About me

Coming from a Hindu Background ( caste Brahmin) I was always into rituals of worshiping IDOLS. At a very tender age I understood, Geeta and I used to think about it day and night. Nothing interested me more than the topic about GOD. My friends used to find me very weird. I always used to find a way to find someone to discuss with me about religion. My peers at that time were interested in Sports, Movies and other stuff. My favorite kind of movies were mythological hindu movies within which I used to look for answers for my Questions.

Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why is there pain in this world when I have to die one day? I found answers to all of these questions but the answers did not tally with worship.

For some reason I loved muslims even though outwardly I HATED them. How much ever I pushed them away from me , they used to find some way to come back to me. Again I used to argue with them about ISLAM. Unfortunately at that time , the muslims I met did not know much about Islam.

Once in my history class I was sitting with my muslim friend ( 8th grade ) and there she opened a page where it was written that Muslims say La ilaha il Allah, Muhammadur Rasoolullah.

Years passed,...... my view about muslims did not change for whenever I saw them I saw them doing wrong, like muslim women being opressed by men( unfortunately).

My years in high school ( 11th and 12th grade) I didnt have many friends. A person like me not having friends is like Poet refusing to think. After 6-7 months into this new land I found a girl, Muslim to whom I was instantly atrracted. We became very close to each other, again I used to always ask her about Islam but it was not enough to satisfy me.

2 years passed and my life continued, I did not step into a temple for almost 2 years. At home I didnt worship , I used to sit for hours and hours thinking and then came to a conclusion that the only way for me to attain peace is to dedicate my life to others. That is to Become a NUN. I volunteered to work in a hospital, to take care of the patients. It used to give a sense of satisfaction.

I went back to India for a short visit. Nothing was changed really. I returned to join college. My first day of classes I saw a girl , with a veil sitiing quietly and it attracted me towards her. She distanced me away from her but I didnt give up. Soon she became my close friend. She was different, she was the only muslim I knew who used to pray 5 times a day. That was surprise for me. I used to follow her to MSA ( muslim student association) and wait for her outside, whilest she prayed.

I remember the first day I set my foot in MSA looking for her. There were two girls sitting there. I remember their faces, full of brightness, full of love. They looked at me and smiled. A warming smile that is given to a younger sister. I sat with them and started talking to them. It was funny as I was trying to get Islam into the conversation and they were doing the same.

I asked them about Islam, I asked about their rights in Islam, I asked them about GOD and their opinion about about the concept. I asked them about Hinduism.

When I was talking to them my heart was feeling a soothing feeling and I longed to come and visit that place again. I started coming regularly to MSA. All the sisters there prayed 5 times a day, with excelent adab( behaviour) never showing me a sign of anger or hatred. In india, a muslim and hindu can be only friends if both were not religious. I used to cut classes and go and sit in MSA just to talk with them which resulted in my poor Grades ha ha.( ofcourse I have no complaints)

One of the sisters asked me come with her to the Qur'aanic classes. I was hessitant in the start but one day I was online and she sent me an 'IM' and invited me again. I told her that the distance was too long. She replied " where there is a will there is a way " . Such common sentence,.... but sometimes can change a person's life. I made up my mind to go to her classes.

I took the wrong bus, and lost the way. There was not even a penny in my pocket except that I had a transfer to return back. It was about 8:30 in the night, COLD and DARK. I was completely lost. All the stores were closed except for this one deli store. I went in there to ask for direction. The store was owned by muslims. One man he looked at me and asked me if Iam lost and I said " yes ". He asked me where I wanted to go and called the mosque. He offered to call a taxi but after my refusal he talked to my friend's grand father and asked him to pick me up from the place. I was relieved. I started talking to him, he was from Yemen. Soon my ride was there. I went to the mosque and reached the class around 9:30 PM.

I started going to classes often after that. Fortunately, the sister was teaching about the rights of women in Islam. I was amazed. I didnt know that Women in Islam were allowed to own property, marry whom ever they liked, didnt need to give dowry rather recived it, had the rights of inheritence, counted as witness and many many other rights 1400 years ago.

In India women were considered as property until early 19th century , and to this date we can find women being burnt for not giving dowry.

