My name is Khadija. I was born in a nominal Muslim family. I had a grandmother who was handicapped, and she wanted some of us to live with her. So I was sent to her mountain village to take care of her.
Living with Grandma
My grandmother’s village was large, but everyone knew each other, and it was part of our culture to share both good and bad times with each other. Some of my biggest memories are attending funerals with my grandmother. I couldn’t analyze many things, but each time the mullah spoke, it was clear to me that if you did not follow Islam and do good deeds, you were going to hell. I started to seriously think about this. I wanted to please Allah.
A Devoted Muslim
When I was 8, I started to learn Arabic prayers. This made my grandmother happy because she was a devoted Muslim. I hoped that maybe now I could think about death, Allah, and life after death without a paralyzing fear.
Practicing Islam did not help my fear the way I had hoped. I couldn’t think about judgment day without being terrified. In my heart, I knew I wasn’t perfect, but unconsciously, to protect myself from this fear, I became more judgmental towards others. I put on a strong, defiant face, but inside I was very sensitive. I preferred reading and writing poems.
When I was 17, I went to study at a university in our capital city. I joined my two older sisters, who were already studying there. Some of the teachers were Christians, as well as one of my friends. The teachers invited students into their homes to sing together, drink tea, and talk about Jesus. My friend had some tapes with Christian songs and I really liked them. I asked her to find a song without the word “Jesus” in it. We found one and I learned it by heart.
I Met Real Christians
I was very shy, but finally decided to go with my friend to a Christian’s house. I had never met real Christians. I really liked these people. I could tell they were happy, and the songs were beautiful. I started to really enjoy time with them, but I still did not like to hear about Jesus and I started to feel unfaithful to Allah.
One day, I decided I would not go anymore. That evening, when I was preparing for my Muslim prayers, an inexplicable presence of someone filled me. I was afraid and asked, “Who is it?” The answer was, “Jesus, Jesus.” I tried to ignore it, as I thought it was the devil trying to tempt me away from Allah. I prayed an Arabic prayer to cast him away, but it didn’t help. I finished my 
preparations and went to pray. But the presence covered me again. That night I couldn’t sleep. I was confused. I covered my head and read a special Arabic prayer for sleeping, but it didn’t help. I sat on my bed and said “I see that that there are two of you. Allah if you are the right God, help me. Jesus, if you are the right one, do something.” After that, I fell asleep. The next day, I woke up with a strong desire to know more about Jesus. I decided to go to the Christians’ house to ask questions, but I had no idea what to ask.
When I arrived, I told them needed to talk to them. They were very open and friendly. I was quite nervous and didn’t know what to ask. I started to cry and couldn’t stop. They started to ask me questions about Jesus. I was surprised that I knew the right answers. I had no idea how I knew them. That day I repented of the bad things I had done before Jesus. It has been 13 years since I met Jesus. He took away my fears. The more I know Him, the more I dream about the day when I’ll see Him. As the Bible says, “This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, …” (1 John 4:17-18).
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3. No, as he could not help himself, and was crucified by the Romans. In addition, If he is son of God, Why didn’t God save him. A son of God must be with the same attributes as God has and God is immortal, but Jesus, son of God crucified. if he is not immortal, he cant be a son of God. Please explain. Regards
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Dear Waleed,
Thanks for your comment. You have such good questions!
Isa Al-Masih was God’s Word who became a man. He’s God (Injil, John 1:1). You are right that He has the same attributes as God has and was immortal. That’s why God’s Word became a man so that he could die!
He could have fought the Romans. He could have directly shown to the world that He’s God. But He didn’t. He had a plan to redeem us from our sin’s penalty. For [b]”the wages of sin is death” [/b](Injil, Romans 6:23). We are sinners and we must be punished! Who can save us from the eternal punishment? No one, except God. And He did it rightly just through the sacrifice of Isa Al-Masih, the lamb of God.
After He died, He was resurrected from the death! Later, He ascended into heaven. He will come again on the second time to judge the world. Who is He that He becomes so special? Everyone should think about it.
Those who believe in what He had done will be saved from the wrath of God. Those who don’t, who can save them? They couldn’t help themselves! So who can save you? Here’s a link to help you learning about how we can pass the wrath of God: https://www.isaandislam.com/Isa-Al-Masih/are-you-a-muslim-carrying-a-load-of-sin-there-is-help.html.
Blessings.