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Why do you escape from Allah?

By Tarek Abo AbdAllah

Revised by Magdy Abd Al-shafy

Translated by: Amira Sha’rawy.

(Hatem al-ta’ay), one of the generous Arabs in

pre-Islam time , had a Christian son whose name was
(Oday). (Oday) .

He had a beautiful story. Let's listen to him tell the

story himself .

He said “No Arab hated the prophet, may Allah send

His peace and blessings on him, more than I did

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when I first heard about him. I was an honourable

devoted Christian and a leader among my natives. I
told a servant of mine who was the shepherd of my
camels: “prepare some humbled, fat camels for me,
so that ,if Muhammad’s army invades this country,  i
would take them on escape .” One morning he came
to me and said: “what you were to do if Muhammad’s
horses came, do itnow as I have seen flags and when
I asked about them , I was informed that these are
Muhammad’s army.”

I said: “get me my camels.” I took my wife and son

on it and intended to join my fellow Christians in
Damascus, but I left one of Hatem’s daughters ( his
sister ) behind in the city. When I reached Damascus,
I stayed there. The horses of the prophet, may Allah
send His peace and blessings on him, reached
Hatem’s daughter and she was introduced to the
prophet, may Allah send His peace and blessings on
him, among the captives of (tay’a).

The prophet was informed of my escape to

Damascus . when  he passed by my sister , she said:
“O messenger of Allah, the father is dead and bother

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 is absent and I am an old woman and  incapable of

any service. Bestow your favor upon me, may Allah
bestow His upon you.” He asked: “who is your
brother?” she said: “Oday, the son of Hatem.” He
said: “this who escaped from Allah and His
messenger??” she repeated this petition for three
days. She said: he eventually vouchsafed .” She
asked to be carried; he ordered that for her and gave
her clothing and money.

She came to me and said: “you   did something that

your father would not do; anyway go to him whether
you are desirous or afraid, as “so many people”
came to him and took much from him Oday said: “so,
I went to him while he was sitting in the mosque.”
People said: “this is Oday the son of Hatem.” I went
there with his companion helpless without any
warrant to help me , the prophet  took me by hand ,
the prophet was quoted saying " I implore God to
guide O'day ": “I hope that Allah will put his hand in
mine.” He stood and came to me then I met a woman
carrying a child .  They said to him: we need
something from you. He went with them till he
fulfilled their need then took me by my hand to his
house. There, a pillow was given  to  him. He sat
down on it and I sat in front of him. He thanked Allah

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and praised Him then said: “what makes you

escape? Is it " that there is no god but Allah? Do you
know any other god?” I said: No. He talked for a
while then said: “is it saying that Allah is the greatest
(Allahu Akbar)? Do you know anything greater than
Allah?” I said: No" . he said: “then, the Jews have
earned anger and the Christians are astray.” I said:
“then, I am an orthodox Muslim.” So, I saw a smile of
happiness on his face.

And now imagine, man, that you are sitting in Oday’s

place in front of the prophet, may Allah send His
peace and blessings on him, and he asked you the
same question : why do you escape from
Allah….what will be your situation? Do you escape
saying that there is no god but Allah…..then, do you
know another god?

Does saying that Allah is the greatest makes you

escape…then, do you know anything that is greater
than Allah?

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Do you escape from saying that all praise is to Allah,

the Lord of all that exists, or saying glorified is my
God the most high and glorified is my God the most
great….then, do you know anyone who is absolutely
praised except Allah and do you know anyone
greater or higher?

Does saying that Allah is the one, the self-sufficient

whom all creatures need, and that  He did not beget
nor was He begotten and there is none co-equal or
comparable unto Him, make you escape? Do you
know a father, a mother, a son or a wife for Allah?
And do you know anyone who people may resort to
in order to fulfill their needs except Allah? Is it
believing that nothing is like Allah, that

He is the Irresistible (Supreme) above His slaves and

He is able to do all things that make you escape?
Then do you know anyone who is equal or similar to
Allah? Do you know anyone whose power exceeds
that of Allah? And can human beings hurt Allah the
Almighty, while He is encompassing and dominating
them?

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Does believing that Allah saved the Christ from the

Jews’ plot and raised him to heaven, after you used
to believe that He let him dieon the cross, humble
and insulted, annoy you?

