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    Why do you escape from Allah?

    By Tarek Abo AbdAllah

    Revised by Magdy Abd Al-shafy

    Translated by: Amira Sharawy.

    (Hatem al-taay), one of the generous Arabs in

    pre-Islam time , had a Christian son whose name was

    (Oday). (Oday) .

    He had a beautiful story. Let's listen to him tell the

    story himself .

    He said No Arab hated the prophet, may Allah send

    His peace and blessings on him, more than I did

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    when I first heard about him. I was an honourable

    devoted Christian and a leader among my natives. I

    told a servant of mine who was the shepherd of mycamels: prepare some humbled, fat camels for me,

    so that ,if Muhammads army invades this country, i

    would take them on escape . One morning he came

    to me and said: what you were to do if Muhammads

    horses came, do itnow as I have seen flags and when

    I asked about them , I was informed that these areMuhammads army.

    I said: get me my camels. I took my wife and son

    on it and intended to join my fellow Christians in

    Damascus, but I left one of Hatems daughters ( his

    sister ) behind in the city. When I reached Damascus,

    I stayed there. The horses of the prophet, may Allah

    send His peace and blessings on him, reached

    Hatems daughter and she was introduced to the

    prophet, may Allah send His peace and blessings on

    him, among the captives of (taya).

    The prophet was informed of my escape to

    Damascus . when he passed by my sister , she said:

    O messenger of Allah, the father is dead and bother

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    is absent and I am an old woman and incapable of

    any service. Bestow your favor upon me, may Allah

    bestow His upon you. He asked: who is yourbrother? she said: Oday, the son of Hatem. He

    said: this who escaped from Allah and His

    messenger?? she repeated this petition for three

    days. She said: he eventually vouchsafed . She

    asked to be carried; he ordered that for her and gave

    her clothing and money.

    She came to me and said: you did something that

    your father would not do; anyway go to him whether

    you are desirous or afraid, as so many people

    came to him and took much from him Oday said: so,

    I went to him while he was sitting in the mosque.

    People said: this is Oday the son of Hatem. I went

    there with his companion helpless without any

    warrant to help me , the prophet took me by hand ,

    the prophet was quoted saying " I implore God to

    guide O'day ": I hope that Allah will put his hand in

    mine. He stood and came to me then I met a woman

    carrying a child . They said to him: we need

    something from you. He went with them till he

    fulfilled their need then took me by my hand to his

    house. There, a pillow was given to him. He sat

    down on it and I sat in front of him. He thanked Allah

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    and praised Him then said: what makes you

    escape? Is it " that there is no god but Allah? Do you

    know any other god? I said: No. He talked for awhile then said: is it saying that Allah is the greatest

    (Allahu Akbar)? Do you know anything greater than

    Allah? I said: No" . he said: then, the Jews have

    earned anger and the Christians are astray. I said:

    then, I am an orthodox Muslim. So, I saw a smile of

    happiness on his face.

    And now imagine, man, that you are sitting in Odays

    place in front of the prophet, may Allah send His

    peace and blessings on him, and he asked you the

    same question : why do you escape from

    Allah.what will be your situation? Do you escape

    saying that there is no god but Allah..then, do you

    know another god?

    Does saying that Allah is the greatest makes you

    escapethen, do you know anything that is greater

    than Allah?

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    Do you escape from saying that all praise is to Allah,

    the Lord of all that exists, or saying glorified is my

    God the most high and glorified is my God the mostgreat.then, do you know anyone who is absolutely

    praised except Allah and do you know anyone

    greater or higher?

    Does saying that Allah is the one, the self-sufficientwhom all creatures need, and that He did not beget

    nor was He begotten and there is none co-equal or

    comparable unto Him, make you escape? Do you

    know a father, a mother, a son or a wife for Allah?

    And do you know anyone who people may resort to

    in order to fulfill their needs except Allah? Is it

    believing that nothing is like Allah, that

    He is the Irresistible (Supreme) above His slaves and

    He is able to do all things that make you escape?Then do you know anyone who is equal or similar to

    Allah? Do you know anyone whose power exceeds

    that of Allah? And can human beings hurt Allah the

    Almighty, while He is encompassing and dominating

    them?

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    Does believing that Allah saved the Christ from the

    Jews plot and raised him to heaven, after you used

    to believe that He let him dieon the cross, humbleand insulted, annoy you?

