"The Quran Converted Me to Christianity"

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.

And then about Jesus, when I read chapter 3 verses 45 to 55, there are 10 points which the Quran makes about Jesus.  The first thing Quran says (Arabic), the Arabic word which means ‘Word of God,’ and the second thing (Arabic) which means ‘Spirit of God.’ And the third is (Arabic) which means ‘Jesus Christ.’ So Quran gives the name for Jesus: Word of God, Spirit of God, Jesus Christ. And then Quran says that Jesus spoke when he was very small, like 2 days old after his birth. He began to speak. Quran says that Jesus created a live bird with mud. He took some mud, formed a bird, when he breathed into it, it became a live bird. So I think that he can give life. He gave life to mud, clay. And then Quran says that Jesus cured a man born blind and a man with leprosy, etc. Curiously, the Quran says that Jesus gave life to dead people, Jesus went to Heaven; he is still alive and he will come again. When I saw all these things in the Quran my thinking was what the Quran says about Muhammad. You know, according to the Quran, Prophet Muhammad is not the Word of God, not the Spirit of God, never spoke when he was 2 days old, never created any bird with mud, never cured any sick people, never raised any dead people, he himself died, and according to Islam he is not alive and he will not come back.

So there is a lot of difference between these two prophets. I didn’t call Jesus, God, you know. My idea was ‘he is a prophet,’ but he is a prophet greater than Muhammad.’ So one day I went to my teacher, the one who taught me 10 years in Arabic college, and I asked him: ‘Teacher, how did God create the universe?’ Then he said, ‘God created the universe through the word.’ Through the word. Then my question: ‘”Word” is creator or creation? I must clear it. My question: whether the Word of God is Creator or Creation. Quran says Jesus is Word of God. If my teacher says the Word of God is Creator, which means Jesus is Creator, then the Muslims must become Christian. Suppose if he says the Word is creation, he will be trapped. You know why? He said everything is created through the Word. Suppose if he said the Word is creation, then how did God create the Word? So he cannot say the Word is Creator, cannot say the Word is creation, so was quite angry and he pushed me out of his room and said, ‘Word is not the Creator nor the creation, you get out of here’, he said.

…So they (Muslims) don’t equal the Word with God, that’s all their problem.  So then when he said that, I told my teacher, ‘Word is not the creator nor the creation’, that is why Christians say the Word is Son of God. Then he told me if there is a son of God, I must show him the wife of God. Without wife, no chance of having a son. Then I showed am portion from the Quran. Quran says God can see without eyes, God can talk without tongue, God can hear without ears. It is written in the Quran. I said if that is the case then He can have a child without a wife. So there we had a big argument, and you know at the end what I did? I took my Quran, put it on my chest, and I said, ‘Allah, tell me what I should do, because your Quran says Jesus is still alive, and Muhammad is no more. You tell me whom should I accept.’ After my prayer I opened the Quran, I didn’t ask anyone, I asked only my Allah. When I opened Quran, I saw chapter 10 verse 94. You know what Quran says? (Quoting the Quran in Arabic) which means ‘If you have any doubt in this Quran which I give to you, go and read the Bible or ask the people, those who read the Bible. The truth is already revealing that.’ So if you ask me who made me Christian, it’s not any fathers; it’s not any sisters; it’s not any bishops; it’s not any cardinals; it’s not even pope; but the holy Quran converted me to Christianity.”