Or, do you escape from believing that the Christ

healed the blind and the lepers and brought forth the
dead all by Allah’s permission and not his own
power….did the Christ have anything to do for
himself when he was just an embryo in his mother’s
uterus? Do you escape believing that the Christ
came with the bible, that Allah revealed to him
instead of believing in various bibles written by
anonymous people who did not see the Christ, while
none of these bibles is attributed to the Christ??

Does believing that the Christ is Allah’s word and a

spirit created by Him and that he is one of the
messengers of strong will and his mother is a
believer in Allah’s words and books that Allah has
chosen over all the women of mankind and jinn,
make you escape? Then, were the Christ and his
mother different from this? Does saying that
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah make you

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escape ?..So, who was Muhammad if he was not the

messenger of Allah??

Does knowing that Allah forgave Adam’s sin when he

regretted it and turned in repentance and that Allah
forgives all sins, make you escape? Then, do you
know anyone who forgives sins except Allah? Is it
asking Allah for forgiveness after you used to ask the
pastor for it on the chair of recognition that make you
escape? Does belonging to a religion that makes no
mediators between you and Allah and does not allow
the dominance of anyone on your spiritual life so that
he forgives you if he wants or deprives you from
entering Heaven if he wants -as the church does-
make you escape? Do you think that Allah created
you by Himself to make the determination of your
fate and the forgiveness of your sins in the hands of
anyone else but Him? Does believing that children
are born free (acquitted) from any sin, instead of
thinking that they are born disgraced in the sin of
their father, Adam (peace be upon him), make you
escape? Do you escape from a religion that honored
woman and gave her the right to worship, to receive
education, to ask questions and use her own money
and the right to choose her husband and to decide to
get divorced if she did not bear him and became

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afraid of disobeying Allah’s orders concerning him. A

religion that ordered the husband to treat his wife
well and considered the best one among people, the
best in treating his wife and promised this who have
a daughter to enter the Heaven if he honored her and
treated her well? Do you escape this religion to
another religion that considers woman the source of
every sin and asserts that she was created for man’s
sake? Do you escape to a religion that deprived her
from divorce and from speaking in the church, as
Paul stated in his message to Corinthians? A religion
that considers everything that she touches during
menses impure, as stated in the chapter of
Leviticus?

Does following the religion of Abraham, Ishmael,

Isaac, Jacob, Al-Assbat (the offspring of Jacob’s
sons), Moses and Jesus make you escape? Does
saying that Noah, David, Lot and Jacob were
infallible prophets that Allah chose over all His
creatures and that they reached the highest ethical
level make you escape? Does saying that they are
not as they are said to be in the Old Testament where
we read that Noah took off his clothes and drank
wine, David had sex with the wife of one of his
leaders then he sent this leader to war so that he

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might die and give him the chance to marry her , Lot
had sex with his two daughters and they became
pregnant and Jacob fought with God and beat him,
make you escape?

Don’t you like to belong to a religion that sanctifies

chastity , purity and loyalty and orders its adherents
 to be honest even with children and to treat
everyone well even animals?

Do you hate to espouse a religion that makes

shyness one of its virtues and cleanness one of its
rituals?

Doesn’t it make you happy that you belong to a

religion that meets the needs of the body as well as
the needs of the soul?

Don’t you want to belong to a religion that makes

every person responsible in front of Allah and makes
all human beings equal? To a religion, that gives the

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prophet and his family more orders than it gives to

others?

Doesn’t it make you happy to direct your heart to

Heaven in your prayer after you used to look at a
picture hanged on the wall of your house?

Don’t you like to make your prayer direction to the

Ka’bah (Al-bait Al-haram) in Mecca, which Arabs and
westerners agree that Abraham, peace be upon him,
built, and to sanctify Jerusalem where the Christ
arose and called for Allah?

Don’t you like to say in your prayer (You (Alone) we

 worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help Guide us
to the Straight Way* The Way of those on whom You
have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those
who earned Your Anger nor of those who went astray
) then read Surat Mariam (the mother of the Christ) or
Surat Al’Imran ( the grandfather of the Christ) or
Surat Al-Ma’idah which Allah sent down to the
Christ?

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Don’t you like to kneel and prostrate to Allah who

has created you?

Don’t you long to read in a book that deals with all

aspects of life and addresses both your heart and
mind?

Don’t you long for a book that answers all your

questions? Don’t you like to have all your sins
forgiven, as Islam erases all the past sins?

