A CALL TO EMBRACE ISLAM

POSTED BY PROFESSOR DR. HJ. HAMIRDIN BIN ITHNIN, Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Assalamualaikum,

This is a humble call to readers of this blog who are not yet Muslims. I hereby extend my invitation to you to embrace Islam. It is easy and simple to embrace Islam. All you have to do is to utter these verses:

لا إله إلا الله
Transliteration: La ila ha illal lah
Translation: There is no God worthy of worship but Allah

محمد رسول الله
Transliteration: Muhammadur Rasullullah
Translation: Muhammad is the Mesenger of Allah

To formalise the verses, a prefix is usually added:

أشهد أنلا إله إلا الله

Transliteration: Asyhadu al la ila ha illallah
Translation: I bear witness that there no god worthy of worship but Allah

أشهد أنمحمد رسول الله

Transliteration: Asyhadu anna Muhammadur rasulullah
Translation: Ibear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

When you and utter those verses with your full conscience and submission, then you become a Muslim.

What do I promise you in return? I don't promise you anything. But Allah promises you heaven or Jannah in Arabic.

Allah's promise is immortalised in these verses of the Qur'an:

إِنَّالَّذِينَآمَنُواوَعَمِلُواالصَّالِحَاتِأُوْلَئِكَهُمْ خَيْرُالْبَرِيَّةِ

Those who have faith

And do the righteous deeds

They are the best

Of creatures

(Al Qur'an 98:7)

جَزَاؤُهُمْعِندَرَبِّهِمْجَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍتَجْرِي مِنتَحْتِهَاالْأَنْهَارُخَالِدِينَفِيهَاأَبَدًارَّضِيَاللَّهُعَنْهُمْوَرَضُواعَنْهُذَلِكَلِمَنْخَشِيَرَبَّهُ

The reward is with Allah

Gardens of Eternity

Beneath which rivers flow

They will dwell therein

For ever; Allah well pleased

With them, and they with Him;

All this for such as

Fear their Lord and Cherisher

(Al Qur'an 98:8)

I hope this posting descends to the bottom of your hearts, and may hidayah be granted to you.