Ayden Zayn tells the compelling true story of a man who asked Allah (or God) to show him a sign that Islam is the truth, and how he immediately received that sign — but not in the way that he expected!!
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FULL TRANSCRIPT:
I want to relate to you a true story of a man who asked for a sign from God, and got it…
He was talking about how he had a very difficult time in his life. One year was particularly difficult when his parents divorced, and around the same time one of his friends died. He was an Australian guy. Maybe you’ve seen the video, a very popular video on YouTube. And he spoke about how these events in his life led him to ask the major questions like, “Why are we here? What is the purpose of life?” And he was raised by parents who were atheists, but he himself had that inclination to do some research and find out, “Is there a God? What is there? What’s out there? What does this all mean? What is the purpose? Why am I going through struggles?” And so he went on a quest. He did his searching. He searched Christianity, he researched Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism. He researched all the different faiths, and then he came to Islam.
And so one day, to make a long story short, he found himself walking into a masjid, and he met a group of Muslims. And then he presented all his questions: “What is this about? What is that about? What do you guys believe about this? What do you guys believe about that?” And every single time, as he says in this lecture, he says every single time the brothers there, they pulled out a Qur’an and they said, “Oh, here, go to this page, read this verse.” And that struck him. He realized that the Qur’an was a message of guidance, was a Book of Guidance; that every time he asked his questions, he found the answers in the Qur’an.
So over a few months, he kept on going back to the masjid, being with the brothers, praying with them. Hadn’t become Muslim yet, but was thinking about it, was in the back of his mind. And one day he said, “You know, I want to bring the Qur’an home. Can I, can I borrow it? I want to go home and I want to read it.” They said, “Sure, of course, absolutely.” So he did that, took the Qur’an, went home, did his reading. A few weeks later, he said to himself, “That’s it, I’m done. I want to become Muslim. It’s very clear in this book; this is the way of life for me.” So he waited until the sun went down, nighttime, warm summer night. He wanted to set the mood. So he opened the window, he lit a candle, he dimmed the lights. He was reading the Qur’an. And then he closed the Qur’an, put it on the shelf. He said, “Allah, or God, this is it. I want to take my journey into Islam; I want to take that leap. I believe in it; I’ve read the Qur’an and it makes sense to me, but I need that, that extra push. I need that, that extra little push to just prove to me that this is true.” So what did he do? He said to God, he said, “Please, just show me a sign that Islam is indeed the truth.” And he waited. And he said, “I just want nothing big, nothing big at all. Just maybe a bolt of lightning or something.” And he waited. Nothing happened. He tells us in this lecture, absolutely nothing, not even a sound coming from outside, not even the backfire of a car. So he said, “Okay, I’ll give you another chance. God, this is another chance for you to prove to me that Islam is the truth.” And so he waited again. And nothing, not even the creak in the wall of his house. Not a sound. All he was looking for was a tiny sign. Absolutely nothing. And he was disappointed. He said, “Okay, I tried, didn’t work.” So he grabbed the Qur’an off the shelf, he sat back down, he opened it up back to where he was reading. And what verse did he read? “Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth are signs for a people with reason.” Subhan’ Allah! He asked for a sign and Allah gave it to him, not in the way that he expected, not in the way that he wanted, but in the Qur’an, in the very next verse.