    Or, do you escape from believing that the Christ

    healed the blind and the lepers and brought forth the

    dead all by Allahs permission and not his ownpower.did the Christ have anything to do for

    himself when he was just an embryo in his mothers

    uterus? Do you escape believing that the Christ

    came with the bible, that Allah revealed to him

    instead of believing in various bibles written by

    anonymous people who did not see the Christ, while

    none of these bibles is attributed to the Christ??

    Does believing that the Christ is Allahs word and a

    spirit created by Him and that he is one of themessengers of strong will and his mother is a

    believer in Allahs words and books that Allah has

    chosen over all the women of mankind and jinn,

    make you escape? Then, were the Christ and his

    mother different from this? Does saying that

    Muhammad is the messenger of Allah make you

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    escape ?..So, who was Muhammad if he was not the

    messenger of Allah??

    Does knowing that Allah forgave Adams sin when he

    regretted it and turned in repentance and that Allah

    forgives all sins, make you escape? Then, do you

    know anyone who forgives sins except Allah? Is it

    asking Allah for forgiveness after you used to ask thepastor for it on the chair of recognition that make you

    escape? Does belonging to a religion that makes no

    mediators between you and Allah and does not allow

    the dominance of anyone on your spiritual life so that

    he forgives you if he wants or deprives you from

    entering Heaven if he wants -as the church does-

    make you escape? Do you think that Allah created

    you by Himself to make the determination of your

    fate and the forgiveness of your sins in the hands of

    anyone else but Him? Does believing that children

    are born free (acquitted) from any sin, instead of

    thinking that they are born disgraced in the sin of

    their father, Adam (peace be upon him), make you

    escape? Do you escape from a religion that honored

    woman and gave her the right to worship, to receive

    education, to ask questions and use her own money

    and the right to choose her husband and to decide to

    get divorced if she did not bear him and became

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    afraid of disobeying Allahs orders concerning him. A

    religion that ordered the husband to treat his wife

    well and considered the best one among people, thebest in treating his wife and promised this who have

    a daughter to enter the Heaven if he honored her and

    treated her well? Do you escape this religion to

    another religion that considers woman the source of

    every sin and asserts that she was created for mans

    sake? Do you escape to a religion that deprived herfrom divorce and from speaking in the church, as

    Paul stated in his message to Corinthians? A religion

    that considers everything that she touches during

    menses impure, as stated in the chapter of

    Leviticus?

    Does following the religion of Abraham, Ishmael,

    Isaac, Jacob, Al-Assbat (the offspring of Jacobs

    sons), Moses and Jesus make you escape? Does

    saying that Noah, David, Lot and Jacob were

    infallible prophets that Allah chose over all His

    creatures and that they reached the highest ethical

    level make you escape? Does saying that they are

    not as they are said to be in the Old Testament where

    we read that Noah took off his clothes and drank

    wine, David had sex with the wife of one of his

    leaders then he sent this leader to war so that he

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    might die and give him the chance to marry her , Lot

    had sex with his two daughters and they became

    pregnant and Jacob fought with God and beat him,make you escape?

    Dont you like to belong to a religion that sanctifies

    chastity , purity and loyalty and orders its adherents

    to be honest even with children and to treateveryone well even animals?

    Do you hate to espouse a religion that makes

    shyness one of its virtues and cleanness one of itsrituals?

    Doesnt it make you happy that you belong to a

    religion that meets the needs of the body as well as

    the needs of the soul?

    Dont you want to belong to a religion that makes

    every person responsible in front of Allah and makes

    all human beings equal? To a religion, that gives the

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    prophet and his family more orders than it gives to

    others?

    Doesnt it make you happy to direct your heart to

    Heaven in your prayer after you used to look at a

    picture hanged on the wall of your house?

    Dont you like to make your prayer direction to the

    Kabah (Al-bait Al-haram) in Mecca, which Arabs and

    westerners agree that Abraham, peace be upon him,

    built, and to sanctify Jerusalem where the Christ

    arose and called for Allah?

    Dont you like to say in your prayer (You (Alone) we

    worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help Guide us

    to the Straight Way* The Way of those on whom You

    have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those

    who earned Your Anger nor of those who went astray

    ) then read Surat Mariam (the mother of the Christ) or

    Surat AlImran ( the grandfather of the Christ) or

    Surat Al-Maidah which Allah sent down to the

    Christ?

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    Dont you like to kneel and prostrate to Allah who

    has created you?

    Dont you long to read in a book that deals with all

    aspects of life and addresses both your heart and

    mind?

    Dont you long for a book that answers all your

    questions? Dont you like to have all your sins

    forgiven, as Islam erases all the past sins?

