Ur personal experience with Allah

[EVILution]

Aslaam u Alaikum,

Obviously we all believe that there is Allah, that's how we became Muslims, but to also increase the non-muslims faith, who participating on our forum, I was wondering whether we can share our miraculous experiences with them......which really make ppl say 'Allahu Akbar'...whether muslim or not.

Waslaam.

[Arsalan]

others, in their cynisism may find this boring.

i dont wanna write a long essay, so ill summarise

3 years ago, i was a drug fuelled clubber, womanising messen around, and no clue about anything. i was also a deppressive on phychiatric counselling and the likewise medication. i broke up with my gf.. who went back to france . everything going downhill.

id come back from long nites out in the clubs dropped off by taxi coz i was so stoned and knocked out, feelen worse, and worse day by day , cudnt sleep either. Id play chess the other times, on yahoo! lol .. that was about the best thing in my life.

anyhow i heard this saying ( and it kept appearen in my mind like a reminder .. it cud only be angelic inspiration), that u r closest to ALLah when u are in sajdah, so id make sajdah at nite ( come back from clubs shub), cryen asken him to help me out ---> coz i knew i was not enjoying this and had no comfort or peace in the short term or long term. drugs medication women, socialising studyen, tv , music sleep never helped me, no one did, accept ALLAH! anyhow i think my pray er must have been sincere, ANd ALLAh in is infinte mercy and compassion slowly began to strengthen me and clean the rust and dirt on my heart.

ALLAH guided me, and cleansed my mind and my heart of many things. but He gave me strength. i really dont know how it happened... I remember brothers comen to me, to be with me, and take me to the prayer room and offer salat in jamat... .. and offer me the most best company, ( we didnt talk about relgion , we didnt need too). other things too, but those are just avenues of ALLAH guiden us.

May ALLAH GUIDE us ALL and have Mercy on us, because his Mercy overcomes his Wrath. Ameen. i love u GOD!

[jamila]

Darkness. Stark. Black despair.
Where was my life?
Where is my life?
Black tunnel. Leading down. To darkness.

If you exist! If you have Mercy, Help!
Open a way! Give me a light!
Tear down the curtain!
Switch off the night!

Darkness. With a glimmer!
A new life!
A new place!
A new home!

What? A book? One I can read?
Who is it speaking to me?
Why is my heart pounding?
Why are tears flowing?
What is happening to me?
Who are you? That you press
Upon my heart
Upon my mind
A revelation!
You’re real!! It’s You!
Why? Whhyy? WHY!?

A new life
A new way
An open future
A bright day

Hope. Warm. Tinged with fear.
Tests. Strong.
But knowledge!
Oh, so clear!

Rejection! Dejection!
Acceptance. Repentance.
A half to complete
The half that I am.

Jamila

[Arsalan]

sis mashALLAH very touchen. can i use that as a ||poem|| to show others because its so beautyfil and descriptive of what many of us go through >?

[jamila]

Wa alaykam.

Fadhal

(You're Welcome).

Jamila :)

[kaphirgoyim]

shaml-uk - I think that is exactly the kind of story that MY was looking for :).


Back in the mid-nineties, I had some experience with Crack cocaine and Crank/Crystal meth. One night, I had the strangest dream. I was at my childhood house, as a young boy. I was riding down the street on my bike in front of my house (I was in my twenties when I had the dream, but my dream 'self' was probably 6-7 yo). I saw a string of Christmas lights trailing off into the sky (yeah, I know, but sorry I have a Christian upbringing, so my symbolism may be a little different than yours). I stopped my bike and was confronted by an old man in his eighties. The old man was me. The old man told me to change the path I was on or I would meet a terrible fate. He floated back up the stream of lights and disappeared. I feel certain that had I not heeded 'my own' advise, that I would have befallen the path that I consider as evil today.

My next profound experience with God came when my father died. Since I am running short on time I will post that later.

[Hafiz]

Nice thread sister Muslim Youth!

Looking forward to hearing more wonderful replies.

Wasalam

[EVILution]

Thank u ppl for sharing ur heart-touching stories......come on, as they say every1 has a story to tell......plz share them!

[EVILution]

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[Salahudin]

Asalaamu Alaykum Wr Wb

Masha'Allah Great Post! And Very Touching Stories guys!!

I don't know If I can compare my story to those that went before me, but here is mine:

I was the usual teenager,
doing what teenagers do!
but about two years ago,
in late 2000 and early 2001,
my life changed!

I was ignorent
of who I was!
where I was going!
where I came From!
I knew little about Islam!

