alhamdulillah alaykum which means peace
be unto you welcome to another episode
of the dean show if you want to learn
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when we come back we're going to
introduce brother
Shazam and he's going to tell us his
story how he came to Islam and how he's
still in Islam and he's excited about
Islam and he's sharing Islam to the
people sit tight you don't go
nowhere
Allah there's only one God and muhamad
is his
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messenger there's only one God and Jesus
was his messenger Allah
I don't know why I did that maybe maybe
it's just to break the
ice
brother did I say your name Shazam
Shazad yeah Shazad yeah okay president
of the Canadian daa Association before
we get into some of the wonderful work
that you're doing the people are excited
they love hearing the stories of how
people come to Islam now you have a
unique situation that as I heard that
you have a family who were some of their
Roots were from the uh Islamic uh origin
but they weren't practicing Islam right
talk to us uh tell us a little bit start
us off on your story alhamdulillah
basically um Allah has been most kind to
me approximately uhu I'd say about 10 or
11 years ago uh I entered into the fold
of Islam
alhamdulillah uh originally I'm from the
Caribbean uh so I have some roots that
go back to Islam and different religions
my parents originally were Muslims
alhamdulillah but uh person being born
and raised in Toronto in Canada um you
know I wasn't raised believing in a
particular way or particular
religion um in in in school the general
schools that we went to they would teach
us the theory of Darwinism and that is
as everyone knows the belief that uh you
know human beings have no Creator and
everything came came about by chance
alhamdulillah you know after thinking
about this and going through this life
trying to look for happiness in all the
wrong places at times looking for
happiness in intoxicants or in the fast
life you know or in just things that
have short Pleasures I started to
realize that you know there must be more
to life and uh alhamdulillah I would say
that uh after thinking and just trying
to reason I figured out that if simple
things like a car requires you know
there must be a manufacturer then more
so a human being must also require a
manufacturer or a Creator so I began
little by little believing that there
must be a Creator there must be a God
and I began trying to search search out
and find out you know who is this
Creator and what are we supposed to do
in order to fulfill our purpose in
life
um after I would say general research I
went to churches I went to different
religious uh Gatherings researching
Through the Bible um reading a little
bit of you know the the old and New
Testament as well as reading through
books of Buddhism Hinduism Allah subhana
wa tala guided me to read a bit about
the Quran wait one second please because
I uh want to simplify for the person who
just he heard you mention Allah and you
said subhana wa tal can you define what
this is for our non-muslims who are
listening well of course as uh as um as
you hear the word Allah uh Allah is the
when we refer to Allah we mean the only
the the only creator the only the uh the
The God Who created everything it's not
a moon God is it no of course not no
moon God actually Christian Arabs and
and even you know Jewish Arabs they
refer to God by the name Allah so this
is not strange to the the Arab Christian
or the Arab Jew so when you hear me say
Allah you know I'm speaking about the
creator of the heavens and the earth
when you hear me say Allah you know I'm
speaking about uh the one who created
everything and controlling everything
and sustaining everything when you hear
me say Allah you know speaking about the
one who is allowing his son to rise in
the east every day and to set in the
west when I speak about Allah you know
I'm speaking about the one who allows
the clouds clouds to form and the rain
to descend so with that being in mind uh
you know it was a as I was saying it was
really uh a bounty from Allah from my
creator that he guided me to you know to
Islam after going through all these
different stages uh I have to say that
it wasn't all at once like my background
like I said I was looking for happiness
in all the wrong places uh you know
previously I used to be a DJ very much
involved in the music industry very much
involved in uh you know uh what's T
taking place in the entertainment World
um thinking that happiness was in that
type of lifestyle and after seeing so
many people meeting so many people you
think that they're happy they have
everything they have wealth they have
Fame they have women they have you know
everything that people look to today on
television thinking that this is you
know this is happiness I met many of
these people myself being one of them
and found that
uh I did not find true happiness in that
I would come back home after a party
come back home after uh you know some of
these festivals uh and I would find that
when I go to sleep at night I feel like
something's missing even though in the
you know in the
apparent outl look look at it I had
basically everything that I thought I
