Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

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What I wasn’t expecting however, was how educational and intelligent this book was going to be. This is shown in two ways. Firstly Nabeel provides an inside look into Islam. This was fascinating for me as I, shamefully, knew very little about it. He balances a detailed look at the ideas and theology, with an excellent portrayal of the emotional turmoil he endured and the strength of the mindset that being brought up into Islam provides.

If you a believer; especially for those having shakings in their faith; you will be reminded on how God can transform one's life miraculously and why God is more important than anything in your life, even your family or work.Throughout the book, the emphasis is that if Islam is true, Christianity is false and visa versa. There's the assumption that it is possible to disprove of a religion through empirical knowledge. This perspective, in my opinion, is both false and dangerous. It's false because come on, if it was possible to prove a religion in such certainty, we'd all be believers already. Religion is cool precisely because it requires faith, it requires accepting that some things cannot be known, that rationalism is not all there is. "My religion might not be true for you" is a thought that should be expressed more often. Now, the idea that religion can be proven through knowledge and logic is also dangerous because it encourages coercion. It motivates us to view other people's faith as wrong and ignorant, rather than as special and intriguing. To try to prove them wrong, to place faith on the same level as empirical knowledge gleaned by our senses. In college Nabeel began to grapple with the claims of Christianity that countered his Islamic faith. He grappled with the authority & reliability of the Bible verses the authority & reliability of the Koran; he grappled with salvation by faith in Jesus Christ verses salvation by accruing good deeds; he grappled with the deity of Jesus Christ verses the prophecies of Mohammad.

Eventually, through years of debates & through deep soul-searching, Qureshi began to doubt everything he had ever believed about Islam. The God of the Bible “reached me through investigations, dreams, and visions, and called me to prayer in my suffering,” he said. “It was there that I found Jesus. To follow him is worth giving up everything.”The last several chapters leading up to Nabeel’s conversion made me cry! His salvation testimony is so beautiful and miraculous. That God granted Nabeel’s request for three dreams to convince him of the truth of Christianity is a beautiful reminder that God meets us where we are and that He can even use the tools of false religions for His good purposes. What a powerful reminder that He is sovereign even over false religions!

It was not that Jesus was turning me against my parents. It was that, if my family stood against God, I had to choose one or the other. God is obviously best, even if that caused me to turn against my family. But how? How could I bear the pain?” I always enjoy learning more on how similar Islam and Judaism are (though it seems the relationship to text is very different) but I also have to admit that Jesus seems like a better role model than Mohammad. That unconditional love idea is lovely, like the perception that everything has been offset by Jesus' death. Providing an intimate window into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi struggled with an inner turmoil that will challenge Christians, Muslims, and all those who are interested in the world’s greatest religions. Expert contributions from scholars and ministry leaders on each section of the book, contributions previously included only in the ebook editionQureshi was married to Michelle. The couple had one daughter, Ayah, [13] born in August 2015, and named after a Christian martyr. [14] Education and career [ edit ] a b c "Nabeel Qureshi, author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, passes". Zondervan Academic. 18 September 2017 . Retrieved 29 December 2022.