Islam Rediscovered
24. A Case of Discovery*
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motives. Shall I tell you what further subconscious
motive or reason has had its influence in deciding
my choice of Islam? It is this:
To consecrate for the
remainder of my earthly days what gifts God has given
me and what knowledge and capacity I have acquired,
either in Europe or in Asia, from books as well as from
travels, to the service of that great community to which I
have now the privilege to belong.
Will you then accept
me as a brother, as a friend and as a servant? Allow
me now to finish this lecture of mine that has
already taxed your patience longer than I had
intended, with the following verse from the Holy
Quran:
Say: “My Lord has guided me to a straight
path, to an upright religion, to the faith of the
upright Abraham; for he was not one of those
who join gods with God. Say: Verily, my
prayers, and my worship, and my life and my
death are unto God, Lord of the Worlds. He
has no associate, and this I am commanded;
and I am the first of those who submit to His
will.” (6: 161-162)
