# "I Challenged a Muslim About God” - Chinese Buddhist Converts to Islam

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- Published: 2026-08-26
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I believed in Buddhism. We worship Chinese gods, even the color of the beard, the eyes, the size of the eyes look like us. He is not God when he is alive. After he died, then only he became God. They promoted him to become God. I asked them, "Who is this? Is he a God? When did he become God?" The moment where they raised their voice and said, "Enough! Done! Don't ask!" So I asked my friend, "So for you as a Muslim, what do you worship?" He just replied, "We worship God." I was looking left and right. "Where is your God? I could not see your God." "No. God exists, but you can never see Him." I said, "What do you mean? Seeing is believing.

If I cannot see something, why should I believe in something?" Then he gave me an analogy. But deep in my heart, I was like, "Hmm, this God sounds logical." But one day, I said, "Mom, I'm going to Makkah early of December. Do you want to go to Makkah with me or not?" "Yes, of course, I want to go!" "Mom, but you cannot go to Makkah if you are non-Muslim." No answer. No reply. She just... and she started to cry. She said, "Yeah." And then she just said, "Then okay lah, let's become Muslim." As-salamu alaykum (peace be upon you), Brother Firdaus Wong. Welcome to Towards Eternity. Thank you so much for accepting our invitation. I want to start by asking, who is Firdaus Wong?

Can you tell us briefly about your life? I'm a Chinese, formerly a Buddhist, and I grew up in a place called Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where almost every single street, there is a group of gangsters who is monopolizing that area. And up until a certain extent, I played for Kuala Lumpur, the state of Kuala Lumpur. I also used to play for the Malaysia National Team, youth team, under 17 and under 21 as well. And I grew up as a Buddhist and Alhamdulillah (all praise is due to Allah), I became Muslim at the age of 22. So, how was your life in regards to faith? What were you believing in? Previously I was a Buddhist.

I believed in Buddhism, but bear in mind that I never read Buddhist scriptures before. Just like any-- I think most of the Chinese Buddhists, they never read the scriptures because we are not exposed to it. What we know about Buddhism is what our parents have told us, what our ancestors have practiced. So we take it as a face value that this is Buddhism and that is what we practice. Now, being a Buddhist, I believe there is a god because that is what is being taught to us as well. But the thing is that what I know about Buddhism is very surface. Very surface in the sense that it is all just about ritual. Ritual and ritual, do good. Okay, but what is the definition of doing good?

Individually, I believe in God. But after I became Muslim, I realized that there is no concept of God in Buddhism. They are also following Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folklore religion as well. The ancestor worship, etc. So what I believe as a Chinese, as a Buddhist, is that there is a supreme God. But the supreme God is what we call as the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor, and then there are some other mini, mini gods. Okay, those are the things that always being manifested in Chinese movies and Chinese drama. So maybe in the West, you guys are exposed to a movie, "Journey to the West," where there is a Monkey God, right? There is a Monkey God.

So those are the "gods" that we as a Chinese worship too. So they have made gods just like human beings that we love each other, we got married, we have children. What was the thing that made you question your beliefs? The thing that really made me question my belief was when I was 11 years old. But prior to that, I'm someone who is very stubborn and also I like to question a lot. What happened was my grandfather passed away. When he passed away, being a Chinese, a traditional Chinese family, there is a ritual. And this ritual is where they will call a priest to chant, to do a certain ritual. But the language in which I don't understand. So I started to ask and question my uncle and auntie.

"Why are they doing all these things?" So they say, "Well, this basically is to, in order for your grandfather to go to paradise." I said, "That's good." But concurrently, what happened was we have this activity where we fold the prayer paper, this prayer paper and also there is this Hell bank notes. Like for example, if I want to go to Turkey, if I want to go to US, I have to change from Malaysian Ringgit, I have to change to US Dollar. Now you have the Hell bank notes, which is the money to be used in hell. So I started to be curious. I was like, "This ritual is for him to go to paradise. Paradise, you have everything for free.

