{A convert girl Hira was burnt alive by her father and Uncle for embracing Islam. She raising her hands towards the sky amidst the burning fire screamed "Oh My Allah! Thou are watching me (surely), Thee love me, Thy servant Hira. Yes my Allah! Thou loved the caves of Hira and also this burning Hira too. After getting Thy love I do not care for anything.}
Ahmed Awwah: Assalamoalaikum wa-rehmatullahi wa-barakatuhu. Abdullah: Walekum Assalam wa-rehmatullahi wa-barakatuhu. Q: Abdullah Bhai! You know a monthly magazine "Armughan" is published at Phulat. There has been an ongoing series of interviews of the people who have embraced ISLAM in it. I want to put certain questions to you in this respect. A: Ahmed Bhai (wiping his tears) why do you want to pollute the pages of this sacred magazine by publishing affairs of a cruel and villain person like me. Q: Oh no Abdullah Bhai! Abbi (my father Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui) desires to get your interview published because your life presents a unique symbol of Allah's omnipotence. A: May Allah blesses your father with long life, I regard myself his slave and therefore bow before his command and I am ready to answer your questions. Q: Will you please introduce yourself? A: My real introduction is that I am the most cruel and worst type of human being, resembling a beast. Q: It is only a sentimental introduction. Tell something about yourself and your family. A: I was born in an Ahir (cowherd men) caste family in a Rajput Muslim majority village Budhana of district Muzaffar Nagar 42 or 43 years ago. My family was staunch Hindu and engaged in criminal activities. My father and Uncle commanded a gang of dacoits and committed all sorts of evil acts. In 1987 Meerut riots I along with my father and relatives slaughtered about 25 Muslims. Then I joined the Bajrang-Dal because I hated Muslims. In connection with Babri Masjid demolition I killed many Muslims in Shamli and Budhana. I shot a notorious Muslims gangster and then I committed a most heinous and barbaric act never seen by anyone in this world. (He started weeping and continued it for some time.) Q: Now tell me how you came in fold of Islam. A: There is Surah named Al-Burooj in the 30th para (section) of the Holy Qur'an. Allah has told a story of people who were destroyed, and killed in ditch of fire. Probably it refers to me. Please recite the Arabic text about their destruction in ditches of fire. Q: Qutila a[s]-[ha]bu alukhdood(i(.A(l)nn[a]ri [tha]ti alwaqood(i(. I[th] hum AAalayh[a] quAAood (un(
بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
085.004 قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الأخْدُودِ 085.005 النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ 085.006 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
Al-Qur'an, 085:004-006 (Al-Burooj [The Zodiacal Signs, The Constellations]) A: What would be Arabic translation of the phrase "Mercy was bestowed on person inflicted with fire? Q: Raham Ashabal Ukhdu A: Yes if this verse is referred to me, it would have been so, Raham Ashabal Ukhdu … Q: Now proceed further. A: My brother how can I tell you that my stone like heart and mouth do not allow me to recite that event. Q: Even then please tell it so that others may take lesson. A: Certainly, my embracing Islam can raise new hopes for such persons. When the All-Merciful Lord Allah (Arhamar-rahimin) can bestow His blessing on a person like me, then others should not give up hope of getting His mercy. Listen, Ahmed Bhai! I had an elder brother and we two brothers loved each other profoundly and committed all sorts of crimes and cruelty together. I had no issues, but my brother had two daughters and two sons. His eldest daughter was Hira. She was highly sentimental and either loved or hated someone just like a mad person. Some times we thought that she was under some evil spirit and consulted some exorcists also. But there was no change in her. She studied up to 8th class and then without permission of her elders filled High school examination form. She worked in fields to pay fees and cost of the books. She used to go to a Brahmin's family in neighbourhood for getting tuitions from his daughter. The Brahmin's son was a ruffian. He seduced her and eloped with her to a gang of criminals living in a jungle near Baraut. Hira was upset because of fear of losing her honour and resultant infamy of her parents and used to weep. One day a Muslim boy from Idreespur who was also member of the same gang saw her weeping and enquired the reason. She confessed to him her folly and told her apprehensions. The Muslim guy felt pity for her and declared that as a Muslim he would always treat her as his sister and would protect her honour. He also promised to take her out of the clutches of the gang. He suggested to his associates that the girl had ample talents to serve the gang and that she should be dressed like males. The suggestion was approved and she used to wear male dresses. The Muslim boy kept his promise and in the night took special care to protect her. On the members of gang became lenient towards her. One day he managed to send Hira to his house in Idreespur and told his younger brother to