The benefits were overwhelming. Now lets see, I have to worship one creator and follow the commands of Allah by following Muhammad ( Peace be upon him). I also belive in all the Prophets that were sent, the angles and the books that were revealed and I was not confused about my religion, my way of life and on top of that if I did what I was supposed to do I WOULD RECIVE JANNAH ( INSHAALLAH). Now who in the right mind would refuse this treasure just for little pride, or some worldy things.

For discription about Jannah ( paradise) Ya Allah , Ya Allah, Just imagine, Allah ( subhana wa ta'ala) Allah The Most High gave us, muslims, non muslims alike, air to breathe, water to drink, Plants,Trees, animals, Sun , earth, stars, moons, Galaxies, heart, brain, nose,. lungs, pancreas, liver, kidnyes, urinary bladder, eyes, hands, nerves, parents, children , husband, wife, house, food, icecream, computers, sound, Ocean everything in the ocean, birds, ya Allah , Alhumdulilahi Rabbil Alameen, All praise is due to you , O my creator, my lord, my master, my sustainer, my provider, The most Generous, The most merciful , The LORD OF ALL CREATION.

The list cannot stop and still people worship idols, ask those idols which are created by man , with those hands of a man which are used to clean himself, with those hands of a man who lies, who cheats, who is imperfect, who eats who drinks, who cannot handle little cold, who cannot handle little heat, those idols which cannot move, which needs to be washed and dressed........ WHY? WHY ? WHY? Has the message not reached us? are the proofs not enough? are we that DUMM? are we that ARRROGANT? are we that immersed in our own pride, youth that we forget that we are not in control?

If u are a non muslim then I appologise to you for Muslims are not muslims any more, we are bunch of liers, we are not following what our beloved Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) brought. But I ask you sincerly to ask the creator to guide you , not the idols, not Jesus( for he is a man and a Prophet and not GOD) not any man, not any saint dead or alive. Ask the creator who created you and all the creation to guide you sincerely.

If u are a muslim, wake up, then this advice if for me and then you, for I need to wake up , you need to wake up, we are responsible, we will be held accountable for everything we do say .

ya Allah forgive me, make me of those who are dear to you and who please you, Ya Allah make me of the pious, make me of the righteous , ya ALlah Iam imperfect, I make mistakes but ya Allah I ask you and only you I worship, Iyyaka na'budhu wa Iyaaka nastaeen ya Allah Forgive me , Forgive me ya Allah, Do not take me unless you are pleased with me ya Allah , ya Allah forgive this Ummah , Ya Allah you are the most merciful, you are my Rabb , I seek repentence ya ALlah , I seek your pleasure ya Allah.

I call every one to ISLAM, a deen ( way of life) of peace, submission to ONE CREATOR, a deen that will lead one to the ultimate joy, the pleasure of our creator who will inshaAllah ( Allah willing) reward us immensly by Jannah.