So this Hell bank notes is for who?" So they said, "Oh, basically this Hell bank notes is for your grandfather. Just in case he couldn't make it to paradise, he can use it in hell." That answer created more confusion for me. They might not be confused; I'm confused. I'm confused in that because as a Chinese, we, being brought up with certain philosophies like for example, "You have to become a good person in this world so that you will go to paradise and enjoy. But if you are a bad person in this world, you will go to hell and you will be punished." So the idea of reward in paradise and punishment in hell stuck in my mind.

But now it seems like, going to hell, you can use money and you can enjoy too. So what is the benefit of me doing good in this world and avoid being a bad person in this world? I kept on questioning until the moment where they raised their voice and said, "Enough! Done! Don't ask!" Okay. I stopped asking. Not because I satisfied with the answer, but because I don't want to be the next one in the coffin. Because when they raised their voice, I know, okay, they are not ready to answer. Fine. I continued to practice as a Buddhist, but deep in my heart, I have a question. But of course, the more I ask, I didn't get most of the answers. And how did your journey towards Islam begin? Oh, yes.

11 years old, you still remember. When I was 11 years old, up until the age of 18, after I graduated from my high school, I became a free thinker. A free thinker who believed in God. But during that time, I have my own concept of God. I haven't read any books, any scriptures, but I have a concept of God that I believe is logical. I say, I believe there is a God, but God is not a human or a creation. Neither creations can become God. I justified myself. I said, "Why?" Reason being, as a Chinese, you know Chinese, we worship Chinese gods that look like Chinese. Look like us. Okay, even the color of the beard, the eyes, the size of the eyes, look like us.

And there is a conversation that I have with my friend before I became Muslim is that I asked them, "Who is this? Is he a God? When did he become God? The statue that they worship?" With-- out of respect I asked in a proper manner. Then he said, "He is not God when he is alive. After he died, then only he became God." Then I said, "Okay. Meaning that when he was alive, he didn't know that he is God. So after he died, then he became God. Then who promoted him to become God?" Then he said, "Oh, specifically, this is the methodology." And he said, "Now, historians looked back at his life, his contributions. Okay, this person has a lot of contributions to the society, to the country.

So they promoted him to become God." But then I have another question, and I ask, "In that case, why don't you guys worship those who promoted him to become God? Because it seems like they have the power to promote someone to become God." I say, for an analogy, if I can hire you and fire you as the CEO of my company, who has more power? Obviously, it's me. So why don't you guys worship them? And they were like... We never thought about that. But doesn't matter, it's okay. So I became a free thinker. 18 years old up until the age of 22. Four years. Full. Full four years. I enjoyed my life to the fullest. The way I am as a non-Muslim. How do I enjoy? Well, you might be shocked.

Every week, I will go to the club, I will go to the pub three times minimum. The reason why I go is because to fill the emptiness in my heart. Because I don't get the fulfillment out there. But the more I go, it fills up for that particular day, but tomorrow it become empty again. Now, every single time I go, it fills up this much. But without me knowingly, the glass has become bigger. Meaning the emptiness has become bigger and bigger. But the amount of water that it can fill up is still the same amount. So I become more emptier. So, just trying to be a good person. Up until the point when I was 22 years old. I suffered from an injury and then I migrated to West Malaysia.

I'm alone and my life is very lonely over there. And that is where giving me the opportunity to think. To think about my life. I started to question myself. I was like, "What is my life is all about? What should I achieve and what should I do? Is my life is all about working, sleeping, eating, enjoying, get married, have kids, grow old, and die? Then what makes me different from the monkey in the jungle? There are no different." So, I have questions, but I dare not to make up conclusion. So I asked my friend who is a Muslim. I asked, "Bro, me as a Chinese last time, you know we have God statue in front, we worship that.

So for you as a Muslim, what do you worship?" And he just replied, "Well, we worship God." I was looking left and right. "Where is your God? I could not see your God." And then he said, "No. God exists, but you can never see Him." I said, "What do you mean? Seeing is believing. If I cannot see something, why should I believe in something?" Then he gave me an analogy. And he said, "Put it this way. Do you feel the wind?" I said, "Yeah, I feel it." "Can you see the wind?" I said, "Come on bro, look at the tree, look at the branch, look at, you know, the leaf. It's moving. That's the wind! What other evidence do you need?" And then he said, "Nope.

