You ask why I am a Muslim

You ask why I am a Muslim

Without taking into account the signs

You ask why I devote myself to something strange and alien

Without looking at the bigger picture

So don’t look at me and ask

Why I stand and proudly declare

That I am a Muslim

Without stopping and looking around

At the shining sun

At the light of the full moon

At the leaves as they twirl and dance in the evening breeze

Look around and see the miracles of the everyday world

And think…

Why am I a Muslim?

Don’t ask me why I am what I am

Why I insist on a different fashion and belief

Without closing your eyes and listening

To the wail of the wind

To the crack of approaching thunder

To the cry of a newborn child

Listen to the sounds of life

Of the amazing world around you

And ponder…

Why am I a Muslim?

Don’t accuse me of not knowing right from wrong

Don’t say that I don’t know the truth

Without reaching out your arms

And embracing the world

Feel the brush of the carpet as you prostrate to your Lord

Feel the smoothness of the paper as you read the words of your provider

Feel the prickle of the grass underfoot

Feel the tide of the water as you face the vast oceans

And ask yourself…

Why am I a Muslim?

With such a magnificent world

So beautiful,

So amazing,

So perfect,

How can I not believe in a creator?

A Lord of the worlds

A King over all Kings?

How can I look at such a world?

At how perfectly constructed it is?

And not be a Muslim?

So don’t look me in the eyes

And ask me why I am a Muslim

When the wonders of the world

And its faultless structure

It’s right in front of you

As perfect examples

Without an ounce of suspicion

Of doubt in the glory of Allah (swt)

Of the magnificence of the Al-Mighty One

And the perfectness of our existence

Ask me why I am a Muslim?

I tell you to look around you at the world

And see how pristine and flawless it really is

Uncontested in its creation

I am a Muslim

Because the world as perfect as ours needs a creator

And the creator can be no other than

The one and only god

Uncontested in his might and power

The best of protectors

 Allah (swt)