	Allhumdullilahi Rabbil 'Alameen \| home Islam, A way of life \| Prophet Muhammad sallalahu Alayhi waslaam \| Prophets from Adam (A.s)- Muhammad (S.A.W) \| Qur'aan a Guidance and mercy to mankind \| Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him in Hindu Scriptures \| The Concept Of GOD In Hinduism By Zakir Naik \| The Rightly Guided Chalips \| Stories of Companions \| About me \| Selected Books \| Favorite Links \| Contact Me About me My Way To Islam My Request My Way To Islam Asalamu ''Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa barakatuhu My name is Ameenah AbdurRahmaan bint Dwaraknath, born in april 1983. Originally from Hyderabad(India) now residing in NewYork. Coming from a Hindu Background ( caste Brahmin) I was always into rituals of worshiping IDOLS. At a very tender age I understood, Geeta and I used to think about it day and night. Nothing interested me more than the topic about GOD. My friends used to find me very weird. I always used to find a way to find someone to discuss with me about religion. My peers at that time were interested in Sports, Movies and other stuff. My favorite kind of movies were mythological hindu movies within which I used to look for answers for my Questions. Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why is there pain in this world when I have to die one day? I found answers to all of these questions but the answers did not tally with worship. I used to talk with so called "saints" and ask their opinions but all in vain for their answer did not satisfy my heart. For some reason I loved muslims even though outwardly I HATED them. How much ever I pushed them away from me , they used to find some way to come back to me. Again I used to argue with them about ISLAM. Unfortunately at that time , the muslims I met did not know much about Islam. Once in my history class I was sitting with my muslim friend ( 8th grade ) and there she opened a page where it was written that Muslims say La ilaha il Allah, Muhammadur Rasoolullah. Translation: There is no diety, worthy of worship except ALLAH and Muhammad is his messenger. I asked her what it is and she replied " kalima ". I asked her to teach that to me and I repeated after her. At that moment I did not know what I was saying, but I said it. I used to always pray like the muslims because their way of submission overwhelmed me. Years passed,...... my view about muslims did not change for whenever I saw them I saw them doing wrong, like muslim women being opressed by men( unfortunately). There was a part in my heart which for some reason always longed for a company of a muslim but there was "none around". I came to United States in April 1998. I had "GOALS" Enthusiasm to live, an ambition to CHANGE THE WORLD. My years in high school ( 11th and 12th grade) I didnt have many friends. A person like me not having friends is like Poet refusing to think. After 6-7 months into this new land I found a girl, Muslim to whom I was instantly atrracted. We became very close to each other, again I used to always ask her about Islam but it was not enough to satisfy me. 2 years passed and my life continued, I did not step into a temple for almost 2 years. At home I didnt worship , I used to sit for hours and hours thinking and then came to a conclusion that the only way for me to attain peace is to dedicate my life to others. That is to Become a NUN. I volunteered to work in a hospital, to take care of the patients. It used to give a sense of satisfaction. I went back to India for a short visit. Nothing was changed really. I returned to join college. My first day of classes I saw a girl , with a veil sitiing quietly and it attracted me towards her. She distanced me away from her but I didnt give up. Soon she became my close friend. She was different, she was the only muslim I knew who used to pray 5 times a day. That was surprise for me. I used to follow her to MSA ( muslim student association) and wait for her outside, whilest she prayed. I remember the first day I set my foot in MSA looking for her. There were two girls sitting there. I remember their faces, full of brightness, full of love. They looked at me and smiled. A warming smile that is given to a younger sister. I sat with them and started talking to them. It was funny as I was trying to get Islam into the conversation and they were doing the same. I didnt know their names, who there were, but we started talking. The topic lasted for 4 long hours. I asked them about Islam, I asked about their rights in Islam, I asked them about GOD and their opinion about about the concept. I asked them about Hinduism. It was very surprising as I did not expect to meet WOMEN in United States dedicated to Islam and actually knew what they were saying. When I was talking to them my heart was feeling a soothing feeling and I longed to come and visit that place again. I started coming regularly to MSA. All the sisters there prayed 5 times a day, with excelent adab( behaviour) never showing me a sign of anger or hatred. In india, a muslim and hindu can be only friends if both were not religious. I used to cut classes and go and sit in MSA just to talk with them which resulted in my poor Grades ha ha.