Those things that you see moving is not the wind itself. It's the effect of the wind. It's not the wind itself." And then I hold myself and I start to think. Okay. Okay. Sounds make sense, but still he haven't answered my question, "Who is the God?" And then he continue. And he said, "Now, just imagine. That is the wind that God created. Yet you cannot see the wind, but you can see the effect of the wind and you can feel the blowing of the wind. Then what make you think you can see the God that created the wind? You feel His existence. You feel His existence and you can see the effect in terms of the creations in this world." But deep in my heart I was like, "Hmm.

This God sounds logical." The best explanation so far that, okay, yeah. And during that time, I make up my mind. This is the God that I think-- during that time I'm still using the word "I think". I think it's the right God. This concept of God have already fulfilled the criteria that I want. I don't have to read other books. I don't have to understand. Unless, because most of the religion that I know during that time have a concept of God where God is in a form of a human or animals. I said I cannot worship. I cannot worship human. I will never worship a human. I will never worship an animal or monkey or whatsoever you call them. So I said I can't.

So since I already can't, and this explanation have already fulfilled the criteria that I have in my mind, a logical criteria, unless you can prove to me that my criteria of God is illogical, then I could change. But until then, no. So I became Muslim. Well, I haven't read the Quran. I never didn't know Prophet (be upon him). It's not so much that I want to go to paradise, to be honest. It's more of my fear of going to hell. And in order for me to stay away from hell, I must know who is my God and what this God want me to do in order for me to stay away from being punished from the hellfire. So I make the decisions to become a Muslim, but I haven't become Muslim. I have to call my mom.

I'm in Sarawak. So I call her and I told her everything about what I want to do when I come back to KL. And then I save the best for the last. And I told her, "Mom, when I come back to KL, I also want to become Muslim." And then during that time, she just a long silence. When a long silence, then eventually she answered, "Up to you. But bear in mind, don't play with religion. Be serious. Okay?" I was like, "Mom, I'm serious." Okay. So I came back. So basically this year, 2025, is the 20th anniversary of me being a Muslim. And how did that Shahada (testimony of faith) happen? Have you noticed something? While watching this video, you don't see any ads.

Since Towards Eternity is a non-profit organization, we can only produce these videos through your support. If you want to be a part of this good deed, donate to Towards Eternity and don't miss this golden opportunity. And how did Shahada (testimony of faith) happen? So I just recite the Shahada (testimony of faith). Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah. I recite the Shahada. Some people might say, "Do you feel there is a burden being lifted off?" I didn't feel anything. I feel a bit... oh, done? Was that it? That's it? Okay. Where I took my Shahada, that is the day where I quit and stopped every single Haram (forbidden) things that Islam do not allow me to.

So, it's not too difficult for me to, to, you know, to stay away from all those prohibitions in Islam. And, of course, 2005, I pray, I fast, I pay my Zakat (alms), and that is the only thing that I know. Even when people is talking about when they send salutations upon Prophet (peace be upon him), I don't understand what they say. I was like, why are they mumbling? I don't understand. Until the point where I met my teacher who inspired me to learn and to do Dawah (inviting to Islam). Back in 2011. Six years after I became Muslim. But that is also due to I considered myself being scammed.

Because that revert sister invited me and said, "Brother, there is a revert gathering, there is a potluck where we gonna have a lot of variety of food." I love to eat. So I'm being attracted with the food, not because of the lectures. So I went there, I'm about to take the food from the pot, and then she said, "No, no, no, no. Food later. Lecture first." Okay. So I listened to the lectures. The Sheikh just talking about the articles of faith, pillars of Islam. Something very basic. Our relationship and our responsibility towards our parents, our family who are not yet Muslim.

