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alul asalam alaykum my name is jabel
which uh in English or in portuges
translates to
Gabriel and uh I'm from Brazil and I
have been been living in Australia for
the past 5 years and a half I'm here to
tell you my story about how I became
Muslim as I told you I a I'm a Brazilian
I come from Brazil and uh I was brought
up in Brazil in a small City and uh I
was raised up in a Catholic
Family and you know my family is
Catholic but not really practicing but
my grandmother and all my other
relatives they you know we go to church
on Sundays we used to they still go but
not me
anymore as we know Cath people they
worship a lot of idols and they have all
the image and worship Saints and that so
I never really got into it I never
really became religious practicing
because I didn't really agree with it
but you know next door to my grandmother
Grandma's house there was a Christian
evangelic Christian woman and uh she one
day she invited me to go to the church
and you know she explained to me that
her religion was a bit different to
Catholic you know because they don't
worship images in there and that made a
little bit more sense to me before I you
know I changed and I became an evangelic
Christian and then after a while when I
was 17 years old I decided to come to
Australia to study English and you know
serve and get to know the place and then
when I got here in my
English school where I was you know
learning English and uh I met some
people some friends from Saudi Arabia
which you know they were Muslims and uh
through them I I got to know Islam you
know before that I didn't know anything
about Islam I the thing the only thing I
knew about Islam was what I heard on the
news which was O B ladin and Muslims are
terrorists you know but once I got to
know those friends they introduced me to
Islam they you know we used to stud in
the same class and actually we also
lived in the same complex so we got to
become really good friends and that's
where I you know started to know the
truth about Islam you know through
seeing them how they practice and live
their life their costumes and the way
they treated one another they behave and
character you know CAU a lot my
attention the started to ask started to
ask them questions you know about their
religion and what they believe and
what's all that thing about oama Bin
Laden you know are you guys really
terrorists and you know through them I
got to know the reality of Islam because
Islam is a religion of peace that
teaches only good to treat people good
in their nothing to do with terrorism
and uh the main thing that caught me and
you know got me really interested about
Islam was the fact that in Islam we only
we only worship to Allah to God Alone
nothing else we don't worship to Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him we don't
worship Prophet Jesus Moses none else
besides our creator and you know as I
told you at the start I was brought up
in a Catholic Family but I didn't you
know feel it was right because there was
a lot of Idols worshiping
and image people you know confess their
sins to the priest to the father of the
church and ask them forgiveness you know
didn't make a lot of sense to me
therefore I went to the evangelic
Christians that there was no image and
then you know when I came to Australia I
got to know Islam and the they think
that the fact that Islam only worship to
Allah worship to God Alone nothing else
it really made sense to me although we
still believe in all the prophets and
you know worship but we only worship to
God we have you know an enormous very
great love towards Jesus but you know we
don't worship Jesus we love Muhammad we
believe in all of them we they all
received messages but we only worship to
to God alone then after a while of
asking questions you know a few weeks
you know asking questions and you know
things started to become more clear to
me about Islam and uh there was one day
I decided to become Muslim and to become
Muslim there is no rocket science you
know it's very simple you just have to
believe in one God testify that there is
no God but Allah which is our creator
the one that created everyone and
everything and the one that sustains
everything and that Muhammad peace be
upon Him is his messenger and that Jesus
is his messenger and all the prophets
were messengers of Allah and just
worship one God and believe in the in
the prophets and that's how I became
Muslim I had to say to testify that and
I I became a
Muslim and then after I became a
Muslim you know I OB obviously I know my
parents they live in Brazil and I you
know let them know that I became a
Muslim and you know my mother she
reacted she got a little bit surprised
and she said you show about it I said
yeah you know there is nothing wrong
about it you know once you get to know
it you understand it and then you know
she she asked me first thing she
mentioned was about oama B what about
oama B he isn't he Muslim as well I said
yeah but you know Islam is not nothing
to do with terrorism Islam is a peaceful
religion and at the start she got a
little bit uh you know uh bit surprised
and asking a few questions and you know
but after a while after few years
alhamdulillah of talking I always talk
to because I really appreciate the gift
that Allah has given me of becoming a
Muslim because you know I know in the
past you know how I used to be my life
changed so much and changed to the
better therefore you know when I meet my
friends or relatives I always like to
talk to them about Islam CU I want to
let them experience that Bounty that
Allah has given to us so after a while
of talking to my mother I always even
though I don't live in Brazil but I
always phone her always Skype her and uh
talking talking to her so much after a
few years she became Muslim as well
alhamdulillah you know because Islam is
very simple you know it's for Christian
for you know a person that believes in
God to become a Muslim is is you know
it's just one more step because it's a
completely it makes a lot it's 100%
common sense it's you know the truth so
alhamdulillah she became Muslim in the I
have a lot of friends as well in Brazil
that you know they when I went there I
went there about 10 months ago and I
know they asked me about a lot of