needed to have I would go to sleep at
night and I feel like something's
missing and it wasn't until after like I
said I began to search figing figing out
you know that there is a Creator
figuring out that you know there must
this Creator must send a revelation I
mean if we are people who when we
purchase a brand new television or a
brand new computer it comes with an
instruction manual telling you you know
how to work this thing that you just
purchased or this new television what
button is For What and how to use it so
if you think about these companies like
Sony who when you buy a brand new
television it comes with this
instruction manual we have to think well
what about the creator of the heavens
and the earth I mean of course he would
also send us an instruction manual so
after time after research I realized
that yes of course the creator of the
heavens and earth he did send us an
instruction manual or instruction
manuals Revelations and of course he did
send us instructors these were prophets
and Messengers so little by little I
began to
compare like I said reading through the
uh gospels reading through different
religious texts a person uh offered me
the Quran uh in high school I never
really had any Muslim friends but this
person was in one of my classes and he
saw me researching and reading and doing
a lot of stuff like this and he gave me
a copy of the Quran and he said why
don't you read this book you know
there's no book like this this book
itself is like a miraculous book he
start telling me all these things about
it myself now I thought you know I never
heard of a book like this but he said no
one can produce a book like it so I said
well let me see it you know I took it
and I took it with a sense of Pride or a
sense of arrogance that let me see it I
don't think it's that you know that big
of a deal I could read this book and see
what it's all about you know mhm I
started reading the Quran and just the
in English the way the Quran speaks to
you I started feeling you know this
Quran is speaking to me you know it's
telling me stuff it's making me think
the you know the way the Quran speaks is
very very eloquent and very very
powerful uh and it makes you think many
times the Quran says you know do not
look at such and such do not Ponder of
the creation of the heavens and the
Earth and so it had me thinking and
little by little as I read more of the
Quran I began to believe more and more
in this book that it is indeed a book of
Revelation and I read a very interesting
article by Dr Keith Moore Dr Keith Moore
it was the head Prof professor of the
Department of embryology for the studies
in in the University of Toronto and I
heard that this person Dr Keith Moore a
non-muslim had written a research paper
showing that the Quran or stating that
the Quran could not be from a human
source and he was saying that the
detailed description of how the embryo
develops in the mother's womb was not
known to modern science you know except
recently you know probably approximately
now probably about 80 or 90 years since
they started discovering you know these
details about you know how the embryo
develops Muhammad could not have known
these facts about human development in
the 7th Century because most of them
were not discovered until the 20th
century that God transmitted through
Muhammad bits of his knowledge that we
have only discovered for ourselves in
recent
times
1,400 years ago when the world was
immersed in darkness the Quran was
revealed revealed which brought light to
a baguer
world and whereas the earlier books came
with many scientific mistakes due to the
hand of man having delved into them the
Quran had none of these
contradictions the world thought there
could be no reconciliation between
religion and science but the Quran
mentioned many scientific facts in great
detail like how a human being developed
in the mother's womb and described other
scientific facts which Amaze the world's
renowned scientists and scientific
Community he said the accuracy of the
Quran and describing it was so accurate
that this had to be Revelation there's
no way that an Arab living in the desert
of Arabia 1,400 years ago who could not
read or write could have come with this
information so after reading these
things and reading the Quran and
studying and thinking about life I began
to turn towards Islam I be I I used to
believe in Islam believe in the Quran
but it was a very gradual process and
when I say gradual process is a very
important uh point I would I would never
people would tell me well why don't you
just believe in the whole Quran and just
you know hold that point don't lose your
place there I just want to rewind a
little bit I want you to tell us
bringing it back to when you used to DJ
how did you from a man uh I had a guest
with me before I don't know if you heard
of so Webb he used to DJ too were you
ever on the same circuit with him no no
no okay
uh and he talked about his uh experience
before and being in this scene having
people praise you having people you know
admire you Hey DJ can you play that song
and you got all these uh you know uh uh
things tantalizing you or tempting you
and you feel good about this how do you