go to jungle and inform the gang member that people of Baraut had handed the girl on some suspicions to the police. Accordingly, his brother came to the jungle and informed the gangstets. Then he asked him to send Hira to the police station in Baraut and narrate her story to police. A FIR about Hira’s elopement was already lodged there. The lady police of Budhana came to Baraut and took Hira to our house. We accepted her but were in fix how to keep girl of loose morals. Hira told us that gang abducted her but she had not lost her chastity. At first we didn't believe her but at the suggestion of an educated relative we got her medical examination at Budhana Hospital. Doctor gave her a clean chit and we brought her back to home. She used to speak highly of that Muslim boy and praised Muslims. One day I saw some religious books in Urdu given to her by Muslim neighbours. I beat her mercilessly and threatened to kill her if she brought such books again in the house. But she was under spell of Islam and her heart had accepted the new faith. She went to a local Maulana with a Muslim school girl and embraced Islam. She learnt how to pray and used to say it secretly. A great change took place in her and instead of looking cheerful lass she looked sad and desperate. One day she left the home and went to Maulana’s house at Phulat. Ahmed Bhai I think she stayed for some days in your house also. Q: Oh Yes, Yes! Hira Baji! Where is she? All of us are concerned about her welfare. She is a very nice lady. It is a surprise that you are her Uncle. A: Yes Ahmed Bhai! She was named Hira by your father. But the cruel & tyrant killer uncle of the fair child is standing before you. (He starts crying.) Q: Tell me where is Hira Baji? A: Brother I'm going to tell you the account of my barbaric act of tyranny. As you know Maulana Saheb sent her to his sister's house at Delhi. There she got homely treatment from your aunt and mother. One night she dreamt that her mother had expired. She got up crying and requested Maulana Saheb to allow her to go to her home. But your family members discouraged her from going home and told her that her elder's would kill her. When she pressed very hard, Maulana Saheb allowed her to go and told her to invite her family members to embrace Islam and escape fire of hell. But Hira told him that they would never become Muslim because they hated Islam. Maulana Saheb asked her to pray for success of her mission. He told her that even if they killed her, she would get instant admission into paradise and her martyrdom would be beneficial for the whole family. Maulana Saheb told her to say two rakats of salah and pray to Allah and then leave for Budhana. Hira acted on his advice and came to our house. I beat her with shoes and kicked her. She informed us about her embracing Islam and asserted that no one could stop her from living as a Muslim. Her mother died after two month and she asked us to get her buried through local Muslims because she had recited Kalma before her. But how could we accept this proposal. We burnt her on a pyre. In order to check constant tension in the house we sent her to her maternal uncle's house at Meerut. But after some time he sent her back as he could not tolerate her Then I consulted some Bajrang Dal worker's. They advised me to kill her. I dug a five feet deep pit on the bank of a river. Her father and I myself took her on the pretext of going to her aunt's residence. She took bath, wore new clothes and offered prayers before coming with us. When we turned towards river, she laughed and asked to her father if he was taking to her aunt's house or to her bridegroom's house. (Cries for long) Q: (After giving him some water) Please complete your narrative. A: How could do I? I had 5 liters of petrol in my bag. We reached the pit and then her cruel beast like uncle pushed the fair child in the pit and said how she would save us from fire, as she is going to taste Hell fire first. I poured petrol on her and lighted match stick. (Sobs uncontrollably) My brother felt remorse and wanted to take her out. This enraged me and I dragged my brother and left the place. My brother asked me to try once more to persuade her to retrace her steps. But this added to my anger. While returning from inside the pit, we heard loud chanting of "LA ILAAHA ILLALLAH". These words purred into my callous heart. On return my brother fell ill and this shock took away his life. Two days before his death, he called me and said, "Whatever we did in the life cannot be rectified; now I could not die in peace till I embrace the religion of Hira. Please bring some Maulana to me." I collapsed to see my brother's condition. Then I went out and fetched the Imam of our local mosque. My brother asked him to make him recite Kalma. Then he recited the Kalma and declared his name as "Abdur Rehman". Then he asked me to bury him as per Muslim rites. It was very difficult for me but in order to obey his last desire I took him to Delhi Hospital where he died. Then I approached a doctor at Hamdard Dawakhana who arranged his burial with the help of some Muslim residents of Sangam Vihar. Q: This is quite strange. But you did not tell about your embracing Islam.
