Converting to Islam is the first step any beginner Muslim can take to follow the path of righteousness. Therefore, being a new convert, it is important that you know how to convert to Islam, and what benefits you can receive when you convert to Islam. So, here we go.
How To Convert To Islam?
To become a Muslim, you just need to follow a few simple and easy steps. All one has to do is to recite a sentence which is called the testimony of Faith (Shahada), which is pronounced as:
“La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”
These are Arabic words that mean:
“There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God.”
When a person says this testimony of Faith (Shahada) with heart and understanding of the meaning, then that person would become a Muslim.
The first part states,
“There is no true deity but God”. This means that none has the right to be worshiped but God alone. And God neither has any partner nor a son. The second part states and means that the Holy Prophet PBUH is the true Prophet sent by God to mankind.
In order to become a Muslim, make sure that you believe in these things as well.
- Believe that the Holy Quran is the actual word of Allah.
- Belief in the Day of Judgment
- Belief in all the Prophets sent by God and the books that he revealed upon them
- Belief in the angels
- Acceptance of Islam as their Religion
- Not Worship anything nor anyone except God
Now that we know how to convert to Islam, below are a few benefits that you need to know about when you convert to Islam.
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Liberation From Slavery
Islam helps by eliminating the mind from superstitions and uncertainties. It helps by liberating the should from sin and helps eliminating the corruption and freeing the conscience from oppression as well as fear.
By submitting to God’s will, one does not give up his/her freedom. Instead, it helps by giving a very high degree of freedom by freeing the mind from superstitions and filling it with truth and knowledge.
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Experience The Love Of Allah
By converting to Islam, you can now experience the true love of God. All you have to do now is to follow God’s teachings to Life, follow the Quran, and the teachings as well as traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
When Allah (Azza Wa Jall) created the world, he did not abandon it to insecurity and instability. Allah himself sent a firm and steady rope, and if a human being holds to this rope tightly, he/she can achieve greatness in this life and after. Below are a few verses of the Holy Quran that will make this clear to you.
Say (O Muhammad to mankind): “If you (really) love God then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah), God will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Quran 3:31)
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter, he will be one of the losers. (Quran 3:85)
There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Taghut[2] and believes in God, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And God is All-Hearer, All-Knower. (Quran 2:256)
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Paradise After Life
Jannah, as it is described in numerous verses of the Holy Quran, is eternal bliss and is promised to rightful believers. God showers his mercy upon the believers by rewarding them with Paradise.
Whomsoever denies Allah and worships someone else than him, or believes that God has a son or a daughter, or a partner, he/she will be doomed in the hereafter to the hellfire eternally. By converting to Islam, that person can be saved from hellfire and will enter paradise.
“And those who believe (in the Oneness of God) and do righteous good deeds, to them We shall surely give lofty dwellings in Paradise, underneath which rivers flow, to live therein forever. Excellent is the reward of the workers.” (Quran 29: 58)