how do you get away from that how how
was it how did you break through that
because you know it's getting your head
big people sweating you they're around
you people want to be next to you how'
you break through this some people could
never well I have to say that uh you
know Allah Allah subhana wa tala when he
started guiding me it was a you know it
was it was really this was the most
inspiring thing trying starting to find
meaning to my life yeah and so it was I
started to see these things as
meaningless even though people even
though I was known amongst people even
though uh you know people used to think
that you know what what I'm doing is
cool what not I realized that the
reality of situation is is is really
just you know fun and game and there's
nothing there's not much substance to
this lifestyle uh most of the stuff I've
done uh I mean even though I was a DJ I
I used to do more like produce tapes and
produce uh I was more known from the
from the things that I produce rather
than just uh you know performing or
DJing at at at at uh nightclubs but what
the the main thing I realized was that
you know once you start to search for
happiness the main thing I realized was
that I would never be happy unless the
one that created me was happy with me
and that's the main point that helped me
to change when I started realizing how
am I going to be happy unless the one
who created me is happy with me so that
was a you know that was a a strong point
of realization M finding that where true
happiness lies so that wasn't bringing
you true happiness there was something
missing for sure alhamdulillah that you
got past that continue on with what you
were saying right so the I mean
uh in a nutshell you know the you were
talking about gradually uh gradually
yeah gradually gradually uh coming to
Islam so I didn't really like just oh
started reading the Quran now and I'm a
Muslim yeah I believe in a concept yes
I'm a Muslim I'm submitting to the will
of Allah I believe in the concept that
yes this Quran you know seems like it's
a book of Revelation and I believe in
the Quran as far as I've read you know
uh and people will come to me and say
well why don't you just be a Muslim why
don't you just uh you know just you read
so you read so much about it why don't
you just accept Islam and uh you know
just believe in the Quran and believe in
everything you're supposed to believe in
and I said look um one of the things
that interest me in Islam is the theme
Quran says produce your proof If you are
truthful and so this was something that
really appealed to me I saw how the
Quran always encouraged proof and
research and so I was only believing
things that was proven to me so when it
would be said to me why don't you just
believe in the whole Quran I would say
well I can't because I have not read the
whole Quran I can tell you I believe in
so much as far as I've read but when I
complete the Quran I'll tell you if I
believe in the whole of the Quran and
that that was the approach that I took
and alhamdulillah Allah allowed me to
complete reading the Quran in the you
know translation English language and
alhamdulillah you know I accepted Islam
I didn't know you had at that time you
had to say shahad or any type of stuff
like this or make a pronouncement but I
did in my heart believe in Islam and I
began trying to practice what I knew
little by little alhamdulillah um people
that were around me some of my friends
uh that were non-muslim uh when I went
to high school with I used to hang out
with they started asking about Islam
before I knew it uh more than three or
four of them had had become Muslim as
well and we became uh you know basically
like a small little uh uh click that we
would hang out and we would encourage
one another in Islam so it was really uh
I mean it's really a blessing and Allah
blessed me after that after learning
about you know the the the beauty of
Islam and that this is a True Religion I
realized that I have to increase my
knowledge I have to go and study and
that's when I set out uh to go and uh
you know visit these different lands I
went to Egypt for a short time and then
I also then I was blessed uh to come and
visit uh Medina and be accepted here to
study alhamdulillah alhamdulillah tell
us uh for those who are you know young
and they're uh excited about doing some
of the things that you used to do and
you know what they they can relate we
got their attention they were flicking
through and they stopped and they're
listening to your story and we got their
ear but you know they're they're they're
indulging in some of their passions you
know the desires Tak in charge and you
know what the society is like it's taboo
to talk about God they're thinking that
you know what I don't want to be around
no organized religion as they say I'll
do my own thing what advice do you have
for that well what I got to say to
people like that is I mean I I used to
think like that I used to be like that
uh I thought that you know I can find my
own way to happiness and you can find
your own way and that's that's all we
need to do but I mean uh I'm talking
about people that's been in the fast
life major celebrities are met people
who are multi-millionaires people who