The fire caught her new clothes. She cried, "Oh My Allah Thou is seeing me. My Allah that loves me, Thou loved the cave of Hira and also loves Hira burning in this pit. I do not care anything after Thine love." Then she called her father loudly and said "Father do embrace Islam Cha-cha you also become Muslim."
A: I am telling you just now. My enmity to Islam had receded but I was sad to see my brother die as a Muslim. I was convinced that his wife would have also become a Muslim. I felt that some Muslim has cost some spell round our house and therefore, my family members were leaving ancestoral religion one by one. I consulted some Tantriks. One day I was going to Oon on a bus owned and driven by a Muslim. A Qawwali tape was on reciting the story of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) service to an old lady who later on became a Muslim. This Qawwali changed my heart and I thought that the story of this Prophet was really true. I got down at Jhinjhana and set out for Shamli to get some information about Islam. In the bus for Shamli a speech by Qari Haneef Saheb of Pakistan about death and hereafter was being relayed in a recorded tape. In order to hear full speech I extended my journey up to Muzaffar Nagar. The speech brought me closer to Islam. On return journey to Budhana I asked a Maulana sitting by my side to help me in getting full information about Islam. He advised me to contact Maulana Muhammad Kaleem Siddiqui of Phulat. I headed for Phulat but Maulana was out and was expected the next day. So I stayed there and a teacher gave me a book written by Maulana Kaleem "Aapki Amanat Aapki Sewa Main" to read. The book and its contents touched my heart and I longed for becoming a Muslim. Next evening I meet Maulana Saheb and expressed my desire to embrace Islam. He became very happy and taught me to recite Kalma and gave me new name "Abdullah". This was 13th January 2000. I stayed with the Maulana Saheb in the night and narrated him the brutal story of my atrocities' & beastly conduct. The Maulana Saheb wept bitterly to hear about tragic death of Hira and told me that she had lived with his sister. He consoled me by saying that by embracing Islam Allah would forgive all my sins. But I remained dissatisfied and said how such barbarous and heinous crimes could be pardoned. The Maulana Saheb clarified "Embracing Islam gets one's previous sins pardoned". Since you have killed so many Muslims now you should try to save their lives and serve them. Holy Qur'an says that good deeds destroy sins. He advised me to serve Muslims in misery and try to save and protect their lives. Fortunately during Gujarat riots my Allah gave me ample opportunities to compensate for my black deeds. I went there and posed like a Hindu and saved a number of Muslims. I escorted them to places of safety. I used to attend the meetings of Violent Hindus and disclose their evil designs to Muslims and help them to move to safe places. You must have heard about miraculous escape of 400 Muslim children of a Madrasa at Bhaonagar from arson and brutal attack of Hindus. This was I who informed the police and then broke down the boundary wall of Madrasa so that the innocent boys could escape before the mob could arrive and put the Madrasa to fire. I rendered such services for about three months. But even then I was not sure that my sins could be condoned. Then Maulana Kaleem once again assured me that Allah can do so and that I should not give up hopes to get His blessing and mercy. He also advised me to join Tablighi Jamaat to get detailed information about Islam and Shariat. I asked him to give me two months to make necessary arrangement. I sold my property and lands in the village and shifted to Delhi. I went in Jamaat tours for the whole year and got my wife, nephews and nieces converted to Islam. But still my heart remains gloomy and sad about my ghastly acts of tyranny and cruelty. Maulana Kaleem Saheb asked me to recite Holy Qur'an specially surah Burooj (surah no. 85) and its translation repeatedly. What a graphic truth has been revealed fourteen hundred years before by all knowing Allah who knows future happenings. Ahmed Bhai if you read surah