And then after the end of the lectures, I have an opportunity to talk to him and I ask him, "Sheikh, can you give me some few advice? I'm must... being a Muslim six years." He gave me very good, many good advice, but one of the things that stuck with me is that he told me, "Firdaus, we as a Muslim, we have to do Dawah (inviting to Islam)." And he explained to me the concept of Dawah. And I said, "Ustaz (teacher), I mean, I'm a new Muslim, six years. I don't even, I confess to him, I said, Ustaz (teacher), I don't even know articles of faith. I don't know pillar of Islam. I don't even know lot of things. How can I do Dawah?" He said, "Whatever that you know, you just convey.

Because the Prophet ﷺ said convey from me even one Ayah (verse)." So I said, "But I don't know! I don't really know!" Then he said, he asked me, "When you became Muslim, what do you recite?" I said, "This one I know. I recite the two Shahada (testimony of faith), the two Kalimah (statement)." So he said, "Yeah. So? The Prophet said convey for me even one Ayah (verse), there is two Ayah, convey one. One of it. You have two Shahada, convey one." Then I come up with the best excuse that I think of. I believe that is the best excuse ever in this world. And I say, "Sheikh, Ustaz (teacher), put it this way. You look at there is a lot of Muslim, born Muslim. Look at all those born Muslim.

They are... they don't even do Dawah. Why should me as a new Muslim do Dawah?" I believe that is a brilliant, brilliant excuse. And he said this. And this really hit me hard. Hit me really hard. He said, "Firdaus, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will not ask you why they didn't do what they supposed to do. But Allah will definitely ask you, why you didn't do what you supposed to do. They have to prepare an answer for Allah. And you have to prepare an answer for Allah too. So make sure you have the best answer." During that time, self-realization. Okay. I have to do it. I have to do it. And I start to learn. Every day I go to classes.

Throughout my first six years being a Muslim, I only have three Islamic book. But now I have a library of books, you know. Spend hundred of thousands just to buy all those books. After I have attended one of the course, four days, talking about the life of the Prophet ﷺ. That is the moment where I started to know who is Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). And I really fall in love. And that Sheikh, Sheikh AbdulBary Yahya from US, on his last day he said, "If we can conclude the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him) with one word, that one word is Dawah. He lived his life for the sake of Dawah (inviting to Islam).

So you who claim that you love him, you should do it too." So I do it because I love him. And I know him. Whatever challenges that come to me is nothing greater than what he has faced. Because in him, I found inspiration. I found motivation. I found the reason for me to keep going. If he can keep going, despite all the challenges that he has faced... And because we know, the ultimate goal is not about this world. We need this world in order for us to have a better world in the hereafter. So he is my inspiration, he is my motivation. By the grace of Allah, you have been a means of many people's Shahada, which of them was the most unforgettable for you, brother?

I've been doing Dawah to my mom, to my parents, to my family, very openly. No secret Dawah. Just very open. It started many, many years ago before she became Muslim where I... because I meant good for them. I bring them to the mosque where I give talk. I bring them in to see and look and interact with the Muslim. When I went to Hong Kong, I bring my mom so she will interact with some Chinese Hong Kong who speak Cantonese, the same language with her. And then in 2019, my mom used to ask me because she knew most of the time after Eid ul-Fitr, I will travel overseas for my Global Dawah.

She asked me, "So after Eid ul-Fitr, where will you be going?" I share with her a lot of place, but I specifically mentioned one place just to test the water. And I said, "Oh yes, and I'm going to Makkah for Umrah (minor pilgrimage). I'm going to Makkah." And I, out of so many place, I didn't invite her. I only invite her for Makkah for Umrah (minor pilgrimage). So I asked her, "Yeah, I'm going to Makkah. Would you like to join me to Makkah?" And she said, "Yeah, yeah, I want to go! As long I travel anywhere, I want to go." Then I have to break the bad news to her.

