A couple of days earlier, I was on my laptop, when I saw a YouTube window, which read “YouTube-Amazing Convert Story”. Upon reading this … I became a bit curious, I turned on the video, and listened to it half heartedly (it’s about 15 min long) as I did my homework and checking my mail.
As I was listening to this, the guy was describing how he was at a point in his life where he was confused and was looking for answers. It was a hard time in his life and he needed to believe in something. He went from religion to religion in search for something to fill the emptiness inside him.
When he asked the religious leaders of some given religions, questions, they would give him an answer but it was like it was their own opinion. After a while he finally stumbled across Islam and when he asked the religious leaders questions like “How come I can have four wives, and she can’t have four husbands?, they would pick up the Qur’an and show him, instead of it being their own opinion.
Later on he talks about how he was reading the Qur’an one day and he finally decided he was going to jump in to Islam and convert, but he was looking for a sign of some kind from God to tell him to jump in to Islam.
He attempted to connect with God spiritually and ask for a sign, he waited a moment… and absolutely nothing happened. He attempted this another time thinking maybe God was too busy or something, and nothing happened, nothing at all happened once again.
He was very disappointed and he went back to reading the Qur’an, and on the very next page, next verse, he read; “…For those of you who ask for signs, have we not shown you enough already? Look around you, look at the stars, look at the sun, look at the water, these are the signs for the people of knowledge…”
This story has honestly touched me, when he spoke of the signs, and as I listened to what happened it scared me! I was shocked and I felt a sense of relief. I just feel like this story should reach a lot more people, because it’s awfully interesting. Please take the time to watch it, it has a comic twist to it and will seriously inspire you.
Aroona Toor, 18, is a Senior at McCluer High School. She came to St Louis when her family immigrated to the United States in 1996. She is an honor student and also on the school tennis team. She participates in community service, National Honor Society, and Student Government. She is a practicing Muslim, praying five times a day and finding time daily to read the Qur'an. 
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