Assalaamu alaikum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam.
My name is Abdurraouf Park and I am from Korea. Born into a Christian
family in 1986, I was raised as a Christian and studied the Bible from a
very young age. Since I was a child, I have always been a keen follower
of God and His words. It was not until one day that I suddenly began
questioning myself and my faith. I became confused, and started to
wonder... 'Who is the true God? Who is Jesus? Who am I worshipping?'. I
have come to realise at that point that in the Bible itself, Jesus never
claimed or said 'I am God' and he also never claimed or said 'I am the
son of God'.
However, Christians have a firm belief that Jesus is the
'Son of God' as well as being 'God, Himself' at the same time. Since,
there are no scripts in the Bible where Jesus claimed to be the 'Son of
God or God himself ', or equaled himself as such, it meant that
Christians did not follow it accordingly. The Bible itself has many
flaws and partly confusing as well. This is one of the reasons why it
has made people wonder on a numerous cases about the Bible. Hence,
people started giving up practicing Christianity and doing good deeds,
and corruptions like cheating on each other and other bad behaviors is
increasingly prevalent. Even, the loss in faith in Christianity drove
people to easily commit suicide, also highly on the increase.
For a very long time, I've always prayed to find the truth, the true
religion. I paid visits to many churches to seek and find the truth, but
with my visits, I've come across many different groups of Christians,
and I've almost given up on that idea. Until one day, I started reading
books on religions and came across Islam, I then realised that Islam is
God's true religion. I later began reading all books on Islam in the
library. I really did not know anything on Islam before and that Islam
believes in only One God, and that Jesus is God's messenger and Muhammad
as the Last messenger of God. I did not know that Islam believed in
this, because no one has ever mentioned or told me this before.
Alhamdulilah (Praise to God), on the 30th of December of 2009, I
declared my Shahada and became a Muslim. Ever since I have become a
Muslim, I've quickly engaged myself in Da'wah activities to increase
awareness of Islam. I knew the need of spreading Islam. Korea is in a
state of emergency, people do not know the truth and are losing hope in
religion and oneself. This loss of hope and purpose of life and living
is driving people to just die (suicide) even without war, diseases etc.
We must tell them the true message that 'There is only one God and
Muhammad is the Last Messenger of God', tell them that 'Quran is God's
book/words' 'Islam is the true religion of God', many people still do
not know the bases of Islam and remain ignorant. Thus, away from the
truth.
I have made an Islamic website in a Korean language to
increase people's understanding of Islam and to invite Koreans to Islam,
but also for everyone and anyone else. Alhamdulilah, there are now more
people who are starting to know more about Islam. But, in order to do
da'wah correctly, you need the 'correct' knowledge. That is why I
decided to leave my country, Korea, in order to study Islam at the
Islamic University of Madinah. I am currently 27 years of age, and
studying Islam will take me a very long time to study, but I do not want
to give up. I am just happy learning Quranic Arabic and understanding
Allah's (God's) words. Alhamdulilah for the blessings of Islam and the
Sunnah (Sayings and teaching of the last messenger of God). What really
worries me, however, is that Koreans still do not know anything about
Islam. So I ask you my dear brothers and sisters in Islam to please help
me in spreading Islam in Korea.
This website, and the below
listed YouTube channels, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages are all
about spreading Islam in Korea and also to teach Islam to the Koreans.
Please, do share and invite your friends, this will be of big help and
support insha'Allah.
So, please take that step and join...and let's start Spreading Islam in Korea. May Allah reward you all.
Below, I have written a brief explanation about the websites and the da'wah activities that takes place.
Bill Green
Author & Editor
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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