This is the story of Stephanie, a young woman born and raised in New York with parents from Bangladesh following strict Islamic traditions. When she was 6 years old, she saw some Catholic friends had crosses and said they loved Jesus. So she told her mom she also loved Jesus because it was an Islamic prophet, but her mom prohibited her from saying that ever again. She was forced to wear the Hijab when she was attending 3rd grade. Her father would regularly beat her mom, and her mom took it out on Stephanie and her siblings. Despite that, the mother took on the abuse.
Stephanie questioned Islam – what miracles did Muhammad do? But she was told never to question. Stephanie tried to work multiple jobs to raise some money secretly, but her father saw it as his right to take her earnings to himself with no questions asked. When she was 23, she finally had a chance to leave. Her parents even called the police to stop her from leaving. The police wouldn’t stop an adult who desperately wants to get out of the control of her parents.
Stephanie found herself in deep depression. She still tried to hold on to her Muslim tradition by forcing herself to pray. At her lowest point she became a shadow of herself. At this point, she cried out to God and said that she desperately needed Him. Then she had a dream about Jesus, and He said “Stephanie, this is me.” This made her realize that Jesus is real, so she started to read the Bible with sincere intent. It clicked. There was an answer to everything. A couple of weeks later, she wanted to know what to do with this new love for Jesus. She then had a second dream. Jesus said “you need to make content”. Stephanie followed suit. Her life was changed – she was a new creation.
Watch her testimony here:
This is the story of Nuzaira Farid, who was born and raised to a Bangladesh Muslim family. She learned everything that the Qur'an said, and it resulted in Allah always being angry with people. Her questions would be seen as blasphemy by her teachers, so that discouraged her from pursuing further.
Nuzaira didn't have a good childhood. She had miscarriages as an adult. She later became suicidal, and had recurring nightmares every evening. In those nightmares, she would be in a pitch dark place, listening to unpleasant hissing sounds. And she couldn't even breathe until she woke up from them.
Nuzaira's husband suggested her to give Jesus a try, because he was a Christian. Nuzaira got vehemently opposed to that thought and had decided she was going to do something to end her life. No medicine nor Islamic prayers had helped Nuzaira. As she saw her own daughter, she knew she couldn't take her own life becomes her daughter depended on her. As she was becoming more and more desperate, she finally called out to Jesus. She asked if Jesus was the true God, to reveal Himself to her. She promised to surrender to Him, if He was real.
That night, she started having the same nightmare. But then, she woke up and sat in her bedroom. Then there was a bright light, and saw a large shining man, with beautiful skin and eyes. And there was a sense of peace from Him. He said something that she couldn't understand (not English nor Bengali). But she got a sense that she would succeed this time, and she did. This experience led Nuzaira to accept the fact that Jesus is indeed God.
In tears, Nuzaira now wishes everyone would be able to experience how amazing Jesus is, as He has been to Nuzaira in her life. In a closing thought, she challenges people to put down their egos and humbly ask God to reveal Himself to you. Because He will. Watch her amazing testimony here.
This is the story of a former Bengali Sunni Muslim, Jahir. He developed a very fluent speech in Arabic by going to the Mosque for 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. Jahir excelled at reciting competition. He thought that by memorizing the entire Qur'an, he would gain enough favour from Allah to take his parents to heaven. Jahir was so devoted that even his own parents asked him to scale back in his Qur'anic reading, in favor of career studies.
When he was in university, Jahir started to meet other Muslims from other countries. On the night of Eid, Jahir wanted to celebrate with his new Muslim friends, thinking they would go to watch a movie. His friends surprisingly led him to the doors of a strip club. He was shocked by the immorality of his friends and left them, desiring purity for his Allah. Jahir was living a life focused in proselytizing Islam.
One day Jahir started to get attracted to a girl. One thing led to another and he fell into sexual sin. He regret the sin and kept asking for forgiveness, but there was no perceivable change in his life because he continued to live in sin.
Jahir was working part time during this stage of his life. His Sri Lankan manager left the job and Jahir was very sad he did. But sometime later, they met again. And this ex-manager of his told him the news that he had decided to follow Jesus. Jahir was beyond himself, thinking that this man whom he liked and respected, had been deceived. Jahir was passionately trying to convert him to Islam and asked him to come to his house to show him the Qur'an. The manager agreed to hear Jahir and he shared the gospel with Jahir there.
Jahir told him everything about Jesus in the Qur'an's point of view. His ex-manager had a very simple question for Jahir, 'Have you sinned?' Jahir was naturally taken back. Jahir learned that God actually loved him, something he never heard before. The relational God that Jahir heard about was incredible, yet foreign. Because Jahir couldn't stand hearing about this anymore, Jahir asked him to leave. But right after, Jahir did some self-reflection and acknowledged that he didn’t have what his ex-manager had.
Jahir was then invited to church, a place he had never gone to. He agreed to go. When he walked in, he felt the presence of God and saw people being healed in the name of Jesus. For some reason, Jahir said the name of Jesus and he had unexplainable tears in his eyes. He was asked to go again. The pastor called for people to accept Jesus, and Jahir looked for the exit instead. Jahir was invited one more time, and he got annoyed and even blocked his ex-manager from contacting him over the phone.
A few months later, he saw him walking in front of him. Jahir was invited to attend a bible study group. There, he witnessed a lady with foot problems being miraculously healed. Jahir himself acknowledged that he was experiencing an excruciating tooth pain. The group also prayed for him, and Jahir felt his pain somehow melt away.
One day his parents found out about the girl. When his father was told about this, he left work immediately to confront Jahir. His father gave him an ultimatum. Jahir had nowhere to go. His Muslim friends offered him no help. He decided to call his Christian friend, and he who offered to pray for him. Jahir then asked God to give him a dream and help him. And he got it. In the dream, Jahir cried for help as he felt paralyzed. Then he heard a voice that said 'Your family will forsake you, but I will never do. I am Jesus.' He then woke up from the dream and somehow was completely blind, unable to see a thing. Later on, he sensed a supernatural power come to him and opened his eyes. He was suddenly able to see again. All these experiences finally led Jahir to give his life to Jesus. All the demons he had heard telling him he would go to hell left him. He was new and born again.
Listen to his amazing testimony here (1.5 hour long).
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