are you know world famous who have
everything uh that people might be
thinking brings happiness and these
people are now turning around and trying
to find out about life trying to find
find out about who God is trying to find
out about what his message is and we
have major people people like uh you
know like Dave Chappelle who became
Muslim who uh you know has you started
his spiritual journey and uh got the you
know he had the opportunity to come and
visit Mecca uh with myself and we you
know performed the the Lesser Dave
Chelle Dave Chappelle for those that
don't know he's like a big time he's
comedian and he's really he's really uh
you know people may just see him uh you
know in the media as uh you know a
person that's very humous but they also
there's also another side to him that's
very spiritual and very down toe very
moral person uh he's also a great family
man he came with his family his children
and I mean these people these people
after having all these different things
they realize that you know like true
happiness is really going to come from
the one who created you every fiber of
your body the one who made you uh if
this Creator the one who gave you
everything or created you in every fiber
of your body if he is happy with you
then you will also find happiness in
your life and many people like him uh
people like Napoleon who was a a major
rapper it's a rapper Tupac he also uh
you know accepted Islam and uh you know
found happiness in it and he came he's
also visited Mecca visited Med he was a
rapper for uh Tupac Tupac Outlaws he was
in a group called Outlaw Tupac Outlaws
and he he sold over 60 million records
worldwide you know he's been on records
that sold over 60 million records so I
mean these are people that had it all
and had more than many people wish to
you know think they'll ever have in life
and yet they're willing to you know they
see they see through it and they can see
that there's more to life you know
morality and being in being in contact
with your Creator and knowing why you
exist on this planet and where you're
going to go after you pass away this is
these are very important questions and I
think that uh you know looking into
Islam you can find the answers as you
know many prominent people did find the
answers and you look at people like
Malcolm X who found those answers in
Islam you look at people like you know
Muhammad Ali who found those answers in
Islam and you look at people like Cat
Stevens also who you know they at top of
frame they were like the most popular
people in their in their you know in the
in those different areas and they all
found these answers in Islam and I think
that for the viewers if you also turn to
Islam with a open heart and open mind
you too will also find uh these answers
in Islam do you think that the majority
of people are looking up to these
celebrities like when you go to we have
like juwel Osco the drugstore uh and you
see all the uh different uh soap opera
magazine everywhere you look there's
some kind of celebrity and it seems like
subconsciously somebody has a dream the
average person has a dream I want to be
like him you think this is something for
sure I mean this is normal this the
human every every human being has
certain people that they look up to and
um you will find you know that that
these people that many of many
celebrities although you know masses
look up to them they themselves are
facing you know you know trials and
tribulations in their lives they seem
very happy in front of the camera but I
mean after that they have a they have
family they have friends they have you
know a whole life that they have to deal
with and so you find many many you know
uh you know prominent celebrities that
people look up to them and want to you
know want to be like them like a lot of
people a lot of women look up to Britney
Spears but you know uh it's unfortunate
that you
know you they're basically just you know
they they take from her entertainment
but unfortunately the people don't give
back to her so she does she no one
there's no one there for her morally
there's no one there for her spiritually
and so these are people that have this
big gap and it needs to be filled you
know and so I think that uh you know
many people are looking to Islam and
finding the answer in Islam and uh and
uh just the same way like I said like I
founded it because I mean Islam comes
from root words Salam which means peace
and so uh to be at peace with the
Creator who created you that's a huge
thing if you if you at peace with the
Creator the one who created you if
you're at peace with your neighbor if if
you have peace with society that you
live in then you're going to have peace
in peace of mind and peace in your life
you know so uh I mean the the issue of
the issue of these celebrities that
people look up to um you know is a is a
it's it's normal because they're always
in the media they're always in your face
but uh I think we have um we have some
role models that we should also look to
and these are like I said as the Creator
sent us instructors he also sent us
instru uh uh sorry as as he sent us
instructions he also sent us instructors
and these are the messengers and the
