I’ve spent most of my life as a convinced atheist. I am from a western country and I didn’t believe in God, religion, or any sacred texts — especially not one that came out of the 7th century. But I’m writing this because I’ve changed my mind — and I never thought I would.

It started out of curiosity. I wanted to understand why so many people believe in Islam. So I read the Qur’an, not spiritually, but analytically. I expected ancient myths, contradictions, and historical errors.

But instead, I found this:

Precise historical terms: The Qur’an calls Egypt’s ruler in Joseph’s time “king”, and in Moses’ time “Pharaoh” — which actually matches what modern historians discovered. The Bible doesn’t make this distinction.

Scientific consistency: It talks about the sky as a protective ceiling — and the atmosphere literally does that. It also mentions salt and fresh water not mixing, which you can observe today in places like where the Atlantic and Mediterranean meet.

Embryology: The descriptions of early development stages — a clinging substance, a chewed-like lump — line up with what embryologists now know. This isn’t vague poetry — it’s eerily accurate.

Numerical patterns: Words like “day” appear 365 times, “month” appears 12 times, and others appear in balanced pairs — things that shouldn’t happen randomly across 6000+ verses.

Literary uniqueness: Even though the Qur’an was revealed over 23 years, its style stays consistent — yet inimitable. It shifts tone, rhythm, and message without losing coherence. And some verses were placed years apart, yet still flow seamlessly. That blew my mind.

I tried to find natural explanations — collective authorship, influence from other texts, editing — but none of them fully explain these features, especially given the historical context: an illiterate man in a tribal society without access to this kind of knowledge.

So yes — I’ve changed my worldview. I’m still on the journey. I’m not pretending to know everything now. But I no longer believe the Qur’an could’ve been made by humans alone. Something about it goes beyond that.

If you're someone who’s skeptical like I was — I encourage you to just read it. Not with blind faith, but with an open mind. It might shake you too.

Now that I’ve come this far, I want to understand more. If anyone has suggestions on how to really dive into Islam — good beginner resources, trustworthy scholars, or how to start practicing step by step — I’d genuinely appreciate it. I'm not rushing anything, but I want to move forward with clarity, not just curiosity.

May Allah forgive us and help us..

I spoke to the brother and he told the story behind his actions, he is Pakistani and the girl he wants to marry is Yemeni but she says her parents only want her to marry a Yemeni even though she also wants to marry him.

This still seems like a common issue within the muslim community so I pray her parents accept him Ameen!

Hello everyone. First and foremost I want to say that I come to this forum with respect and love. I used to be an atheist, but ended up converting to Christianity. However, as of late, I've been struggling a bit.

I've been curious about the Quran for awhile now. I've mainly heard negative things in regards to the Quran, Muslims, and Islam in general. I decided to buy the Quran to better understand. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I most certainly didn't expect to feel a connection to the book.

Holding the Quran brings me peace. It feels right in my hands. I also seem to have more concern about how it's treated (not that I've treated my Bible badly but I don't seem to have the same level of care). It's been weird to experience because I don't seem to have this same experience with the Bible. In fact, I usually feel further from God when I do read it unless it's the Gospels and I'm reading about Jesus.

This is where I'm stuck. I believe in Jesus, yet I don't feel a connection to God in the Bible like I do in the Quran. I'm just confused and frustrated. Like how can I feel connected to both? I guess I'm here for support and advice. And I'm curious if anyone has experienced this. I just feel like regardless I'm wrong and not going to be accepted and it makes me feel hopeless. Also, does anyone have any good recommendations for studying the Quran too? Thank you for reading.

Assalamu alaikum. As the title says I have cancer and I don't have many more months to live. I'm only 21. I didn't live as a very good Muslim. I just want to know. What can I do to repent. This journey has been long and hard and I know it's nothing compared to what waits in the grave and in the hereafter. I really want to make sincere repentance. I stay up at night just begging allah to forgive me. I find it hard to think of anything else in my day. Please if anyone has any advice please share

Edit. Jazakallah to all of you for the advice and support. I would reply to each and everyone of you but I'm not very well. May Allah grant you all jannatul-firdaus for helping a muslim brother in need. May Allah grant you health and success both here and in the hereafter. And may Allah protect you from all diseases and forgive all of your sins both minor and major. Ameen.

