Why do you want to become a Muslim?

If you revert to Islam,

1) you may be rejected by your family.

2) you may be rejected by your friends

3) you may be neglected by even Muslims themselves

4) you have to learn how to pray for 5 TIMES A DAY!

5) you have to stop eating pork

6) and you have to watch what you eat for the first time! because you're afraid it might be non-halal

7) you will have to ditch your makeups and pretty trendy clothes and adorn the hijab (if you're a girl)

8) you have to get circumsized (if you're a guy)!

9) you have to learn sooooo many things like how to recite the Quran and so on

10) you have to face people's reaction around you

11) you may be threatened by your own family that they will kill you if you become a Muslim!

12) if you hide your reversion, you have to pray behind locked doors or not able to pray at all!

13) you will face problems after problems, many problems that you don't know how to deal with!

14) and so on.



But why do they still want to become a Muslim?

I mean, if I were those non-Muslims who wanted to become a Muslim, I wouldn't want to face ALL THAT!

But why do they still WANT to become a Muslim?

Have we ever thought of that?

I know, I repeat, I KNOW that I am going to face all these huddles, maybe some of them but still, I know things are going to be difficult and NOBODY will be able to help me out with it.

I know, that I will have to face this alone and I have to fight it on my own. I know!

But why do I still want to proclaim the syahadah despite these risks? Why? WHY?

Because I know,

1) Islam is the truth and ALLAH is my true GOD and I can feel it in my heart, even before I become a Muslim. That's all.

This one reason is concrete enough for me to think "Just Do It!!!" the moment I decided to become a Muslim. I believe that ALLAH will help me go through my hardships later on, and never once I thought of converting(apostate/murtad), and alhamdulillah for that.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَ‌ٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ

To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.[ Al-Araf : 40]

Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mendustakan ayat-ayat (perintah) Kami dan yang angkuh (merasa dirinya lebih) daripada mematuhinya, tidak sekali-kali akan dibukakan bagi mereka pintu-pintu langit dan mereka tidak akan masuk Syurga sehingga unta masuk di lubang jarum dan demikianlah Kami membalas orang-orang yang melakukan kesalahan.

To enter Jannah is never easy, and that's the price we have to pay for the hidayah we got. Nevertheless, alhamdulillah.


I hope my revert friends out there are doing well. To reverts reading this post, be thankful with what we had and stay strong! I mean it, because I know how it felt. The confusion, things that scare you at times, sometimes under threats but hey, we got ALLAH on our side aye? Each and everyone of us.

To born Muslims, who had just chosen Islam as their religion and not as something that they inherit, stay strong too because I know, change is not easy. Sometimes even your parents do not approve of you wanting to practice, to really practice Islam the right way but hey, you're not alone!

Also, to born Muslims, who had practiced Islam the right way, was born in biah solehah, alhamdulillah for the ni3mat that ALLAH had given you but istiqamah is also not easy, because you may be influenced with people around you, so to you, stay strong too! Again, you are not alone!

Each and every day, at least one person will revert to Islam.

Sadly, each and every day, at least one person will convert out of Islam. Nauzubillah.

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Things have been hard for me, and it has become harder each day. Sometimes I feel tired having to find solutions, answers, anything. I tried keeping myself busy and I tried writing a lot of reminders so that I can remind myself as I write. Then again, walking the talk itself is not an easy thing but I have to force myself to practice what I preach so that I would not be held responsible for my speech on Judgement day. I remembered, back in KTT, I always someone to talk with, someone who can offer me a hug when I cry, someone who can reprimand me for the wrong that I did. It was never the same person but still, I have someone. But now? Things have changed. I was left alone, leaving me no choice but to keep my faith and inner thoughts to ALLAH alone. Sometimes it felt hard to not talk to people because talking about your problems may give a soothing effect to your heart, but then again, I realised, it's not about having people to talk to, it's about people who can advice you when you're wrong. There are so many things that I did knowing that it is wrong, but out of loneliness, I still did it anyway because I don't feel guilty about it. Maybe nobody has made comments on my mistakes but ALLAH is always there, showing that He was taking care of me, the whole time. A lonely heart requires filling and I need ALLAH to fill this emptiness. ALLAH....

Truly in the heart there is a void that cannot be removed except with the company of Allah.

And in it there is a sadness that cannot be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him.

And in it there is an emptiness that cannot be filled except

with love for Him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him

And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it

would not fill this emptiness.

Pray so that I will not go astray, no matter what.