prophets and and so you'll find that
many prominent intellectuals have
recognized for example the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him as uh a great
a great man one of the greatest people
to ever live as Michael J Hart mentioned
in one of his books uh where he says
that you know the 100 Mo most
influential men in history he put
Prophet Muhammad PE upon him as the
number one person so I think that it's
important for also for people to look
into to the lives of the prophets like
Prophet Muhammad peace upon him like
Prophet Jesus uh Prophet Moses these are
all Brothers in faith coming from one
God one message although they spoke
different languages so I think this is a
important issue to look into and take as
our role models uh tell us we're going
to get into some of the wonderful work
you're doing but before that some people
they forget about death we're told that
I think just in America you got over
4,200 people dying a day I just want to
reflect on this because this is
something that shook me up this is
something that had me get my act
together reflecting over that one day
I'm going to be in the grave so this is
something that people really they don't
think about can you address this for
sure the issue of death I mean if
there's one thing that every living
person is sure of is that they're going
to die there's no doubt in anyone's mind
between all religions between all
intellectuals I mean whether rich or
poor you know famous or unknown black or
white death is going to come for you
wherever you are and this is a reality
that everyone accepts but the problem is
many people don't like to think about it
but I believe that if someone reflects
upon death that will truly bring life to
your heart because when you think about
death then you realize how precious life
is you value your life every moment
counts every minute counts every day is
just one day closer to the grave and
when you start thinking like this you
can treasure what you have because you
know it's not always going to be with
you and when you begin to treasure life
is going to bring more meaning to your
life you're going to have a more you
know you're going to live every day like
your last day and this is from the
guidance of the Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him when he came to one of his
companions Omar and he took him by the
shoulder and he said
know no be in this world like you are a
stranger or a person that's a traveler
just passing by this advice that the
prophet Muhammad peace upon him told one
of his companions affected him and this
companion Omar he began to
say if you reach the evening time do not
fool yourself to think that you're going
to live till the
morning and if you reach the morning do
not fool yourself to think that you'll
live till the evening he
said take from your health before your
sickness and take from your life before
your death and I think this is uh you
know this advice is very valuable advice
and it has many jewels in if someone
contemplates and thinks about it
hopefully we got some more people's
attention now because this is a fact we
can disagree on a lot of things but the
fact is that we're all going to die and
we need to start thinking beyond the
money and the fame and the fortune we
need to think about serious things tell
us now you're doing some wonderful work
you're an aspiration to a lot of us
because not only did you come and you
accepted Islam and you didn't drag your
feet I mean you're now in Medina you're
studying what about eight years now and
and you're the president of uh you even
took it to another level the uh Canadian
da Association talk about this for a
second well alhamdulillah after Allah
subhana wa ta'ala blessed blessed me to
be a Muslim and guided me to have this
peace of mind and this Tranquility in my
life I realized that there's a lot of
people out there like I was a person
still searching still in the dark caught
up in the fast life thinking that that's
going to bring happiness and I said to
myself you know I'm so I'm so thankful
to to my creator for guiding me to Islam
how could I how could how about the
other people you know how about the
people who never got a chance to know
about it Islam we owe them this we
believe Islam is their birth right they
have a right to know about Islam before
they die so we founded the Canadian da
Association which is a a registered
nonprofit organization with the Canadian
government focusing on presenting Islam
to non-muslims uh also helping the new
Muslims that accept Islam and also
trying to get rid of the misconceptions
the many misconceptions that have been
spread throughout the media so uh the
Canadian da Association we've been able
to reach out to a number of uh the
General Public although it's based in
Canada it's not limited to Canada in
general in the in the Western World
we've been able to uh produce material
DVDs CDs and general Flyers that inform
the general public about Islam and give
them an opportunity to learn about this
this way of life that's full of Peace
this way of life that's full of
tranquility and so uh I think a number
of people have been touched by it uh
another thing that we have been doing
with the Canadian da Association uh you
