10 amazing muslims touched by GOD #9 "My heart thirsts for Almighty GOD" by Mohammad Seyedzadeh www.amazingmuslims.com I was in my teens when the revolution happened in my country of Iran. With all that was taking place, I developed a fascination for more of Islam than I already knew. I had been brought up in the mosque. My mother was a devoted Muslim, though my father was more liberal. We supported our faith and mosque financially even when we didn't have enough money for our life essentials. I fell in love with Islam and I devoted my life to it. I read whatever I could and eventually had some 3,200 books in my library at home. Most of them were Islamic books. I became passionate about my decision to become an orthodox Muslim. I won the second prize in Islamic Abkam (laws) and, among friends, I was considered the best source to ask and check for question in regard to Islamic Abkam. I continued over the years to follow Islam with all my heart, memorizing the Qur'an, with the intent of being a true Muslim. In my route to work I used to pass by a church. At the stop in front of the church I would whisper in prayer, "Allah, 1 day I'm going to destroy these places for you. "The church for me (as for many Muslims) was a symbol of worshipping GOD incorrectly and believing in polytheism (we thought the CHRISTians worshipped 3 gods). I couldn't understand how the CHRISTians could ignore the supremacy of Islam and the fact that Islam is the only way of being a true servant of GOD. Longing to be closer to GOD I had beautiful, devoted Muslim friends who were sincere and humble. Living exemplary lives as Muslims was our passion every day of our lives, and we pushed ourselves to the limit. Islam teaches that a person can get a promotion for praying the lengthy night prayers, which should be prayed hidden behind closed doors after midnight. This prayer time is not like daytime prayers. If a Muslim misses the day prayers, he must do them later. Doing the night prayers is encouraged (mostahab), but only a handful of believers choose to consider them a must in order to get closer to GOD. It requires more than discipline; it requires a passion to sacrifice your sound sleep every night in order to seek a way to get closer to your creator! I even used to push to catch up with the ones I missed (ghaza). That was my passion for my maker! I always did these lengthy prayers sincerely and with proper pronunciation (which is important for Muslims) just to get a bit closer to HIM. My faith taught me that no human is worthy to be allowed to get close to GOD's holy presence . Perfect GOD (Allah) was unable to communicate with imperfect man directly without harming him, regardless of imperfect man's love and passion for him. Repeating the same verses and sentences was allowed only in 1 language- Arabic. Yet maintaining a monologue in which the servant talks in hope of being heard by Allah was not enough for me. I was very much respected because of my sincerity
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