Burooj specially its verses 4 to 9 where it has been stated 085.004 قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الأخْدُودِ 085.005 النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ 085.006 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ 085.007 وَهُمْ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ 085.008 وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ 085.009 الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel: Behold! They sat over against the (fire), And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things. Perish the fellows of the ditch of the fuel fed fire. When they sat by at it and were witness to what they did with the faithful. And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah the mighty the laudable; Him whose domain is the heavens and the earth. And Allah is witness over everything's." I still hear the echo of last words of Hira "Oh my Allah Thou is seeing me Thou loves me and also The Cave of Hira. I do not require anything else after thee. Then she called her father and said ‘Father do embrace Islam and Cha-cha you also become a Muslim. (He starts weeping and crying bitterly) Q: It is gratifying that you acted on her advice. You are very lucky that Allah changed the darkness of tyranny into light of Islam. A: Yes Allah who loved Hira accepted her recommendation otherwise such a beastly tyrant like me could never get this blessing. Q: Thank you so much, Abdullah Bhai! A: Ahmed Bhai, do pray or me that Allah enables me to do something to compensate for my deadly sins. I feel a bit relieved on my doings in Gujarat and get comfort from reading Qur'an. (Allah Hafiz. (May God keep you in His protective care.)
[Developed world equipped with science and technology needs Islam badly, sister Asma, I am not exaggerating and after looking world very closely assert that only Islam can remove the filth and darkness prevailing in the world. Why we the Muslims feel brow beaten before this deficient and amoral world even though we possess invaluable wealth of IMAN? I fail to understand this inferiority complex. We should feel proud of our prosperity and sympathize with this collapsing insolvent world.]
Ahmed Awwah: Assalamoalaikum wa-rehmatullahi wa-barakatuhu. Abdullah: Walekum Assalam wa-rehmatullahi wa-barakatuhu. Q: Abdullah Bhai! You know a monthly magazine "Armughan" is published at Phulat. There has been an ongoing series of interviews of the people who have embraced ISLAM in it. I want to put certain questions to you in this respect. A: Ahmed Bhai (wiping his tears) why do you want to pollute the pages of this sacred magazine by publishing affairs of a cruel and villain person like me. Q: Oh no Abdullah Bhai! Abbi (my father Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui) desires to get your interview published because your life presents a unique symbol of Allah's omnipotence. A: May Allah blesses your father with long life, I regard myself his slave and therefore bow before his command and I am ready to answer your questions. Q: Will you please introduce yourself? A: My real introduction is that I am the most cruel and worst type of human being, resembling a beast. Q: It is only a sentimental introduction. Tell something about yourself and your family. A: I was born in an Ahir (cowherd men) caste family in a Rajput Muslim majority village Budhana of district Muzaffar Nagar 42 or 43 years ago. My family was staunch Hindu and engaged in criminal activities. My father and Uncle commanded a gang of dacoits and committed all sorts of evil acts. In 1987 Meerut riots I along with my father and relatives slaughtered about 25 Muslims. Then I joined the Bajrang-Dal because I hated Muslims. In connection with Babri Masjid demolition I killed many Muslims in Shamli and Budhana. I shot a notorious Muslims gangster and then I committed a most heinous and barbaric act never seen by anyone in this world. (He started weeping and continued it for some time.) Q: Now tell me how you came in fold of Islam. A: There is Surah named Al-Burooj in the 30th para (section) of the Holy Qur'an. Allah has told a story of people who were destroyed, and killed in ditch of fire. Probably it refers to me. Please recite the Arabic text about their destruction in ditches of fire. Q: Qutila a[s]-[ha]bu alukhdood(i(.A(l)nn[a]ri [tha]ti alwaqood(i(. I[th] hum AAalayh[a] quAAood (un(
بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
085.004 قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الأخْدُودِ 085.005 النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ 085.006 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ
Al-Qur'an, 085:004-006 (Al-Burooj [The Zodiacal Signs, The Constellations]) A: What would be Arabic translation of the phrase "Mercy was bestowed on person inflicted with fire? Q: Raham Ashabal Ukhdu A: Yes if this verse is referred to me, it would have been so, Raham Ashabal Ukhdu … Q: Now proceed further. A: My brother how can I tell you that my stone like heart and mouth do not allow me to recite that event. Q: Even then please tell it so that others may take lesson. A: Certainly, my embracing Islam can raise new hopes for such persons. When the All-Merciful Lord Allah (Arhamar-rahimin) can bestow His blessing on a person like me, then others should not give up hope of getting His mercy. Listen, Ahmed Bhai! I had an elder brother and we two brothers loved each other profoundly and committed all sorts of crimes and cruelty together. I had no issues, but my brother had two daughters and two sons. His eldest daughter was Hira. She was highly sentimental and either loved or hated someone just like a mad person. Some times we thought that she was under some evil spirit and consulted some exorcists also. But there was no change in her. She studied up to 8th class and then without permission of her elders filled High school examination form. She worked in fields to pay fees and cost of the books. She used to go to a Brahmin's family in neighbourhood for getting tuitions from his daughter. The Brahmin's son was a ruffian. He seduced her and eloped with her to a gang of criminals living in a jungle near Baraut. Hira was upset because of fear of losing her honour and resultant infamy of her parents and used to weep. One day a Muslim boy from Idreespur who was also member of the same gang saw her weeping and enquired the reason. She confessed to him her folly and told her apprehensions. The Muslim guy felt pity for her and declared that as a Muslim he would always treat her as his sister and would protect her honour. He also promised to take her out of the clutches of the gang. He suggested to his associates that the girl had ample talents to serve the gang and that she should be dressed like males. The suggestion was approved and she used to wear male dresses. The Muslim boy kept his promise and in the night took special care to protect her. On the members of gang became lenient towards her. One day he managed to send Hira to his house in Idreespur and told his younger brother to go to jungle and inform the gang member that people of Baraut had handed the girl on some suspicions to the police. Accordingly, his brother came to the jungle and informed the gangstets. Then he asked him to send Hira to the police station in Baraut and narrate her story to police. A FIR about Hira’s elopement was already lodged there. The lady police of Budhana came to Baraut and took Hira to our house. We accepted her but were in fix how to keep girl of loose morals. Hira told us that gang abducted her but she had not lost her chastity. At first we didn't believe her but at the suggestion of an educated relative we got her medical examination at Budhana Hospital. Doctor gave her a clean chit and we brought her back to home. She used to speak highly of that Muslim boy and praised Muslims. One day I saw some religious books in Urdu given to her by Muslim neighbours. I beat her mercilessly and threatened to kill her if she brought such books again in the house. But she was under spell of Islam and her heart had accepted the new faith. She went to a local Maulana with a Muslim school girl and embraced Islam. She learnt how to pray and used to say it secretly. A great change took place in her and instead of looking cheerful lass she looked sad and desperate. One day she left the home and went to Maulana’s house at