know following the guidance of the
Prophet peace be upon Him Prophet
Muhammad when he used to give a special
Focus also to people of influence the
prophet peace be upon Him used to write
to the leaders and the Kings uh of
different nations he used to focus on
the leaders of the tribes in that in
that area inviting them to learn about
Islam he also used to make special
supplication to to Allah
saying oh Allah guide one of the two
meaning Abu jahal or om because these
were people have great influence at that
time so the prophet P him took this
strategy from his Sunnah that you reach
out to people of influence in an
appropriate
Manner and uh you encourage them to
learn about Islam or to learn about the
way of Peace so that they can also
benefit from the solutions of Islam you
know a person it's not fair to some
people that they have to go through
their whole life and they don't know who
their creator is it's not fair that they
have to go through their whole life and
they don't know that there are solutions
to their problems in Islam and in the
Quran so uh the Creator mentions Allah
subhana wa tala mentions in the Quran
that the prophet Muhammad was sent as a
he was sent as a mercy to all of mankind
so if people are going through their
whole life and they don't even know
about the prophet Muhammad who is a
Mercy to Mankind that would explain why
many people are living in punishment and
misery and you know having a hard life
so I think it's our duty as people who
are grateful for Islam people who are
grateful for the blessing and this
bounty of being a Muslim it's your duty
that you share with your neighbor that
you share it with your colleagues at
work that you share it with your society
that live in and and we have a model
that says if they do not accept Islam
they're going to respect Islam you know
there are some people they may not uh
convert or become Muslim but doesn't
mean they cannot benefit from the
Islamic Solutions Islam has solutions
that people can benefit from whether
people have problem with alcohol whether
people have alcohol problem with drugs
whether people have problem with
violence Islam has solutions for that so
uh we want to offer everyone this this
this uh you know this this valuable
thing of Islam this Jewel uh that we
believe is their birth right solutions
to all of Mankind's problems we're
sitting here with uh brother Zam with
the uh CDA uh telling his us his
wonderful story now uh we're going to uh
hit a few more points and we're going to
come to an end tell us now some of these
uh because we talked about people
nowadays they're looking up to
celebrities name some I'm sure some
people are curious of who are some of
these celebrities that are you know
realizing that you know what I'm in this
ladder and I'm getting higher and higher
but you know what there's something
missing and and this ain't uh feeling
that void name some of these people that
people look up to that there's a number
of celebrities I mean you don't have to
look far I mean but I mean from from
some of them like you mentioned like
Napoleon who was a famous rap you know
rap artist I mean he accepted Islam he's
been with the most famous rapper in in
history you know Tupac is the the most
famous rapper in
history yeah also from his group you got
also uh young Noble you got Castro ID I
mean these are all people House of Pain
what's the guy from House of Pain the
he's a Muslim he became Muslim too uh
you know Dave Chappelle I mean there are
a number of people that are looking for
spirituality and they're finding their
answers in Islam yeah recently you know
you just heard it's been in the media
it's been in the news just about two
three weeks ago Michael Jackson M you
know I mean I mean these are people that
definitely had problems in their life
but they are finding Solutions in Islam
so uh we encourage people to you know
look into Islam if if people like you
know people like uh you know famous
people like these people who seem to
have everything and more than many
people will ever have are finding
answers in peace and Tranquility in
Islam then we going to you know we have
to encourage others to look for that as
well I want to make one thing clear
though when we hear these celebrities
name I want to make sure that we make it
clear that they're not our examples even
if somebody accepts Islam from some of
the big celebrities they're human beings
for sure they're not representing Islam
can you clear this of course uh I mean
it's it's it's known that
uh if you want to look to a religion you
have to take it from its source and so
the best example uh of any Muslim or the
best example of someone who practices
Islam is a prophet and the messenger the
prophet Muhammad PE upon him he himself
is the example he himself is the
explanation of the Quran he himself is
the interpretation of how one should
live their life and as for the many
celebrities that benefited from that
that's their benefit they they have been
inspired by the character by the
individual by the morals and the
morality of the Prophet Muhammad peace
upon him so the you know we should look
to the the you know the the the main
example or the top example or the
