With
no edits, below is a conversion story as shared by Mario Joseph:
“While
I was working in Muslim moscheet as
an Imam, a parish priest, once I preached in my parish that Jesus Christ is not
God. For me God was only Allah, and I believed Allah never got married, so no
sons for Allah. So I preached there that Jesus is not God. Then somebody asked
me, “Who is Jesus?” from the crowd. Maybe a Muslim, but he asked me, “Who is
Jesus?” I was preaching he is not God, but the question was, “Who is he?” To
know who is he, I read the entire Quran once again: 114 chapters, 6666 words in
the Quran. When I read it, the name of Prophet Muhammad I found in Quran 4
places, but the name of Jesus I found in 25 places. There itself I was a little
confused. Why does the Quran give more preference to Jesus? And the second
thing: I could not see any women’s name in Quran: Prophet Muhammad’s mother’s
name, or wife’s name or children’s name, no. In the Quran there is only one
woman’s name that I found: Mariam, the mother of Jesus. No other woman’s name.
And in the holy Quran chapter 3, the name of the chapter is ‘Family of Mariam.’
And the holy Quran chapter 19, the name of the chapter itself is ‘Mariam.’ One chapter
is “Mariam.” So I as very curious to know ‘Why does the Quran say all these
things?’ About Mariam, holy Quran chapter 3 verses 34 onwards says that Mary
was born without original sin, she never committed any sin in her life, she was
ever virgin. Quran chapter 50 verse 23 says that she went to Heaven with her
physical body. Even the assumption is written in the holy Quran.
