Do you believe in a creator?
Do you believe in God?
Yes I do ...you believe...
I'm a mother so I definitely believe in God because I had a child inside of me.
Do you believe that that creator is befitting to say that that creator is one all-powerful
all-knowing uh all-wise all-creating being.
Yes would you accept that i would accept that.
Do you believe that Jesus peace be upon him was a Prophet sent by God definitely and
do you believe that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ peace be upon him was a Prophet sent by God with
revelation yes and the Quran is the word of God yes i do you're all Muslim but the only
thing is yeah because like they cover their hair and they're no no no no no no no one
step at a time one step at a time look what I'm talking to you about right now yeah I'm
not talking to you about wearing the jilbab and wearing the headscarf I'm saying to you
as a belief yeah as a belief you accept all the principles of somebody who is a Muslim.
You believe you believe there's one God yes you believe that that God is the all-knowing
almighty creator yes he put my baby inside of me make my baby move everything I mean
from my mother from when I got pregnant when I was younger but from when a baby was inside
of me yeah the beliefs came to me strong I do believe so so you believe that Jesus
wasn't God no he's not, of course, he's not God he was a man sent by God yes of course
given revelation to guide the people like Muhammad ﷺ I believe the same thing he wasn't
wasn't a thing God to me is a spirit he's not a being it's not like physical there's
a verse in the Quran that says it talks about Allah and it says: ‏لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ
شَيْءٌ
There is nothing like unto God i.e. whatever you can think of is not him no yeah he's not
like a man no, of course, he's not a man in the sky with the white beard and a long yeah
that's for the Christians you would agree that if Jesus was to walk the earth today
and he was to look at the Muslims the men and the women he would liken himself to those
more than the modern-day Christians definitely because they're pagans so why aren't you Muslim?
I'm telling you I know listen you said you're 56 years young 56 years young yes don't look
a day over 50.
Right, i'm 56 years young what I would say to you is what's the one thing that we're
guaranteed in this life, death...are you guaranteed you're going to make it home tonight ...no.
Are you guaranteed you're going to wake up tomorrow morning...
no.. it's not promised to no one.
So what are you waiting for you already believe the tenants of faith ..of course i do, why
don't you accept Islam let me offer you an invitation your name is Marcia yeah i'm Faisel
okay I would like to invite you to embrace the religion of Islam and accept it and become
part of a global community of 1.9 billion people I know... the fastest growing religion
on the face of this planet yes is Islam yeah why because it resonates with the heart yeah
it does it resonates with the heart now the all you have to do to embrace this religion
is say simple words I testify there is no God no deity no thing worthy of my worship
except for the one true creator Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad ﷺ is his slave
and his messenger that's it this makes you a Muslim and on the day of judgement when
you stand in front of your lord you stand in front of your lord as a Muslim so what
do I have to say is it in the qur'an you have to say what do i have to say would you like
to embrace Islam?
Yes I would, yes of course just pop over here, you accept everything that we've spoken about
I know I believe I believe everything we spoke about, the most important thing in Islam is
the shahada this is the testimony of faith okay and this brings you into the fold of
Islam okay once you've taken the shahada what we recommend is that you go home and you learn
how to pray yeah properly you try and implement the five daily prayers in your life which
will give you a sense of peace that you can't find anywhere else we'd also recommend you
get down to are you local to here okay i'm gonna take if it's okay if i could take a
contact detail for you and we'll put you in touch with some sisters yeah and they can
like show you the the ropes and yeah okay so i'm going to say some words yes repeat
after me yeah and then i'll translate them in English okay you say
"Ashadualla ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa Rasoolu
I bear witness there is no deity there is no thing there is no God worthy of worship
except Allah, and I bear witness Muhammad ﷺ is his slave and Messenger.
Marcia with these words you have become a Muslim, right now you are as the day you were
born any past sin you have, Allah says in the Quran وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ
عَمَلًۭا صَلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
حَسَنَتٍۢ
Allah says in the Quran anyone who belives and does righteous good deeds yes Allah will
take his past not only forgive it he will take your bad deeds and turn them into good
deeds for you okay you are a head start right now you are better than most Muslims who are
born Muslim because your whatever you had on your scales has now become good you have
been given a headstart this is the mercy of Allah this is the mercy of our creator he
doesn't want bad for us no i know he doesn't want him he wants good for us yes i definitely
know right so with these words you are as clean as the day you were born oh my God my
grandbaby i would recommend i would recommend go home take a shower yes with the intention
of purification yes okay because i see what my friend Muslim all the time when they come
and pray when i work with them before they pray they wash their faces yes i see i've
seen over the years because i'm 56 i'm not young so i've seen it you're 56 years young
yes and i see it in my friend Fatima when she prays yeah she wash her face take her
how does it make you feel when you see that i'm just amazed because it's something because
she's born into it you know what i mean it's not something this is the thing Islam is not
a religion for those who are born into it Islam Allah says in the Quran this is a about
speaking about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ he was
sent as a mercy to who to the Muslims no he was sent as a mercy to the whole of mankind
So the prophet Muhammad ﷺ was sent as a mercy to the whole of mankind he was sent
for everyone right this religion is a religion for everyone by following what our Lord has
told us to stay away from we find peace in our heart by obedience to what our Lord wants
us to do we find peace and tranquillity in our heart yeah it's a complete way of life
one thing I would say to you yes the journey in Islam is long yes it's a long road there's
ups and downs okay be patient yeah take it one day at a time learn something spends five
minutes set away five minutes a day and in that five minutes say to yourself I'm going
to learn something new about my religion every day and take little baby steps babies don't
I have friends who will help me because my friend Faitma she'll be more than happy if
I tell her and I do believe in a God and I do believe there's one and only God.
Alhamdulillah.
All these things I always did believe it.
In Islam we call this the fitrah
the natural disposition of a human being the innate nature is to believe that God is one
of course there's only one God and I told you when I did really start to believe there's
only one when I became a mother and something's inside of me so I know how do you feel right
now?
I feel good Alhamdulillah I'm so good really but I feel good because I'm happy but that's
something that something has been just lifted off you, yeah yeah so you're going to make
somebody contact me.
This is a gift for you okay it's the Quran in English yes okay if you go to the back
there are the appendices yeah start there i have to from the beginning it's got it's
about three quarters in yeah but start there why it starts with a short biography of the
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ yes it starts with an introduction to the study of the Quran yes
why the Quran is unique how it's been preserved yes yeah some miracles of the Quran yes and
it goes through it's so like this it was a life changer for me okay so start at the beginning
start no start at the middle the appendicies okay and then at each chapter it gives you
like a short introduction to the chapter what was happening at the time that verse was revealed
you know there are some misconceptions about like uh war in Islam okay it tells you why
those verses were revealed it says fight those that fight you like those that i know the
people are better than i mean for one they fast and i know fasting and things like that
are good things
It's been an absolute pleasure, I pray God gives you steadfastness in your religion I
pray God keeps you firm in your belief, yes and I pray that you take this journey one
step at a time yes and Insha Allah insha'Allah we're going to put you in touch with some
good people please we're going to help you obviously you've got friends that are Muslim
anyway and like I say at any point I'll get Noaman to send them your number as well
We'll give you a contract we'll give you a contact detail for us as well yes so if you
ever you need anything yeah yes you're Muslim so you have rights over us now yeah thank
you if you need anything you contact us thank you it's been an absolute pleasure Marcia
thank you so much, ok you to thankyou.
As-salaamu'alaikum
Ok God bless, As-slaamu'alaikum
Take care.