator, you will undoubtedly
put your trust in Allah, the creator of the universe. You will follow his
before you follow anyone else.
3. As a result of the second benefits, you will be able to acquire
peace, harmony, tranquillity and happiness within yourself, with your family,
with people of the world, with the environment and with the universe. One
has to remember that the source of peace is Allah, and one of his beautiful
names is that he is the peace.
4. As an endorsement to the third benefit, you will get rid of the
extra electrostatic charges from you brain and the central nervous system
by performing the daily salah. Through salah, you are to prostrate by putting
your forehead to the floor; and as such are grounding yourself, and you
are discharging these extra charges into the ground. As a result of this
act, you will get rid of many of the neurological diseases from your body.
5. As a result of the fourth benefit, you will acquire a pleasant personality.
You will be friendly and amicable. You would not need to drink alcohol,
to use drugs or to get involved in vulgarity or immorality.
6. Through the experience of fasting in islam, you will be able to
have self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline, self-education, self-evaluation,
and self-obedience to Allah the creator. You undoubtedly will be able to
improve health, personality, character, and behavior.
7. As a result of the sixth benefit, you will be able to control your
lusts, selfishness, desires, greed, ego, and conceitedness.
8. Another side reaction of the sixth and seventh benefits is that
you will be generous and hospitable; you will try to purify yourself and
your mistakes by sharing your happiness and your wealth with those who
are less fortunate than you. Your rewards will manifold, compounded daily
until the day of judgment.
9. By performing pilgrimage to makkah, you will transcend yourself
from being nationalistic, sectarian, or denominational into being universal.
You will be part and an essential constituent of the rainbow of islam.
You will be also part of the brotherhood of islam with those who already
submitted themselves to the creator. At the same time, you will get rid
of the inferiority or superiority complex. You will also find yourself
in synchrony and harmony with all the prophets and messengers of Allah
since the creation of Adam and Eve until the last final messenger to mankind,
namely prophet muhammad (pbuh). While in makkah, you will be able to visit
the places of revelation of the Qu`ran as well as the places visited by
prophet Abraham and members of his family such as Hagar and Ishmael.
You will visit the place where the first astronauts. Adam and Eve landed
on earth.
10. In becoming a muslim, you will do your best to stop all types of
exploitation in all their forms: economical, biological, mental, spiritual,
psychological, political, etc.. You will also to liberate people and give
them freedom of worship, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression.
You will be a leader to lead people to peace, tranquillity and happiness.
11. In accepting islam, you will help to reduce all types of social
ills in the society: juvenile delinquency, child abuse, women's battering,
incest, homosexuality, sexual promiscuity, premarital relationship, extramarital
relationship, and other vices.
12. As a result of the eleventh benefit, you will reduce and eliminate
venereal diseases, AIDS, and other diseases of similar nature in the society.
13. Finally, when you die, you will die at peace. You will have a happy
life in the grave and later an eternal happiness. Angels at the time of
death will comfort you. They will also show you your place
in paradise. On the day of judgment, you will be able to see and meet all
the prophets and messengers of God to mankind including Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. You will be able to see and meet any and all
of your friends and relatives. You will live an eternal life of bliss in
paradise.
Reflections:
The benefits mentioned above and many more cannot be purchased with
money anywhere in the world. No one is to sell them to you or to advertise
them on TV. You have to take the initiative yourself and try to acquire
them by accepting islam first and then by practicing its teachings. You
should be honest with yourself, sincere, and truthful to the creator. You
should try wholeheartedly to practice what you believe, regardless of whether
someone else is good or not. While seeking happiness is a must, it should
not be measured with other people's standards or with material gains. Happiness
is from its potential to its kinetic forms. People around you should feel
your happiness as well as benefit from you. Are you ready to accept this
challenge today? Remember, tomorrow may not come, and it will be
too late.
If you require more information, you may reach the author through the foundation for islamic knowledge, or you may contact any of the existing islamic centers in the United States and Canada.