Supreme example and that's the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon it the last and
final messenger sent to mankind now the
person even the skeptic he wants to know
what Islam is calling him to let's
finish this up if you can briefly
explain what Islam means what it is and
what someone has to to do to become a
Muslim there might be some people right
now we want to get their uh keep their
attention because as soon as they flick
the channel they might see some H naked
women on the other side they might uh be
jumping in the car with the toil
speakers and you know what they're back
into the worldly things we got their
attention talk to them give them the
message well I mean I got I got I got to
say something that I mean some sincere
advice to all the viewers and anyone out
there that truly you know this life is a
short life and no matter what like as as
we you know as we mentioned earlier if
you if you're watching uh you know death
is a reality and we're all going to die
and we want to make the best of our life
before we pass away and so I'm saying
that coming from a background of a
person that was busy in this world
worldly life looking for happiness in
all the wrong things looking for
happiness sometimes in a bottle looking
for happiness sometimes in materials we
found that the only way a person will be
happy is if they found have get
happiness from the one who created them
the creat of the heavens and the Earth
and so Islam which means comes from the
root word Salam which means peace is the
way that a person can find happiness if
someone become becomes a Muslim or
believes in the creator of the heavens
and earth that he is one he's not a man
or woman but he created man and created
women you believe that this creator has
not created you without a purpose and
that you have a purpose in life and that
is to live a upright life be a God uh
you know a Godly person a person who is
moral morally upright and trying to uh
you know do good to others if you
believe in the creator of the heavens
and the Earth and believe that you know
you do have a purpose in life and your
purpose in life is to try to be good to
others and try to worship this Creator
singling him out alone in worship not
worshiping any creation along with him
and you believe in all the the righteous
teachers and Messengers that he sent
starting from Adam to Noah to Moses all
the way down to Jesus and Muhammad peace
be upon him being the last of them then
that's how that's a simple equation of
Islam to believe and testify that
there's nothing worthy of worship except
Allah alone and to testify that Muhammad
peace be upon Him is his final messenger
this is the key to happiness this is the
key to success this is the key that
prominent people like Malcolm X found
this is the prominent key or this is the
key that prominent people like Muhammad
Ali found this is the key that many many
celebrities are finding today and I
think this is the key that will be
success for your life that's it you know
what they watched the other shows we're
coming to an end you heard it you
testify that there's no one worthy of
worship except the creator of the
heavens and the Earth Arabic Allah and
Muhammad is his messenger and someone
becomes a Muslim how do they say it in
Arabic if a person wants to say it in
Arabic after understanding it in English
the the person
says it means I bear witness there's
nothing worthy of worship except
Allah and I bear witness to that
Muhammad is his final messenger simple
if a person believes that and says that
on his tongue with a belief in his heart
that person becomes a Muslim right away
and so we believe that person is
following the religion of the Prophet
Muhammad the religion of of Jesus the
religion of Moses and all the prophets
we believe that this is one religion
that was revealed from the creator of
the heavens and the Earth and this is
the way that a person will find peace
and TR Tranquility in their life brother
thank you for being with us on the dean
show may Allah God Almighty reward
you and I'd like to thank everyone for
tuning in to another episode of the dean
show like to thank you for sitting tight
through another show as you heard it
you've heard Allah the name Allah simply
means the one the only one worthy of
worship the creator of the heavens and
the Earth you heard the word Quran this
is the verbatim word of God and now we
talked about death it can strike you at
any time think about these more serious
questions why am I here why have I been
created continue to come back every week
continue to ponder these are very
serious issues Islam is not a religion
of terrorism or terrifying people Islam
as you've heard the brother say it it
stems from the root word peace acquired
by how submitting to the one true God
worshiping him alone and not his
creation it's a simple formula and we
take for examples not the celebrities
but we take the best example to mankind
the last and final messenger the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him and then
affirming all the messengers even Jesus
we love him too as a messenger so we
hope to see you again next time here on
the dean show until next time assalam
alaykum peace be unto
you e
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