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... but Allah and that Muhammad ﷺ is His messenger. The first converts of this period represent an extraordinary cross-section of...
... al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam al-Makhzumi, a young man who had converted to Islam early and whose house on the slope of al-Safa hi...
...r years after this surah was revealed, had opportunities to convert and thereby disprove the Quran, yet never did — a fact that...
...d swiftly against the early Muslim community. Those who had converted without the protection of powerful clans — slaves, freedm...
...hip, where it shone as he traveled back to Daws. Al-Tufayl converted his father and wife immediately upon returning, but found...
...social order that Muhammad ﷺ was dismantling with every new convert. On the way, a companion warned him: before worrying about ...
...ecret. When a false rumor reached them that the Quraysh had converted to Islam, many returned — only to find the situation unch...
... Asad's invitation to at least listen, heard the Quran, and converted on the spot. He then went to his clan and told them that ...
...hen given in marriage to Uthman ibn Affan, one of the early converts, and the two became the first couple to migrate for Islam ...
...) and Sayyid al-Shuhada (the Master of the Martyrs). Wahshi converted to Islam years later and met the Prophet ﷺ, who told him:...
...e city to attack from the south. Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud, a newly-converted member of the Ghatafan who secretly became Muslim, sowed ...
...het were present, but feared losing his kingdom and did not convert. Khosrow tore his letter in contempt; the Prophet ﷺ, inform...
...poils, in which the Prophet ﷺ gave generously to new Meccan converts and nothing to the Ansar, produced hurt feelings among the...
...mels, his sons similarly, other leading Qurayshi and tribal converts generously. The Ansar received nothing. Murmurs spread tha...
...al convenience, tribal honor, or the gradual comfort of new converts — has governed Islamic da'wah practice since the day the T...
...the Visigoths, the Vandals, and other Germanic peoples were converted to Arianism before Trinitarian Christianity became domina...
...int Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Waraqah had converted to Christianity — not the popular pagan religion of his Q...
...uld find — and offered himself as a student and servant. He converted from Zoroastrianism, attached himself to this first bisho...
...with approximately seven thousand men, predominantly Berber converts. The Visigothic king Roderic (Rodrigo) assembled his force...
...nstructed governors throughout the empire to treat non-Arab converts (mawali) with full equality as Muslims, cutting the discri...
...his reform was enormously popular among the non-Arab Muslim converts (mawali) of Persia and Khurasan who had faced continued ta...
...of Khurasan that drew its support from the mawali (non-Arab converts) of Persia and Khurasan — communities that had chafed unde...
...-Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman and others who reimposed taxes on converts and refused to treat mawali as equal Muslims deepened rese...
...mbushed them in the narrow valley, and many of the recently converted Meccans and some veterans fled in panic. Only the Prophet...
...r Constantine XI died fighting. Mehmed entered the city and converted the Hagia Sophia — then a church — into a mosque. His con...
...romoting Twelver Shia Islam as the state religion, forcibly converting a predominantly Sunni population and executing those who...
... Church of the Holy Sepulchre, fearing future Muslims would convert it into a mosque.
...ruler of the Golden Horde, became the first Mongol ruler to convert to Islam. He allied with the Mamluks against Hulagu and ref...
Ghazan Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia, converted to Islam and made it the state religion. Under Ghazan, th...
... man.' The subsequent Spanish Inquisition forced Muslims to convert or flee.
One of the ten promised Paradise and among the first eight to accept Islam. Abdur-Rahman was renowned for his immense wealth and extraordinary generosity, donat
One of the earliest converts, known for his extreme asceticism and outspoken advocacy f...
One of the ten promised Paradise, called by the Prophet 'the Trustworthy One of this Ummah.' Abu Ubaydah served as the supreme commander of the Muslim armies in
One of the ten promised Paradise, among the earliest converts to Islam.
One of the earliest converts and foremost Quran reciters, the Prophet told people to le...
One of the ten promised Paradise and among the first eight to embrace Islam. Talhah was renowned for his bravery at the Battle of Uhud, where he shielded the Pr
One of the ten promised Paradise and the son of the Prophet's aunt Safiyyah. Az-Zubayr was the first to draw his sword in defense of Islam and fought in every m
An early convert known for his asceticism and outspoken truthfulness.
American convert to Islam and Shafi'i scholar based in Amman. Translated the...
American convert to Islam and prominent da'wah scholar known for his accessi...
Prominent American Muslim leader, imam of Masjid At-Taqwa in Brooklyn, and one of the most recognized Muslim voices in the United States.
American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States.
American convert to Islam and Associate Professor at Georgetown University, ...
...the ten companions promised Paradise and among the earliest converts to Islam.
A wife of the Prophet ﷺ of Jewish descent, who converted to Islam and is honored as a Mother of the Believers.
The Queen of Saba who submitted to Sulayman AS and accepted Islam after witnessing his kingdom and wisdom.
...gnized the Prophet ﷺ as a true prophet upon his arrival and converted to Islam.
The just Christian king of Abyssinia who gave refuge to the first Muslim emigrants and eventually accepted Islam in secret.
...negotiated the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah with the Prophet ﷺ. He converted to Islam at the Conquest of Makkah and later became a pas...
...hdhab. After Musaylima was killed at Yamama, she eventually converted to genuine Islam and lived the rest of her life as a Musl...
...id ibn al-Walid at the Battle of Buzakha. He then genuinely converted to Islam and fought as a brave Muslim soldier, being mart...
One of the earliest converts to Islam, among the first ten to embrace the faith. He and...
A companion who converted from Christianity and was the first non-Arab to narrate d...
One of the earliest converts to Islam and the first Muslim to emigrate to Madinah (befo...
One of the earliest converts to Islam and a prominent companion known for his extreme a...
...nion who was the brother of Amr ibn al-As. One of the early converts in Makkah, he and his brother were separated — Amr emigrat...
A cousin and former adversary of the Prophet ﷺ who was one of the last to accept Islam before the Conquest of Makkah. He had previously been the most eloquent e
... the Prophet, he was so astounded by the revelation that he converted to Islam. He became a devoted companion and returned to M...
...panion and younger brother of Abd Allah ibn Masud. An early convert from Makkah and a skilled Quran reciter who migrated to Aby...
One of the earliest converts and first horsemen in Islam. Famous for his bold speech at...
Pre-Islamic poet who converted to Islam and wrote the famous qasida Banat Su'ad in prais...
Early female Muslim from Makkah who worked secretly to convert Qurayshi women to Islam.
A British Muslim author and educator (b. 1942), convert to Islam, known for accessible books on Islam for Western a...
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