questions about Islam and why you became
Muslim why this and that and before I
spoke to them about Islam they didn't
know anything they I mean they only knew
about oama Badin terrorism everything
they would mention oama Badin or one of
the first questions would be about
terrorism and you know why the Muslims
treat their wives badly and it's all you
know what they knew news the news tells
us but it's not true Islam you know
actually it emphasize for the husbands
to treat the wives really well and uh
but my friends they had some questions
but you know once they got to hang
around with me again it's spend you know
few days with me they saw that Islam
only brought me benefit and that I
became a better person and I still do
what I used to do with them we go out we
play soccer we go surfing together we go
skateboarding with do everything but
alhamdulillah thanks to Allah I stopped
to do my prayers you know I thank God
for the things that happens to me you
know I have more patient I treat them
better and they really appreciate it and
uh you know some of them are even
thinking about to become Muslim as well
alhamdulillah you know Islam you know
once I became a Muslim Islam you know
completely changed my life not
completely but you know I still do this
normal things that I used to do in the
past everything you know that a normal
person does but uh you know it really
you know I started to appreciate things
more and you know once I became Muslim I
realized the purpose of life why you
know I'm here and what's the purpose of
creation because Islam you know glory be
to to God Subhan Allah it teaches
from a to zed every single aspect in
life it teaches us and explains why and
you know it tells us the meaning of our
life and where we go after here and what
we have to do to attain paradise and to
be successful in this life and also in
the here after the life that is to come
so Islam taught me to improve my life
you know all around you know at school
know the the way I deal with people the
way you know like the way I do things I
you know try to do it to please God so
you know Islam you know changed my life
in a in a way that you know we here in
Islam we believe that we are here for
tempor temporary time we're not here
forever in this life therefore we know
we we appreciate what we have what we
have been given you know our present
time because you know everything comes
from Allah if we get good if we know
it's because God wants in Islam we
believe that everything has being
preordination
and
that you know so I I appreciate to be
content I learned to be content with my
present life and I mean the things I
have and I
if and yeah and you know that I'm here
for temporary time and that you know I
be more thankful for the things I have
and try to prove myself so that I can
you know God can everything is
controlled by God if God is pleased with
us he will give us good life in this
life because everything is under his
control and in the also in the Hereafter
he give us because everything belongs to
him and uh you know it has it Islam you
know it's a great gift it got to offer
to for many people in everything they
need in their life you know I see these
days a lot of people they've got you
know personal issues and they get
depression and they have you know they
commit suicide but that's because they
have got no faith Unfortunately they
don't believe in the Hereafter they
think that this life is the only life
they have and that you know if some
things are not going well they get
frustrated they don't know what to do
they lose their you know state of mind
and they do stupid things but in Islam
as Islam teaches us that we are being we
are being tested here and that we don't
belong here belong to the Hereafter
which is the place where we're going to
live forever so we when something bad
happens to anyone to us Muslim we thank
God we you know we ask God to you know
give us patient and to improve our
situation because everything is under
the control of God so for everyone Islam
Islam is the way of life for everyone
you know I don't know how
but you know it's got to offer you know
a better you know for for me I became a
better person with my parents to my
friends so it improves every aspects in
our life so when we become a Muslim when
we start to follow the the teachings the
way of prophet Muhammad sallallahu alhi
wasallam you know it will improve every
single aspect in our life and you know
and Allah you be pleased with us God
will be pleased with us and he will give
us for a person that doesn't you know
doesn't have a a job Allah will make it
easy if Allah is content with that
person and Allah will give a good family
to that person if you know if the person
you know if is pleased with that person
you know once I got to know the Islam I
I told to myself I
thought how can you know a person that
gets to know about Islam not be
Muslim because Islam is a religion that
for me makes completely sense not only
for me but everyone that has an open
mind and you know knows what's right and
wrong you know we agree that Islam is
the way because Islam itself when we
first of all when we hear the name Islam
or Muslims we get scared but if we look
at the meaning you know we'll get
surprised because Islam itself the word
it means peace and submission and a
Muslim is a person that submits to the
Creator submission to God so a Muslim is
an adapter of Islam that submits himself
to the will of God whatever God has
revealed to us and commanded us to do we
will do and Obey him and he only want
goodness to us
so and Islam is to worship the Creator
and not worship the creation you know
believe in all the prophets all the true
prophets of God Jesus Muhammad Moses you
know
Abrahim Joseph all all prophets that God
sent to the human to the mankind to
guide us we believe in all of them but
we don't worship them because they are
they were creation a creation of God but
we only worship to the Creator that's
Allah that created us that gave us life
sustains us that will cause us to Die
the one that will resurrect Us in the
day of judgment gives us everything so
why would I worship the creation instead
of the
Creator you know that Islam I hope
inshallah you know we become all become
Muslim in
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