The Day the Quran came in the Mail

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The Day The Quran Came in The Mail
Posted on January 28, 2008.
This is number 10 on my list.Living With Alcoholic & drug addicted mother This is sorta like my reversion story but not quite because I don’t have such an elaborate story.
One year I got my income taxes I think i was like 20 and I wanted to get me a computer sooooooo bad along with some other things as well washer dryer/ bedroom sets for my son and I so when i got my taxes that’s what I did. So when I finally got my computer I was messing around on it and somehow I ended up on a website that said free Quran and I was like wow Free all i saw was Free so i filled out the form. After filling out the form the form also gave you websites to learn about Islam. So me just clicking away on my new computer I went to those sites as well and I started reading and if you ‘ve read my other blogs you should know that I LOVE to read it’s almost like an addiction for real . so I read and read and what ever i didn’t have time to sit and read i printed it out and took it to work with me and read on my breaks, everything I read about Islam was just so interesting to me and i found my self more and more attracted to Islam . When asked how did you convert to Islam? Or People usually ask what did you like about Islam ? I would say everything but one in particular was the woman’s rights and the covering . I just loved the fact that there were other women who thought like me that you don’t have to be showing your body to everyone. at this point I am really considering conversion or reversion but who do i talk to? I don’t know any Muslim’s and wasn’t sure if there’s a masjid in the town I lived in . Phonebook didn’t list any Masjids/Mosque so back to the internet I went to a Islamic chat room and I met this sister we chatted for a while and she told me about her family and children and husband and all that and I told her how i was interested in Islam so she was telling me how to say the shahadah in Arabic and English so she ended up calling me because I could not pronounce the Arabic to save my life so she called and we spoke for a while and she taught me how to say shahada I said shahadah alhumdulilah and that’s was basically it . May Allah bless that sister and her family Ameen her name or online name was muslimflower or flowermuslimah or something like that. She asked if i had a quran and or anything i told her no so she gave me a site to read Quran and a site on how to pray www.islamway.com . I never spoke to the sister after that but I am thankful to her . Ok so now I’m Muslim right now what do I do ? Well really I didn’t do much after that i just continued to read and that was it . So Maybe like a few months later I meet this Moroccan brother online and he was looking for a wife so we are chatting and we later agreed to marry and My son and I would moved to New York Big Ole New York . So like a month before I move to New York I am packing slowly counting down the days and still wondering have I lost my mind I mean I just met this brother online we didn’t talk very long before we considered marriage so I am packing and one day i started having doughts if I’m doing the right thing or not so i prayed (my own version of prayer at the time) and I asked God if I am doing the right thing or not to please give me a sign. I said this prayer a couple of times and still nothing the brother keeps calling asking me how far along i am in packing and everything and I’m telling him that you know what I’m having second thoughts so he told me about istikarah prayer so i told him the prayer Ive been saying so anyways to make a long story short i continued to pack still in dought and still waiting for my sign so now the day of .The day he comes to get me guess what the Quran came in the mail all the way from Pakistan and guess what else not only did the Quran come but another book came titled Istikarah the prayer for seeking guidance Wallahi. This was the one i filled out online but it didn’t come until 5 or 6 months later ( I don’t know why it took so long )but it came and it came on the day i was leaving for New York and from that day I have not looked back or questioned if Islam is the right religion for me Alhumduliah I am Muslim and so very proud of it Allahu Akbar The Day The Quran Came in The Mail.