Becoming a Muslim requires a very simple act, but the meaning behind it is very deep.

You have to believe that there is only one God, Allah, who created the entire universe, and that Muhammad (PBUH) is his final messenger on earth.

If you recite this, with total sincerity, in front of two witnesses, you have become a Muslim. It really is as simple as that.

Muslims call this recitation the Shahadah, and refer to it as the first Pillar of Islam.

And if you become a Muslim by converting (some Muslims would say “reverting”) to Islam your fellow Muslims will accept you as if you had been born a Muslim.

Submitting to God

Becoming a Muslim takes you into a new world.

It’s a world in which you are intensely aware of your relationship with Allah, and aware that everything in the world exists because Allah chose that it should.

This gives life a whole new meaning, it lifts many responsibilities, and replaces them with the single aim of living life in the way that Allah wants you to live it.

So when you become a Muslim you have to live Allah’s way. Every moment of your life has to follow Allah’s will. Every choice you make must be the choice that would please Allah.