Phulat. Ahmed Bhai I think she stayed for some days in your house also. Q: Oh Yes, Yes! Hira Baji! Where is she? All of us are concerned about her welfare. She is a very nice lady. It is a surprise that you are her Uncle. A: Yes Ahmed Bhai! She was named Hira by your father. But the cruel & tyrant killer uncle of the fair child is standing before you. (He starts crying.) Q: Tell me where is Hira Baji? A: Brother I'm going to tell you the account of my barbaric act of tyranny. As you know Maulana Saheb sent her to his sister's house at Delhi. There she got homely treatment from your aunt and mother. One night she dreamt that her mother had expired. She got up crying and requested Maulana Saheb to allow her to go to her home. But your family members discouraged her from going home and told her that her elder's would kill her. When she pressed very hard, Maulana Saheb allowed her to go and told her to invite her family members to embrace Islam and escape fire of hell. But Hira told him that they would never become Muslim because they hated Islam. Maulana Saheb asked her to pray for success of her mission. He told her that even if they killed her, she would get instant admission into paradise and her martyrdom would be beneficial for the whole family. Maulana Saheb told her to say two rakats of salah and pray to Allah and then leave for Budhana. Hira acted on his advice and came to our house. I beat her with shoes and kicked her. She informed us about her embracing Islam and asserted that no one could stop her from living as a Muslim. Her mother died after two month and she asked us to get her buried through local Muslims because she had recited Kalma before her. But how could we accept this proposal. We burnt her on a pyre. In order to check constant tension in the house we sent her to her maternal uncle's house at Meerut. But after some time he sent her back as he could not tolerate her Then I consulted some Bajrang Dal worker's. They advised me to kill her. I dug a five feet deep pit on the bank of a river. Her father and I myself took her on the pretext of going to her aunt's residence. She took bath, wore new clothes and offered prayers before coming with us. When we turned towards river, she laughed and asked to her father if he was taking to her aunt's house or to her bridegroom's house. (Cries for long) Q: (After giving him some water) Please complete your narrative. A: How could do I? I had 5 liters of petrol in my bag. We reached the pit and then her cruel beast like uncle pushed the fair child in the pit and said how she would save us from fire, as she is going to taste Hell fire first. I poured petrol on her and lighted match stick. (Sobs uncontrollably) My brother felt remorse and wanted to take her out. This enraged me and I dragged my brother and left the place. My brother asked me to try once more to persuade her to retrace her steps. But this added to my anger. While returning from inside the pit, we heard loud chanting of "LA ILAAHA ILLALLAH". These words purred into my callous heart. On return my brother fell ill and this shock took away his life. Two days before his death, he called me and said, "Whatever we did in the life cannot be rectified; now I could not die in peace till I embrace the religion of Hira. Please bring some Maulana to me." I collapsed to see my brother's condition. Then I went out and fetched the Imam of our local mosque. My brother asked him to make him recite Kalma. Then he recited the Kalma and declared his name as "Abdur Rehman". Then he asked me to bury him as per Muslim rites. It was very difficult for me but in order to obey his last desire I took him to Delhi Hospital where he died. Then I approached a doctor at Hamdard Dawakhana who arranged his burial with the help of some Muslim residents of Sangam Vihar. Q: This is quite strange. But you did not tell about your embracing Islam.
The fire caught her new clothes. She cried, "Oh My Allah Thou is seeing me. My Allah that loves me, Thou loved the cave of Hira and also loves Hira burning in this pit. I do not care anything after Thine love." Then she called her father loudly and said "Father do embrace Islam Cha-cha you also become Muslim."
