Harold Ford
6/11/01

My teen age years were traumatic. I knew no adults, who would listen empathetically to my bizarre problems. So I kept my complex affairs to myself. Later on, as a young adult I was intrigued by the same age-old questions which have puzzled thinkers for centuries. Questions such as the Origin of the COSMOS. For me, THE ANSWER was ONE SUPREME CREATIVE POWER. Without that, everything would fall into utter and COMPLETE CHAOS.

In my deepest reveries I began to see in my mind’s eye a glowing light amidst infinite space. Intuitively, I felt I should be IN HARMONY with That SUPREME POWER. To be IN HARMONY I needed to control my activities, both large and small.

I refused some career job opportunities because I had a feeling they would not be IN HARMONY with THE SUPREME POWER. I chose or avoided some friends depending on whether or not they made me feel in harmony with The Supreme Power.

One day while listening to a T.V. evangelist I heard him say "Some ideas in The Bible are also in The Koran". This made me very curious. I felt I needed to know more about that. I called on an Islamic Mosque for their explanation and it changed my life forever.

First they told me "you were born to worship GOD". They told me about ALLAH, the only One True GOD. I learned that we must submit to The Supreme ALLAH, that only ALLAH is worth worshipping. The Muslims gave me a book of translations of the meanings of the Qur-an, I was very impressed. I also recalled how at age twenty I had strong intuitive feelings that there is One Power controlling all things.

After several weeks I declared "THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS LAST MESSENGER". THE SHAHADA. Now I am happy to be a Muslim to the best of my ability.

As for the Origin of the COSMOS, ALLAH has but to say, "BE" and it "IS".