I said, "Mom, but you cannot go to Makkah if you are non-Muslim." She just replied, "Oh..." So I told my mom, I said, "Mom, you know I'm so happy that you are my mom in this world." So she said, "Yeah, me too." And I know my mom is a bit soft-hearted. So this is emotional Dawah. So I say, "Mom, it will be even better if you also my mom in paradise." Then she said... and she started to cry. She said, "Yeah, me too." "But I have to tell her the truth. But Mom, you cannot become my mom in paradise if you are non-Muslim." Difficult words, right? I have to tell her. And she just remained quiet. No answer. No reply. She just...

I do not know either during that time my words hurt her or not or make her cry. But I just wanted her to think. I just want to create the conversation for me to build up from there. Keep on talking to her about Islam, Islam, Islam, Islam. And I started to see the changes in her. Not, I started to see the changes not in the way that she practiced Islam, but I started to see the changes in her when she no longer practiced Buddhism. She have left certain taboo that she used to follow. Certain ritual that she used to follow. So I can see the things coming. But one day, after I came back from Melbourne, I call her basically. I say, "Mom, I'm going to Makkah early of December.

Do you want to go to Makkah with me or not?" "Yes, of course, I want to go!" "But yeah mom, I told you right? You cannot go if you are non-Muslim." And then she just said, "Then okay lah." I said, "What do you mean okay?" "Yeah, let's become Muslim." Alhamdulillah (all praise is due to Allah). "Let's become..." Then I asked her, "When? When? Today can ah?" And she said, "No lah! I have to prepare." Then I brought her in on Friday 24th of October 2019. As I say, I have done hundred or maybe even thousands of Shahada. I know what to say after Shahada. But after I took the Shahada of my own mom, I'm just being numb there. Until my staff give me a signal... then only I hug her.

And when I hug her, is that where I break down and I cried because this is the woman that gave birth to me, raised me and here she are become a Muslim together with me. And on the day itself, my another relative who already became Muslim earlier call my mom and ask, "Auntie, why do you became Muslim?" Then my mom said, "One, I can see the changes in my son, me. He become more patience, more Sabr (patient), he become more responsible. I look at my daughter-in-laws, I look at my grandchildren, all being very respectful. So that is where..." And also, I believe this is the truth. The first, among the first thing she asked me after she became Muslim is that, "How many times should I pray?

How should I pray? How can I pray?" It's like a few days before she still practicing Buddhist. And now after Shahada (testimony of faith), she left all the Haram (forbidden), she left those teaching and she immediately asked me how. Because I believe looking at her, my attitude I got it from her. And amazingly, she have knee pain. She suffering from that. But when we reached Makkah for the Umrah (minor pilgrimage), for the Tawaf (circumambulation) and for the Sai (walking between Safa and Marwa), even youngster like us will feel pain.

She have no problem doing the Tawaf (circumambulation) and doing the Sai (walking between Safa and Marwa) and being a new Muslim of two months, she is the one who dragged my wife, dragged my children to wake up for Fajr (dawn prayer) and go to Masjidil Haram (The Sacred Mosque). That for me is like, you know, Allah is great. Yeah. What is that term Nirvana? The term Nirvana is a place where for a Buddhist, after they die, is a place where they will have peace. This world is what they call as Samsara. Samsara is what we call as well as the circle and the cycle of suffering. So in order to get out from this Samsara, you have to practice the Buddhism, say it as the Four Noble Truth.

In which this Four Noble Truth is what Buddhist, Buddha himself found out. What did he found out? He found out that in this world there is Dukkha. Dukkha means that there is a suffering in this world. Now what is the cause of this suffering? Then you go to the second Noble Truth, which is suffering derived from desire. The desire to own or to have something that you could not have. So in order to eliminate the Dukkha, which is the suffering, you have to eliminate the desire. How to eliminate the desire? Four, you have to follow the Eightfold Path. Part of the Eightfold Path is right view, right thought, right speech, right mindfulness, right actions.

Now when we consider all this Eightfold Path, personally when I look into it, in terms of the value, is quite similar to what we have in Islam. Like for example, right view, right thought, right actions. Now right words itself is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that those who believe in Allah and the hereafter, speak good or remain silent. So the right word. Right actions. Now if you have a good intention, Innamal a'malu binniyat (actions are judged by intentions), if you have a good intention, it should be follow up with the right actions too. So when we look into the Eightfold Path, is basically I will call it as quite Islamic too.