A: I am telling you just now. My enmity to Islam had receded but I was sad to see my brother die as a Muslim. I was convinced that his wife would have also become a Muslim. I felt that some Muslim has cost some spell round our house and therefore, my family members were leaving ancestoral religion one by one. I consulted some Tantriks. One day I was going to Oon on a bus owned and driven by a Muslim. A Qawwali tape was on reciting the story of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) service to an old lady who later on became a Muslim. This Qawwali changed my heart and I thought that the story of this Prophet was really true. I got down at Jhinjhana and set out for Shamli to get some information about Islam. In the bus for Shamli a speech by Qari Haneef Saheb of Pakistan about death and hereafter was being relayed in a recorded tape. In order to hear full speech I extended my journey up to Muzaffar Nagar. The speech brought me closer to Islam. On return journey to Budhana I asked a Maulana sitting by my side to help me in getting full information about Islam. He advised me to contact Maulana Muhammad Kaleem Siddiqui of Phulat. I headed for Phulat but Maulana was out and was expected the next day. So I stayed there and a teacher gave me a book written by Maulana Kaleem "Aapki Amanat Aapki Sewa Main" to read. The book and its contents touched my heart and I longed for becoming a Muslim. Next evening I meet Maulana Saheb and expressed my desire to embrace Islam. He became very happy and taught me to recite Kalma and gave me new name "Abdullah". This was 13th January 2000. I stayed with the Maulana Saheb in the night and narrated him the brutal story of my atrocities' & beastly conduct. The Maulana Saheb wept bitterly to hear about tragic death of Hira and told me that she had lived with his sister. He consoled me by saying that by embracing Islam Allah would forgive all my sins. But I remained dissatisfied and said how such barbarous and heinous crimes could be pardoned. The Maulana Saheb clarified "Embracing Islam gets one's previous sins pardoned". Since you have killed so many Muslims now you should try to save their lives and serve them. Holy Qur'an says that good deeds destroy sins. He advised me to serve Muslims in misery and try to save and protect their lives. Fortunately during Gujarat riots my Allah gave me ample opportunities to compensate for my black deeds. I went there and posed like a Hindu and saved a number of Muslims. I escorted them to places of safety. I used to attend the meetings of Violent Hindus and disclose their evil designs to Muslims and help them to move to safe places. You must have heard about miraculous escape of 400 Muslim children of a Madrasa at Bhaonagar from arson and brutal attack of Hindus. This was I who informed the police and then broke down the boundary wall of Madrasa so that the innocent boys could escape before the mob could arrive and put the Madrasa to fire. I rendered such services for about three months. But even then I was not sure that my sins could be condoned. Then Maulana Kaleem once again assured me that Allah can do so and that I should not give up hopes to get His blessing and mercy. He also advised me to join Tablighi Jamaat to get detailed information about Islam and Shariat. I asked him to give me two months to make necessary arrangement. I sold my property and lands in the village and shifted to Delhi. I went in Jamaat tours for the whole year and got my wife, nephews and nieces converted to Islam. But still my heart remains gloomy and sad about my ghastly acts of tyranny and cruelty. Maulana Kaleem Saheb asked me to recite Holy Qur'an specially surah Burooj (surah no. 85) and its translation repeatedly. What a graphic truth has been revealed fourteen hundred years before by all knowing Allah who knows future happenings. Ahmed Bhai if you read surah Burooj specially its verses 4 to 9 where it has been stated 085.004 قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الأخْدُودِ 085.005 النَّارِ ذَاتِ الْوَقُودِ 085.006 إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ 085.007 وَهُمْ عَلَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ 085.008 وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ 085.009 الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel: Behold! They sat over against the (fire), And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers. And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!- Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things. Perish the fellows of the ditch of the fuel fed fire. When they sat by at it and were witness to what they did with the faithful. And they persecuted them for naught save that they believed in Allah the mighty the laudable; Him whose domain is the heavens and the earth. And Allah is witness over everything's." I still hear the echo of last words of Hira "Oh my Allah Thou is seeing me Thou loves me and also The Cave of Hira. I do not require anything else after thee. Then she called her father and said ‘Father do embrace Islam and Cha-cha you also become a Muslim. (He starts weeping and crying bitterly) Q: It is gratifying that you acted on her advice. You are very lucky that Allah changed the darkness of tyranny into light of Islam. A: Yes Allah who loved Hira accepted her recommendation otherwise such a beastly tyrant like me could never get this blessing. Q: Thank you so much, Abdullah Bhai! A: Ahmed Bhai, do pray or me that Allah enables me to do something to compensate for my deadly sins. I feel a bit relieved on my doings in Gujarat and get comfort from reading Qur'an. (Allah Hafiz. (May God keep you in His protective care.)
[Developed world equipped with science and technology needs Islam badly, sister Asma, I am not exaggerating and after looking world very closely assert that only Islam can remove the filth and darkness prevailing in the world. Why we the Muslims feel brow beaten before this deficient and amoral world even though we possess invaluable wealth of IMAN? I fail to understand this inferiority complex. We should feel proud of our prosperity and sympathize with this collapsing insolvent world.]
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