I need advice from people from strict immigrant/religious families or anyone who has gone through similar.
Im a Nepalese girl in final year at university in the UK and recently properly told my Hindu Nepalese parents that I reverted to Islam. I tried telling them back in first year too but they mostly acted like it wasnt serious. This time I told them Ive been Muslim for 3 years so I think they realised it wasnt temporary anymore.
For context my family is very authoritarian and reputation/relatives opinions matter a lot. My mum is very reactive/stubborn and my dad is usually quieter and influenced by her opinions.
After I sent my long message explaining everything, I put my phone on silent and didnt respond straight away. Later that night I checked my phone and replied.
The first time I tried telling them back in first year they said things like:
I was selfish
I would be the reason for their deaths
if I became Muslim I wouldnt be their daughter anymore
More recently my mum said Im going to kill her because of the stress/shame this is causing.
When I told them properly this time my mum sent crying voicenotes saying things like:
“ever since you were born youve been stress/burden”“biggest mistake was sending you to boarding school”
“we invested everything into your education just for you to do this”
“what are we going to tell relatives”
“does a daughter leave her parents like this”
My dad sent me a harsh voicenote in Nepali basically saying “who are you to text instead of call” and demanding I call him immediately. He also said things before like if I can make my own decisions then I dont need him and at one point texted “I am no more your dad”.
My younger brother defended me and told them if they want me to understand them they need to understand me too. My mum then accused me of brainwashing him, searched his phone and kept asking who influenced me.
The thing is I kept telling them thing like
I still love you
I still want my family
Im not choosing religion over family
people can have different beliefs and still respect each other A few days later I sent calm messages explaining I wasnt trying to hurt them and tried calling my dad 3 times before work but he didnt answer. I texted again saying I loved them and never left the family. Neither parent replied.
My brother says they still talk about me constantly at home saying things like what kind of sister leaves their parents and once was telling my brother than shes scared my dads going to do something(indicating he will kill himself) and she doesn’t want to lose him.
Another thing is graduation. Before all this they planned on inviting relatives but now Im going to wear hijab and I feel like they wont want extended family there anymore. I only get 4 tickets and dont even know whether to reserve them for my parents because right now theyre barely speaking to me.
Ive tried calling my dad and and messaged and he hasnt responded for a week and half now and my mum didnt respond to my message either Any advice is appreciated. Ive attached images bellow its hard to understand fully without hearing the voicenotes though.

I have taken the Shadha

I have taken the Shadha last week, I went to my local masjid at My local area. It's 25 mins away.

However I was so determined to go and visit the mosque a 3rd time because i love going to the masjid. I felt Allah there.

Then I attend the Evening prayer 3rd prayer.

I asked the Imam prior the prayer and asked him to if he can help with me taking the shadha.

He did the process of Shadha and i repeated the words the Imam said " Ashhadu Alla Ilaha Illa Allah Wa Ashhadu Anna Muhammad Rasulu Allah".

After this I said it English. Then Imam said Mashallah Kid, You're now Muslim. Welcome to Islam. 😭☪️🤝☪️.🇵🇸❤️🇬🇧🇮🇳

Alhamdulillah, Inna lillahi wa Inna ilayhi rajioon.

Everything happens for a reason. Me and my wife are mourning the loss of our 24-week old child. She is a silent warrior and I'm going to keep a close eye on her. My heart bleeds more for her then it does from the child who slipped our grasp. Alas, such is the will of our Lord.

If you could share some gems of comfort, I would love to read them.

It gives me great peace knowing that my baby is happily playing in the arms of Ibrahim AS, and doesn't have to worry about the ills of this world.

I won't lie to you, I've never cried so much in my life. The tears feel like lava, pouring from my heart. It's an indescribable pain. It's overwhelming at times. I miss my baby so much, all I can think about is all the beautiful steps we could've taken together. I will never get to hold or kiss them in this life, or teach it the names of Allah or pray Salah with them. I really, really miss my baby. It hurts...so much.

Edit: thank you everyone. May Allah reward you all for your duas. I love Islam for this reason, it provides so much support and answers, as well as love from a community that really understand the meaning of pain and patience.

That's how they have been killing our brothers. Let's not add fuel to the fire

She was rushed to hospital after breaks of water and the C cesrian was performed, but the child could not make it . The mother she is Okay. Please pray for her to bear this loss and child become a frontrunner and intercession for the parent in HereAfter and ask forgiveness for them .

Edit: Thank you all for exceptional outpouring of consolation and support for our loss. We are grateful Barak Allah Fiika

Asalaamu Alaikum. I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that has metastasized to my lungs. Since my diagnosis, I’ve maintained my daily prayers, dhikr & duas & continue to ask for forgiveness for my shortcomings. I start chemotherapy next week & im worried i won’t feel well enough to do my prayers. I would also be grateful if anyone could share things I could do in the meantime to benefit from the remainder of time i have left here. Jazakallah Khair.

EDIT: SubhanAllah I’m in tears from the amount of responses. I feel as though our Ummah is wrapped tightly around me Alhamdulillah. Jazakallah Khair for your responses & blessings & May Allah grant you of the highest ranking. Allah is Al-Kareem, Al-Jabbar, Al-Ghafoor, Ar-Raheem, Al-Shaafi.

