A Pakistani Moslem Finds Jesus Christ
(Here
is a Christian testimony which UK Apologetics/Museltof Countercult
and Apologetics received in April, 2006. We have tried very hard to
source this and all the indications are that it is accurate. I have
tidied up the punctuation/grammar. I would like to thank Azali for
making it available to us).
"First I set the Qur’an on fire and it got burnt before our eyes. Then I tried to do the same with the Bible. But as soon as I tried it, the Bible struck my chest and I fell on the ground..."
Azali
is from the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan. He was an ardent follower of Mohammed until
the results of a challenge he laid out before some Christian
students. Here is his story:
And
He said unto them: "Go into the world, and preach the gospel
to every Creature." (Mark 16:15)
When I was 14 years
old I was studying in a convent school at Saddar Karachi, Pakistan. I
belonged to a Moslem family. My parents forced me to learn the Qur’an
by heart when I was seven and so I did. I had a lot of Christian
fellows (or acquaintances) at school.
I was surprised to see
them always studying while I always found Christians to be of low
profile in our society. I discussed and argued a lot with them about
the accuracy of Qur’an and the rejection of Bible by Allah in
Holy Qur’an. I always forced them to accept Islam whenever I
could. Often my Christian teacher told me not to do so. He said, "God
may choose you as he chose the Apostle Paul." I asked him
who is Paul?, I know Muhammad only.
One day during our
discussion I challenged them to burn the Holy Books of each other.
They should burn the Qur’an and I should do the same with the
Bible. We agreed: "The book which would burn, would be false.
The book, which would not burn, has the Truth in it. God Himself
would save His Word." Unfortunately they were not ready to
do this because they were frightened of the consequences. Living in
an Islamic country and doing such a thing could lead them to face the
law and meet its consequences. I told them I could do this all by
myself. They did not to burn anything.
First I set the Qur’an
on fire and it got burnt before our eyes. Then I tried to do the same
with the Bible. But as soon as I tried it, the Bible struck my chest
and I fell on the ground. There was smoke all around my body. I was
burning, but from a spiritual fire.
Suddenly I saw a man on my
side with golden hair, wrapped in light . He placed his hand on my
head and said to me "You are my son and from now on you will
preach the Gospel in your nation. Go! Your Lord is with you."
Then
I saw the stone on the grave, which was removed. I actually - in a
vision - saw Mary Magdalene speak to the gardener who she thought had
probably taken the body of my Lord. The gardener was Jesus Himself.
He kissed the hand of Mary and I woke up. I felt very strong - just
as if, if someone should strike me, I would not be hurt.
I
went home and I told my parents about all what happened. But they did
not believe it. They thought that the Christians got me under magic,
but I told them that all this happened before my very own eyes and
that many people were watching this. They still did not believe it
and they turned me out of my home and refused to accept me as their
family member.
I went to a church close to my home; I told the
Father there all about what happened. I asked him to show me the
Bible. He gave me one and I read about the event of Mary Magdalene
and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior on 02-17-85.
My
family refused to accept me. I went to various churches and got more
knowledge about the Word of God. I also followed many Bible Courses
and then I got a ministry.
Now after 20 years, I have seen
many people come to the Lord and accept Jesus Christ as their
Saviour. Thanks to the Lord, I am now married and have a Christian
family. My wife Khadija and I are involved in the work of the Lord
and able to share the miracles God has been doing in our lives.
Even
though it is not easy and we face many hardships, we feel like Paul
who went through hardships and suffering for the Glory of His
Saviour, who went Himself through suffering during His walk on earth
and on the cross. We thank God the Father for sending His Son to this
earth and giving us free life through Him.
Azali,
Kalimatullah Evangelism Ministry
Islamic
Republic of Pakistan.
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