Why does islam change everyone, for the better?

Question

i was watching a show on PBS tht talked abt non muslim youths who commited murders and robberies and assaults in prison. they opened up the Quran one time in thei jail cells and they convert then and there, and they became better ppl. they changed completly.

y does islam have this impact on ppl? wat is the magic in it?

i mean, everyone talks abt the power in islam but y dont i feel it? i feel the truth in it but not the magic others do. y cant i experience it? i wanna experience the magic!!!

sahar- omg tht is such a nice hadeeth! thnx for sharing!

Answer 1

Islam is just that powerful you find all the truth in it. and it has the strict rules to follow and it keeps you out of trouble and away from the bad Islam protects you. I know as an Ex Christian It has changed me for the better, I don't drink I don't date gamble,drugs treat my mom with disrespect I don't back talk her I respect others becuase Allah Ask us me to and doing these things it has help clense my soul

I try my best to follow these things and Allah rewards you in so many ways that I don't even know where to begin to thank him. Allah guides who he wishes and once you know about Islam you can't forget it and Allah rewards you and you know it because your happy.

My favorite Hadiths:

There's a piece of flesh in your chest that when it is corrupted then the whole body is corrupted. and is clean and pure then the whole body's clean and pure, Thepiece of flesh is the heart.

If you purify your soul your better than an angel.

This life is a prison to the believer and paradise to the disbeliever.

The one thinks that he is free to do as he wants is a slave to themselfs not Allah.


Edit: your most welcome I love reading the hadiths so fascinating the more I read the more I'm amazed with Islam.

Answer 2

There is no magic trick. Its not magic but the miracle of miracles. That is the power contained in the Holy Quran.
The Messages are The Eternal Words from Allah the Most High Himself. Therefor it bears the eternal quality that persist unchanged through time. And the Messages contained therein are for all time. It won't go out of date and it won't need summary checking with the current event. Upon reading the Quran, when you put aside all prejudice and preconception and habour the need of wanting the truth, you will notice that Allah Himself will converse to you through the Quran. I live with it to this day and this miracles have amazed me time and again. And always, every time I read it, I get new understanding of what its means that no matter how many times I read it again, always new understanding came to me. How come such short words would have a deep and vast meaning always fresh every time we read it. And it can even be easily memorised, too. Even the whole of it. Asked around, you will know just how many Muslims bears the title "Al-Hafiz" those who memorised the whole of Holy Quran word for word, alphabet for alphabet. Alhamdulillah, I have memorised about 1/30 of it and still working on it. Now, isn't THAT amazing? Its not my doing, but the miracle that is The Holy Quran. Can anybody do the same for any other kind of work?
Do you know that reading the surah in arabic, you will never get tired of reading it no matter how many times you recite it?
I've been reciting Al-Fatehah for thousands of time but still it seem fresh to my tongue. Compare that to a Bon Jovi song(used to be my favorite) only after 10 times I'm tired of singing it. And thereafter, all the surah bears the same quality. You will never get tire of reciting it, even the translation, the correct translation that is, carries the same quality. Not the corrupted ones. That's why human works that tries to imitate the works of Allah have failed again and again throughout all this time. The Holy Quran is not the works of Muhammad(pbuh) who is after all a unlettered man.
How could an unlettered man produced such thing that trancends time itself? So it must be Allah the Eternal, He who created Time, outside time and space.

So, the "Magic" as you call it, is nothing more and nothing less then the eternal Words of Allah the Eternal. The truth in it is so powerful, so pure, so blessed, so... I don't how to describe it ... that you can't help but submit to what it says.
When you recite the Holy Quran, its Allah who talks to you. Your voice, your lips, your mouth, your ability of speech is His gift to you. When you hear it being recited, that is the Holy Quran. The better the reciter, the better it sounds to you, the more of this miracles will show itself to you.

That's why when we muslims, those who can, they must recite the Holy Quran in the best voice, the melodious recital. This is important since its the teaching from the Holy Prophet(pbuh) himself." When you recite the Holy Quran, recite it with a beautiful voice and melodious way, for he who does not, he is not of us."
"Reciting in melodious way" is not singing, never mistake that for singing, but the way that have been shown by Holy Prophet himself, or those he have approved of.

That is the "magic" of The Holy Quran. The core of Islam, the "thing" that such a wonderful impact that in such a way it can change a person character in total.

Answer 3

God knows what is the best for mankind, not a human being, or a government, or a judge.

All commandments of God with latest and final testiment (Quran) if followed will result in peace of mind and heart, even if God tests his creation.

Not every muslim is good, the way not every driver of mercedese knows how to drive such good car. Still the opportunity to get max. benefit out of islam's teachings rest with a muslim himself.

Answer 4

Do you mean that you would bring back the death penalty rather than "death row"? The later is a special location within a prison in which prisoners sentenced to death are housed until they can be executed. Being a "Yank", the use of "immersion" in school means to be dunked in the school swimming pool so bear with me here a second when I ask to you mean this to convey the concept of "occupation" or "absorption" or "enthrallment" ? If so then I would definitely. In reply to the person who wishes to legalize drugs, I would definitely agree with him providing they must take a lethal dose and he be the very first to get that lethal dose. L8r

Answer 5

You should know the history where the kalimatullah al-Quran had soften the ferocity heart of Saidina Umar Al-Khattab before he wasn't a muslim.. I mean he's converted to Islam and become one of the prominent Khalifah.

You'll have the feeling..(how can i describe it? I wish I can..MashaAllah.. Subhanallah..the calmness) when you are fully understand the kalimatullah and fully doing what Allah told.

Answer 6

It is not magic they feel but Allah. Pleasing Allah is the best feeling you can imagine. When you do all your obligatory actions then start doing Sunnah the feeling of knowing you are going above and beyond what little Allah asks and know you are showing your love to your Creator and knowing He loves those who do this. SubhanAllah what a feeling.

Answer 7

the word of God is enough to make anyone convert.....i know of a guy at my mosque who was a major drug dealer and converted after he ended up in jail by reading the Quran...

Answer 8

There is no magic, it is simply that they realize the truth. God's peace and guidance is upon them.

Answer 9

"I know as an Ex Christian It has changed me for the better, I don't drink I don't date gamble,drugs treat my mom with disrespect"

You can be an "ex-" of something you never were in the first place.

Answer 10

yes, perhaps you see only positive part of Islam since you are biased towards other religions. but here are some hardcore facts of Islam.
Islam turns innocence youth into terrorists on the name of Jihad under the cover of Chauvinism and Freedom fights
Muslims have been the most voilent community , see the example of Shiya Sunni's bloodshed
Islam imparts fundamentalism, religious fanatics to youth and they become a human being filled with bias towards other religions.

anyways, you keep praising Islam but don't think that conversion improves other religion people, conversion can be devastating and brain wash the innocent people to indulge in terrorism.