But other than that, they have something what we call as the Five Precepts. And this is the bare minimum that a Buddhist should practice. The Five Precepts: Do not kill, do not lie, do not misuse sex, do not consume alcohol, okay, and do not gamble. When we look into this, isn't this is quite similar to our Maqasid Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) as well? That to protect life, to protect wealth, to protect your mind, intellect, to protect, you know, your next generations, the Nasab (lineage). It's there. So basically, Buddhism by itself, based on the value, is very very close to the teaching of Islam.

Why do you think the answer we are looking for is not reincarnation but belief in the hereafter? They say rebirth is a concept where if you collect good Karma in this world, they have the Samsara, remember the Samsara, the cycle, the circle of suffering. This rebirth is where like for example, now we at the realm of human being. And then they have at the realm of animal. You have the ghost realm. Then you have the goddess realm. Then you have the Nirvana, you have to... you are out of this, right? You have the goddess, you are higher. Then you have the Buddha. Buddha is someone who have achieved enlightenment. Then you have the Bodhisattva.

Some Buddhist scholars will say rebirth is where someone is being born again without the soul. Because according to them, human being have no soul. There is no God and no soul. And this is the thing that surprised a lot of Buddhist when I told them. Even when my father, I invite him to get some of the Buddhist scholars to come and talk to me. I asked certain question. Then I told my father, "Dad, do you know that in Buddhism there is no God?" He said, "No, no way! In Buddhism we believe in God.

Buddha is the God." I said, "Okay, you don't have to believe in me." I say, "Why don't you get your friend who is a scholars, let's have a cup of drink." And then we arrange that meeting and then I asked, "My father say that he believe in God and he say Buddha is God. Now what you have to say as a Buddhist scholars?" He said, "No. In Buddhism we don't believe in God, we don't talk about concept of God." I just look at my father. I look at him. "See? I told you." "And uncle, I just wants to ask you another question. In Buddhism do you believe there is a soul?" And he said, "No. In Buddhism we don't believe there is a soul." So I asked, I look at my father. "See?

I told you." Some Buddhist scholar like the friends of my father say, "No. Rebirth just like a spark." According to them. But for like others people, other group, they will say rebirth is where your soul being transfer. When you look at the entire concept of reincarnation or rebirth. Meaning in this world, you have to accumulate good Karma in order for you to have a better rebirth in the next life until you are out of the Samsara. Now, what is the problem? I asked this question to a Buddhist scholar that he has passed away. If you have bad Karma in this world, after you die, you could born as in the animal realm. Maybe the rat, the mouse, tiger or whatever. I want to know, I'm curious.

How if someone being born in the realm of animal, how can they accumulate good Karma so that from this animal realm, they can reborn to the better realm in the next life? How can a rat not stealing the cheese? How can the lion or the tiger not killing another predators or another animals in order for them to survive? He give me the answer and he say, "Oh well, basically the Five Precept doesn't apply to the animal realm." He have the answer, right? But I say, "Okay, that's the answer. Uh, can you give, can you tell me which book in Buddhism say so?" I'm just asking for, for evidence. And he didn't give me.

So this is, this is the part where it seems like multiple chance is good, but not really. But one chance where you have a clear guidance. The Quran as a clear guidance. Easy to practice. But nowadays a lot of people they don't care the authenticity of the evidence that they have. What do you say to a Buddhist that says I find spirituality and peace when I practice Buddhism. I don't need any other new thing. Okay. Even with Buddhism, you can find peace and tranquility. Now, but the thing is that, are you looking for some only, only something good? Or you're looking at the combination of good and right? If you looking at good, you don't even have to become a Buddhist.