Threatening a young boy to kill him on camera if he chooses sharia over constitution

Threatens to kill all muslims in the world

Yet he's free no arrest no charges nothing

This is india for you

We live around people like this who hates muslims no matter what you do

They attack mosques every second day They lynch muslims to praise their god

And the police won't do anything rather they will arrest you if you go to do complain against them

For reference, grew up going to very catholic schools but departed from the religion because of… well many parts of it are personally, well slightly problematic. I want to understand the world and after spending many many years studying it Catholicism wasn’t it 😂. My buddy gave me this and told me to check out Islam. Read the forward (translators notes and such) and it seemed pretty solid, albeit a few logical inconsistencies (as we all make, we are human), but I have yet to start with the actual religious text. To my understanding the Quran is meant to be read in the original Arabic, but I unfortunately only know English. Is this a worthwhile translation? I wanna be sure that before I read it, I’m not reading one that mistranslates the messages or meaning of the religion.

Please help me deep in my heart I know Allah (SWT) exists but my iman is getting weaker everyday so please can people give me undeniable proof for islam and/or Disproves atheism

So a few years ago me and a friend of mine were basically just playing in abandoned houses. And when we entered one of the houses we found a pile of ashes and a lot of half burned covers of books for Islam. We dug through the ashes and we found a Qur'An that its cover was burned but otherwise it stayed alive.

We were kids back then and didn't know what to do with it and he took the half and I took the other half. Now I asked the friend he said I don't have it anymore for a long time. Now someone said to me that there could of been done black magic with it. Idk if that can be true but either way I don't want to disrespect Allah anymore by leaving his words and his Name in some closets. I need help please someone, I saw different interpretations some said I can burn it bury it etc. The best way and also the scariest to me is to burn it. Es Selam Aleykum.

You have no idea how good you have it. I would give all my money and my life to go back to normal.

Listen to Allah and pray that your test stays this easy. I miss when my test was desires like you. It’s over for me.

I had everything until a chronic mysterious illness that doctors can’t figure out came out of nowhere in February. Im barely into my twenties. I graduated from college, found an amazing job, and found the love of my life and the month I got engaged developed a chronic illness that I can’t even leave my bed anymore.

In my own wedding I couldn’t walk from the testicular pain. I fainted the day after the wedding night from antibiotic called levaquin. Nothing cures me.

I did all the right things. I studied engineering, never even touched a girl. Never had sexual relations. I did it all correct.

Extreme chronic, debilitating, constant testicular pain, bonus- intimacy pain (handy, right). Stabbing pain after urination. Probably infertile for life now. All right before I get married. I was fine my whole life. and the 40 doctors I’ve seen look at me like I’m a lost cause. My prostate is inflamed and has been for a year now. I’ve tried so many antibiotics that have made me more sick than I was before.

I’ve accepted that it’s already over for me. The infection spread to both testicles as of today and now I’m counting the days before I faint from painkillers or the infection. its getting worse every single day. And nobody knows why or what bacteria. Everything comes up negative. And I’m a virgin. Just out of the blue.

My job that I worked so hard to get is angry at my performance. I have a few months of medical leave and then I am screwed. I can’t work with this pain. I have a wife to support and I just started at life.

Everyone eventually will realize in the blink of an eye that life can go and is fragile and it will go at any time. You could take ibuprofen too much and get a stroke in your sleep, I’ve heard stories. so many ways to go. It can happen at 23. 70. 9. Age doesn’t discriminate.

I’m telling you as an American young guy like yourself - you have it easy. It’s all a mirage - everybody is going to taste death eventually. don’t let this world distract you. Spend every night counting your blessings to not end up like me or the millions of people who are sick and lost their health. Listen to Allah and pray that your test stays this easy. I miss when my test was desires like you. It’s over for me. You still have a shot at life.

It has been great being on this earth. It is beautiful here. I miss travelling on a plane above the clouds and hiking mountains. I miss having sexual thoughts and fantasizing of marriage.

Now my wife is my caretaker and is traumatized by all the ER visits. It’s all gone. I’m done.

Hi guys, I’m in my thirty’s not married still live with parents and siblings. We are only a small family but it’s so sad. My parents are weirdos, dads side doesn’t talk to him and mums side are no longer with us anymore or back home.

Just seems everyone is having a great time with there families and mine is so dysfunctional. Like my dad doesn’t fast and either does my brother. Only mum and me 😭

So i just adopted a kitten that i got from sombody in my neighborhood who is muslim may allah bless him and his family inshallah. And i want to know if its premissible to name him Noori.

Here is a picture His mother is a russian blue if you're wondering