Don’t you like to gain Muhammad and the Christ

instead of losing them both in addition to yourself?

Don’t you see what Christianity did to the European

people in the middle ages? Until they cast it off and
hated everything related to religion because of the
dominance of the church. It was only then that they
started their industrial revolution!!

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Don’t you see that many of the churchmen have

reached the highest degree of ethical decadence so
that they may rape and devour people’s money in
falsehood?

Don’t you know the deteriorating social problems

that the church faces because of the application of
the false laws, which are attributed to Christianity out
of ignorance and dishonesty?

Don’t you feel the intellectual and doctrinal weakness

that the church suffers from, to the extent that it
cannot acquire more followers except through
offering money to those living in the poorest regions
of the world?

Haven’t you heard that pastors use magic inside the

church? Haven’t you got bored of the pagan
ceremonies, which the Christian religion is full of,
and which are somehow similar to those of the pagan
religions found before the Christ, peace be upon
him?

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Haven’t you got bored of the mystification and

complicity of the Christian doctrine?

Haven’t you got desperate of the multitude confusing

questions that you do not find a decisive answer to,
until now?

Haven’t you heard about the scientific and historical

mistakes that were discovered in the so-called Holy
Bible?

Haven’t you read the ethical shames that fill it? Don’t
you long for a doctrine that addresses your heart and
soul and does not contradict with your instinct and
mind?

Why do you escape from the right way and hide the
light of truth from your heart? Though, you see
everyday the evidences of the oneness of Allah and
the honesty of Muhammad’s message, may Allah
send His peace and blessings on him.

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Why don’t you give yourself a chance to read the

Qura’n and think if this can be the words of any
human being?

Why don’t you give yourself a chance to search for

the truth freely, away from the stress of your family
and the observation of the society?

Don’t you see how the stories of the newly guided

people have become widespread, as they have
searched seriously for Allah until He guided them?
(As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We
will surely guide them to Our Paths and verily, Allah
is with the good doers)… do you know
any reasonable person who chose to espouse Islam
then he apostatized?

Why don’t you read the biography of Muhammad,

May Allah send His peace and blessings on him, with
contemplation in order to see if Muhammad could be
a liar?

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Don’t you see how the divine care has accompanied

Islam, guarded and strengthened it since
Muhammad, may Allah send His peace and blessings
on him, appeared and up till now, although Islam has
always been exposed to numerous attempts to
perish or distort it?

Don’t’ you feel jealous that even children search for

the truth, while you are sitting in your place?

Isn’t it enough that non-Muslims themselves are

witnesses in the favour of Islam?

Don’t you see how Islam has spread all over the
world in spite of the few available capabilities? This
is just a result of its strong proofs and its
compatibility with mind and instinct.

Haven’t you been informed of the pastors and

missionaries who convert to Islam?

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Haven’t you read and heard about their stories that

they recount by themselves and publish on the
internet?

Can’t you browse the internet for a few minutes to

see how many facts have been hidden from you for
many years?

Why do you escape from Allah and not to Him?( So

flee to Allah. Verily, I am a plain Warner to you from
Him.)

If you were on the false way, will anybody bear your

sin on the day of resurrection?

They do not bear your mistakes in this life though

their judgment is easy, so, will they bear them in the
hereafter when man will flee from his brother, his
mother and his father?

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Will you wait until everybody flees from you on the

day of resurrection?

Then, you become alone and Allah asks you: “how

did you answer the messenger?”

Why do you escape from Allah?

Do you fear the future?

Don’t you know that the future is in Allah’s hand? If

you seek the truth, with all your effort, until you
reach it, do you think that Allah will turn you down?

Will He guard you when you are on the false way and
leave you when you follow the right one He created
you for? Haven’t you heard about many people who
espoused Islam all over the world and are leading
now a safe and stable life?

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Do you escape from Allah or from yourself?

The reasonable person is the one who knows the

way to his true happiness and seeks it. Allah has
granted you a mind in order to think and know Him
and granted you an instinct to long for Him and a
heart that rests in the right, as right gives the heart
the rest and peace it does not find in anything else.
You, alone, are responsible in front of Allah. This is a
matter of your eternal life and your happiness in life
and in the hereafter.

Don’t you ever sacrifice them for the sake of any

passing enjoyment, because of fearing an
imaginative punishment or following guess and
illusions as guess is no substitute for the truth…….

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