Because there are some people who are non-theist, who are a free thinker, they enjoy their life too. They have the peace. It's not always about the good things to do. But how if I throw this question to you? We saw someone having a heart attack. We have a good intention to help the person. So what we did is that we take a knife and cut open his chest to save his life. Is it a good actions? Good intention, but wrong actions. We say this is not right. And in fact, we could be charged in court for manslaughtering. But we cannot argue in front of the judge by saying, "But judge, okay, Your Honor, I have a good intention to save him!" "Yes, correct!

But why don't you wait for the ambulance with the right equipment to save him? Why you have to cut open his chest?" "No no no, my intention matter." No. Intention with the wrong actions will not be considered. Even for the Buddhist, for the Chinese, for whoever they are who think just do good. No. Good is not sufficient. You have to be the right one, meaning the authentic one. What impressed you the most about the Prophet (peace be upon him)? Wow, I would say resilient. The word resilient. I always find wisdom in every single thing that happened to him and every single thing that didn't happen to him. And I always look at his respond rather than reactions.

I always differentiate between these two. Reactions is emotional. Respond is rational. And the way he always respond, not react. It's a calculated move. And resilient. Why I would say resilient? He is the best example. If any psychologist in this world would like to study about having a resilient mind, you cannot get it the most perfect example other than the Prophet (peace be upon him). Look at this man. His father passed away before he was born. Born without a father, an orphan. And then his mom passed away later. And then his grandfather, and then his being look after by his uncle. You look at the Quraysh.

They have to employ no less than 20 different tactics against the Prophet (peace be upon him). And that by itself, the amount of tactic that the Quraysh have to employ to go against the Prophet is a testimony of his respond. Why? Because one after another of their tactic against the Prophet ﷺ are not being entertained by the Prophet ﷺ. He know what he do. His purpose is clear, his objective is clear. He's resilient. Whatever people say, he don't care. And because all those one after another tactic is not being entertained by the Prophet ﷺ, so they have to keep on coming up with the new one.

And the fact that they have to stop at a certain point, not because that works, but because they say "We give up." You have a group of people who keep on attacking you from multi-directions and yet you keep standing tall. They have to give up before you. If that is not about resilient, what is all about? With all the difficulty, he rise up. And of course, we did not necessarily have to accept and agree, but Michael Hart accepted him and chose him as the most influential person in history. More than his lord and savior Jesus. According to him. He's a Christian. But yet he do not choose Jesus as the most influential person in history.

And yet he choose Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) because he is being successful from all angle. Being a military leader, being a political leader, being a father, being a husband, being a friend. From all angle. No one have ever succeeded up until today and Insha'Allah (if Allah wills) until the Day of Judgment, no one will be able to follow the same footstep. No one. If there was a chance to speak to all the non-Muslims in the world, especially Chinese non-Muslims, what would you like to say to them? I will tell to everybody, if this is the only life that you have... Of course you might be gambling.

Gambling in the sense that you might have a belief that, "No, I believe there is another world. I believe they gonna be a rebirth. I believe there is a reincarnation." You could believe in that. But have you ever questioned your own question? Have you ever questioned your own statement? We always have the guts and courage to pose a great question, which is a great questions too. But do we have the same guts and courage to question our own question and to question our own statement? To question how do we come up with that conclusion? Now just imagine, if you are not, if you are taking risk, you are buying into that there is another life after this.

But my question to you is, how if your assumption is wrong and my assumption is correct? That this is the only life, this is the only world, and right after this is only Heaven and Hell. Now if you fail this test, you might say, "It's okay, I can go to hell." And you think going to hell is something enjoyable? No, it's not. If the fire and the heat of this world you cannot face it and you feel so painful, what make you think you can survive and you will enjoy in hellfire? So give yourself a chance. Explore to expand your mind to research about Islam and compare objectively, not emotionally. If you still want to continue and enjoy the life that you are enjoying, there are only two pain.

Pain of regret or pain of discipline living as a Muslim and Insha'Allah (if Allah wills) you will go to paradise. So the ball is in your court. Think, think, think. Do research. Logically, rationally. And I pray that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (Glorified and Exalted is He) guide you, those who are sincere, those who are the truth seekers.