( ofcourse I have no complaints) One of the sisters asked me come with her to the Qur'aanic classes. I was hessitant in the start but one day I was online and she sent me an 'IM' and invited me again. I told her that the distance was too long. She replied " where there is a will there is a way " . Such common sentence,.... but sometimes can change a person's life. I made up my mind to go to her classes. The odds were against me but I didnt give up for GOD willed that I will be in that class that day. I took the wrong bus, and lost the way. There was not even a penny in my pocket except that I had a transfer to return back. It was about 8:30 in the night, COLD and DARK. I was completely lost. All the stores were closed except for this one deli store. I went in there to ask for direction. The store was owned by muslims. One man he looked at me and asked me if Iam lost and I said " yes ". He asked me where I wanted to go and called the mosque. He offered to call a taxi but after my refusal he talked to my friend's grand father and asked him to pick me up from the place. I was relieved. I started talking to him, he was from Yemen. Soon my ride was there. I went to the mosque and reached the class around 9:30 PM. I started going to classes often after that. Fortunately, the sister was teaching about the rights of women in Islam. I was amazed. I didnt know that Women in Islam were allowed to own property, marry whom ever they liked, didnt need to give dowry rather recived it, had the rights of inheritence, counted as witness and many many other rights 1400 years ago. In India women were considered as property until early 19th century , and to this date we can find women being burnt for not giving dowry. The stereotype I had about Islam started changing slowly. after 2 or 3 months of classes I took my " shahadah" in other words I accepted Islam. The benefits were overwhelming. Now lets see, I have to worship one creator and follow the commands of Allah by following Muhammad ( Peace be upon him). I also belive in all the Prophets that were sent, the angles and the books that were revealed and I was not confused about my religion, my way of life and on top of that if I did what I was supposed to do I WOULD RECIVE JANNAH ( INSHAALLAH). Now who in the right mind would refuse this treasure just for little pride, or some worldy things. For discription about Jannah ( paradise) Ya Allah , Ya Allah, Just imagine, Allah ( subhana wa ta'ala) Allah The Most High gave us, muslims, non muslims alike, air to breathe, water to drink, Plants,Trees, animals, Sun , earth, stars, moons, Galaxies, heart, brain, nose,. lungs, pancreas, liver, kidnyes, urinary bladder, eyes, hands, nerves, parents, children , husband, wife, house, food, icecream, computers, sound, Ocean everything in the ocean, birds, ya Allah , Alhumdulilahi Rabbil Alameen, All praise is due to you , O my creator, my lord, my master, my sustainer, my provider, The most Generous, The most merciful , The LORD OF ALL CREATION. The list cannot stop and still people worship idols, ask those idols which are created by man , with those hands of a man which are used to clean himself, with those hands of a man who lies, who cheats, who is imperfect, who eats who drinks, who cannot handle little cold, who cannot handle little heat, those idols which cannot move, which needs to be washed and dressed........ WHY? WHY ? WHY? Has the message not reached us? are the proofs not enough? are we that DUMM? are we that ARRROGANT? are we that immersed in our own pride, youth that we forget that we are not in control? Top My Request Oh ya Allah, forgive us This message is for muslims and non muslims as well, If u are a non muslim then I appologise to you for Muslims are not muslims any more, we are bunch of liers, we are not following what our beloved Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) brought. But I ask you sincerly to ask the creator to guide you , not the idols, not Jesus( for he is a man and a Prophet and not GOD) not any man, not any saint dead or alive. Ask the creator who created you and all the creation to guide you sincerely. If u are a muslim, wake up, then this advice if for me and then you, for I need to wake up , you need to wake up, we are responsible, we will be held accountable for everything we do say . THE PEN HAS BEEN LIFTED. CRY TO ALLAH TO FORGIVE YOU. CRY TO ALLAH TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THIS UMMAH> ya Allah forgive me, make me of those who are dear to you and who please you, Ya Allah make me of the pious, make me of the righteous , ya ALlah Iam imperfect, I make mistakes but ya Allah I ask you and only you I worship, Iyyaka na'budhu wa Iyaaka nastaeen ya Allah Forgive me , Forgive me ya Allah, Do not take me unless you are pleased with me ya Allah , ya Allah forgive this Ummah , Ya Allah you are the most merciful, you are my Rabb , I seek repentence ya ALlah , I seek your pleasure ya Allah. Alhumdullilahi Rabbil Alameeen, Ar Rahmaan nir Rahmeem Maaliki Yawmiddin, Ihdinas Siraatal mutaqeem, Siratal adheena an 'amta 'Alayihim ghairil maghdhoobi 'Alayihim wa ladh dhaaleeeeeen Ameeeen Allahumma salli 'Ala muhhamadin wa 'Ala 'Aali Muhammadin , ka'maa sallaita 'Ala ibraheema wa 'Aali ibraheema innaka hameedun majeeed. Allahumma baarik 'Ala muhhamadin wa 'Ala 'Aali Muhammadin, Ka'maa baaraktha 'Ala ibraaheema wa 'Aali ibraaheema innka hameedun majeeed. I call every one to ISLAM, a deen ( way of life) of peace, submission to ONE CREATOR, a deen that will lead one to the ultimate joy, the pleasure of our creator who will inshaAllah ( Allah willing) reward us immensly by Jannah. May Allah forgive us of our sins and grant us and our family Jannatul firdous without reckoning AMeeeeen Ameeeeeen Ameeeeeeeen ya Rabbil 'Alameeeeeeen. Top