Conversion: A Healthy Historical Process

For instance, there are men and women who were born in Muslim families, later on they threw away their family religion to turn into secularists or even atheists in some cases. However, sooner or later they approached a turning point in their lives when they came back to Islam as sincere practicing Muslims. The author of this book is an example of this kind of inner faith conversion. He was born in a Muslim family and until 1942, kept on performing all religious duties and rituals under the influence of the family. Then, an intellectual revolt took place in his mind against Islam and consequently, he became a totally irreligious person for many years to come, it was not before 1948 when after half a decade long systematic analytical study of modern philosophy, science and religion, the author was fully convinced with the continuing relevance and credibility of Islam and decided to return to it again. But this time it was a return or conversion to a consciously chosen and rediscovered Islam, not to the traditionally inherited one. To sum up, conversion is a universal and inescapable law of nature. A study of psychology and history tells us that in order to give a new impetus to an individual or a group and to bring about a moral revolution what is most effective is the sense of discovery. This feeling of having discovered some truth, which was as yet unknown, awakens all the dormant powers of the individual. This feeling turns an ordinary man into superman. It is such supermen who cross the Ocean, who scale mountains, and who by their heroic character let history enter a new age. Today human history is once again facing a deadlock. History is once again in need of people who pass through this experience of a discovery. For such people charged with new human power, will give a strong push to human history to enter a new and a better age. □