    Dont you like to gain Muhammad and the Christ

    instead of losing them both in addition to yourself?

    Dont you see what Christianity did to the Europeanpeople in the middle ages? Until they cast it off and

    hated everything related to religion because of the

    dominance of the church. It was only then that they

    started their industrial revolution!!

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    Dont you see that many of the churchmen have

    reached the highest degree of ethical decadence so

    that they may rape and devour peoples money infalsehood?

    Dont you know the deteriorating social problems

    that the church faces because of the application of

    the false laws, which are attributed to Christianity outof ignorance and dishonesty?

    Dont you feel the intellectual and doctrinal weakness

    that the church suffers from, to the extent that itcannot acquire more followers except through

    offering money to those living in the poorest regions

    of the world?

    Havent you heard that pastors use magic inside the

    church? Havent you got bored of the pagan

    ceremonies, which the Christian religion is full of,

    and which are somehow similar to those of the pagan

    religions found before the Christ, peace be upon

    him?

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    Havent you got bored of the mystification and

    complicity of the Christian doctrine?

    Havent you got desperate of the multitude confusing

    questions that you do not find a decisive answer to,

    until now?

    Havent you heard about the scientific and historical

    mistakes that were discovered in the so-called Holy

    Bible?

    Havent you read the ethical shames that fill it? Dont

    you long for a doctrine that addresses your heart and

    soul and does not contradict with your instinct and

    mind?

    Why do you escape from the right way and hide the

    light of truth from your heart? Though, you see

    everyday the evidences of the oneness of Allah and

    the honesty of Muhammads message, may Allah

    send His peace and blessings on him.

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    Why dont you give yourself a chance to read the

    Quran and think if this can be the words of any

    human being?

    Why dont you give yourself a chance to search for

    the truth freely, away from the stress of your family

    and the observation of the society?

    Dont you see how the stories of the newly guided

    people have become widespread, as they have

    searched seriously for Allah until He guided them?

    (As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), Wewill surely guide them to Our Paths and verily, Allah

    is with the good doers) do you know

    any reasonable person who chose to espouse Islam

    then he apostatized?

    Why dont you read the biography of Muhammad,

    May Allah send His peace and blessings on him, with

    contemplation in order to see if Muhammad could be

    a liar?

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    Dont you see how the divine care has accompanied

    Islam, guarded and strengthened it since

    Muhammad, may Allah send His peace and blessingson him, appeared and up till now, although Islam has

    always been exposed to numerous attempts to

    perish or distort it?

    Dont you feel jealous that even children search forthe truth, while you are sitting in your place?

    Isnt it enough that non-Muslims themselves are

    witnesses in the favour of Islam?

    Dont you see how Islam has spread all over the

    world in spite of the few available capabilities? This

    is just a result of its strong proofs and its

    compatibility with mind and instinct.

    Havent you been informed of the pastors and

    missionaries who convert to Islam?

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    Havent you read and heard about their stories that

    they recount by themselves and publish on the

    internet?

    Cant you browse the internet for a few minutes to

    see how many facts have been hidden from you for

    many years?

    Why do you escape from Allah and not to Him?( So

    flee to Allah. Verily, I am a plain Warner to you from

    Him.)

    If you were on the false way, will anybody bear your

    sin on the day of resurrection?

    They do not bear your mistakes in this life though

    their judgment is easy, so, will they bear them in the

    hereafter when man will flee from his brother, his

    mother and his father?

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    Will you wait until everybody flees from you on the

    day of resurrection?

    Then, you become alone and Allah asks you: how

    did you answer the messenger?

    Why do you escape from Allah?

    Do you fear the future?

    Dont you know that the future is in Allahs hand? If

    you seek the truth, with all your effort, until you

    reach it, do you think that Allah will turn you down?

    Will He guard you when you are on the false way and

    leave you when you follow the right one He created

    you for? Havent you heard about many people who

    espoused Islam all over the world and are leading

    now a safe and stable life?

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    Do you escape from Allah or from yourself?

    The reasonable person is the one who knows the

    way to his true happiness and seeks it. Allah has

    granted you a mind in order to think and know Him

    and granted you an instinct to long for Him and a

    heart that rests in the right, as right gives the heart

    the rest and peace it does not find in anything else.You, alone, are responsible in front of Allah. This is a

    matter of your eternal life and your happiness in life

    and in the hereafter.

    Dont you ever sacrifice them for the sake of any

    passing enjoyment, because of fearing an

    imaginative punishment or following guess and

    illusions as guess is no substitute for the truth.