Where Is Chechnya? What Is Kashmir?
Who Is that Child Crying? Is He My Brother?
Who Is that Mother holding him? Is she my sister?
Why are they All crying? What is that red on their face?

What Is Happening in the World?
I Must Find Out! I need to know! I have to Know!

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I began to research my past!
Then I saw my Present!
then Imagined My Future!

What Happened to
the Ummah of Khalid?
Sa'd, Salahudin and Tariq?

Where are the soldiers of Allah?

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Can you believe that two years ago, I was so ignorent that I didn't know about the situations of Chechen, Kashmir. nor did I knew who Tariq bin Zeyad, Salahudin Al-Ayubbi, Qotoz, Bebar, ect were?

In the beganing of 2001 I started to go online for one reasond, to study about Islam and the History of the Muslims! day and night I was online, reading and reading!

I forgot about my school, I was senior then! Altho I finished all my required credits, still I was taking some classes. I failed most of the classes, because I was actualy living in another world.

My GPA fell from 3.5 to 3.2 I think! but I wasn't worried about it, in a way I found a new paradise, one that was in my heart and no one could take it away from me!

To make a long story short, Alhamdulilah Allah(swt) guided me to Paradise!

May Allah Guide us all to the Right Path! Amiin!
May Allah Make this Ummah strong! Amiin!
May Allah Make This Ummah Victorious! Amiin!

Ps. I also Thank and Pray for My Uncle Adam,
Who always showed me the big Picture!

[Qurratulain]

Assalamulaikom
Nice thread indeed, I will try keeping my story short :D
I grew up in here and when I was like 12 years old, I totaly didnt know anything about islam. The only thing I knew was like there is some Allah above and there was some messenger of his Muhammad(saw) in which I am supposed to believe. Didnt even know how to pray let alone anything else about islam. So naturally was very much into other stuff , but somehow I had a fear of Allah in me which some way or the other prevented me from doing anything bad which I considored normal and really wanted to do. And somehow Allah always protected me from anything wrong in which I would and could have gotten myself into.
After that my mother decided to go back to Pakistan, and there is where all the tests started and my life changed totaly. Sometimes when I think back now if my mother hadnt taken me back there I would have been totaly a very different person and would have lived in ignorance my entire life, am really greatfull to Allah that he gave me the opportunity to change and guided me. Afcourse going into a totaly different culture I received lots of setbacks, ppl were very judgemental, what I considored normal was way weird for them. So there I felt something is wrong I have to change. In school I came across islamic books, from there I started reading about islam ,it started interesting me so much, I used to feel so much peace of heart and mind,and I used to be like wow this is islam, this is my history, slowly I realised how ignorant I was, didnt know anything and started changing myself as well. I stayed back there for like 6 years and it has been the most wonderfull period of my life and even though ppl say Pakistan has no islam in it, for me if I didnt go there I really would never have known about islam and myself.:) :cool:

[Arsalan]

Going to pakistan was a turning point for me 2. i dont understand urdu that good, but going there in jummah prayer, and listening to the sermon, and sitting with over a 1500 of muslims all in one place and hearing azaan all the time was something really special.

I admit many muslims, but not a state of islam in them all, but we shudnt generalize, as it is like that everywhere...

Allah Guide us on the straight path . Ameen

[AnnaMarie]

I'm so happy for everyone that they have found peace in their life and strength in God. I have my religion and my faith but I still feel kind of lost in everything.Hopefully soon everything will work out.

[DeRayeMustafa]

....and at the time I was learining about Islam and I came to a spiritual conflict. I was raised as a christian (a baptist), but Islam seemed so clear to me. Though most teenagers in America rarely think about spirituallity at all, I was one who did and one who struggled with what steps he should take. One night I prayed, but instead of praying to "God" I prayed to Allah, and I asked him to show me the right way, to help me in deciding what was the right choice to make. I simply asked for the truth. Maybe a week or so later I stumbled into a Total gas station where a man of Middle Eastern descent was working. I noticed his nametag said Abdul and from my limited understanding of Islam and the Arabic language (and a certain percentage of ignorance) I asked him if he was a Muslim. To my good fortune he was and when I asked him he directed me to the Islamic Center of Minnesota. Days later I went there only expecting to learn more about Islam. I walked out as a new person, one who made the best decision he could ever make and one who took his shahadah!:D

[M.H.Mubarak]

ASA

I originally posted "spiritual awakenings" on the general board and it was moved over here. Instead of duplicating it, just scroll up to it
ma salama