Priest embraced Islam, (5) Ex- Coptic Priest and Missionary (Egypt)-iii

Priest embraced Islam, (5) Ex- Coptic Priest and Missionary (Egypt)-iii

Priest embraced Islam, (5) Ex- Coptic Priest and Missionary (Egypt)-iii

Part three

This is the fifth priest in this series of "Priests Embraced Islam".

His name before Islam: Ibrahim Khalil Philobus

His name after Islam: Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed

He was born in 1919 in Alexandria, Egypt.

He was an Egyptian Coptic priest and missionary.

He studied theology and got a high degree from Princeton University.

He studied Islam to find gaps to attack it; instead he embraced Islam with his four children, one of them is now a brilliant professor in Sorbonne University, Paris France.

He leads and participated in many Debates about Islam and Christianity.

He wrote five books (in Arabic), they are:

Muhammad, peace be upon him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Quran

Forgiveness (Salvation) in Islam and Christianity

Israel the sedition of the generations in the Modern times

Israel the sedition of the generations in the Old times

The Orientalists and missionaries in the Arab world and Islamic countries

He translated three books of Ahmad Deedat from English to Arabic, they are:

Is crucifixion fiction or Real?

What the Bible says about Muhammad [peace be upon him]?

Who rolled back the stone?

[Ahmad Deedat is the best known for his numerous inter-religious public debates with evangelical Christians; he has many video tapes of such debates on the net].

Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed continues his real and interesting story and says:

"I felt a deep comfort that night and when I returned home I spent the whole night all by myself in my library reading the Quran. My wife inquired from me about the reason of my sitting up all night and I pleaded from her to leave me alone.

I stopped for long time thinking and meditating on the verse;

"Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, verily thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah." (Quran 59:21)

And the verses:

"Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and the Pagans, and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, 'We are Christians': Because amongst these are men devoted to learning. And men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. And when they listen to the revelation received by the Messenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognize the truth: They pray: 'Our Lord! We believe, write us down among the witnesses. What cause can we have not to believe in Allah and the truth which has come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us to the company of the righteous?'" (Quran 5:82-84)

The Ex- Coptic Priest and Missionary I.K. Ahmad then quoted a third quotation from the Noble Quran which says:

"Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures), in the Taurat and in the Gospel; for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them what is bad (and impure): He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honor him, help him and follow the light which is sent down with him, it is they who will prosper." Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Allah, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: It is He that giveth both life and death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger. The unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow Him that (so) you may be guided." (Quran 7:157-158)

At this moment that same night, I. Khalil dramatically concluded:

"I took my final decision. In the morning I spoke with my wife from whom I have three sons and one daughter. But no sooner than she felt that I was inclined to embrace Islam; then she cried and asked for help from the head of the mission.

His name was Monsieur Shavits from Switzerland.

He was a very cunning man.

When he asked me about my true attitude, I told him frankly what I really wanted and then he said: Regard yourself out of job until we discover what has befallen you. Then I said: This is my resignation from my job.

He tried to convince me to postpone it, but I insisted.

So he made a rumor among the people that I became mad.

Thus I suffered a very severe test and oppression until I left Aswan for good and returned to Cairo".

When I. Khalil was asked about the circumstances to his conversion he replied:

"In Cairo I was introduced to a respectable professor who helped me overcome my severe trial and he did that without knowing anything about my story. He treated me as a Muslim for I introduced myself to him as such although until then I did not embrace Islam officially. That was Dr. Muhammad Abdul Moneim Al Jamal the then undersecretary of treasury. He was highly interested in Islamic studies and wanted to make a translation of the Holy Quran to be published in America. He asked me to help him because I was fluent in English since I had got my M.A. from an American University. He also knew that I was preparing a comparative study of the Quran, the Torah and the Bible. We cooperated in this comparative study and in the translation of the Quran.

When Dr. Jamal knew that I had resigned from my job in Aswan and that I was then unemployed, he helped me with a job in Standard Stationery Company in Cairo. So I was well established after a short while. I did not tell my wife about my intention to embrace Islam thus she thought that I had forgotten the whole affair and that it was nothing but a transitory crisis that no more existed. But I knew quite well that my official conversion to Islam needs long complicated measures and it was in fact a battle which I preferred to postpone for some time until I became well off and after I completed my comparative study."

To be continued.

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