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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Periyar Dasan has embraced Islam!


It is the most pleasant, sweet news of the decade.

Veteran scholar, orator and master of words Professor Periyar Dasan has embraced Islam. He is Professor Abdullah now. All praise to Allah.

According to ARAB NEWS he has planned to perform Umrah. The details of the report by MD RASOOLDEEN are as follows:
Dr. Periyadarshan, who has changed his name to Abdullah, told Arab News Friday that Islam is the only religion in the world that follows a book directly revealed from God.
He said that as a student of comparative religions he believes books of other faiths have not been directly revealed to mankind from God. He said the Holy Qur’an is still in the same format and style as it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) from Almighty Allah.
He also acted in the famous Tamil film “Karuthamma” about the killing of newborn baby girls in some remote villages in India. The production received national award from the Indian government.
“I was well known in India for my atheist theology and later I became to realize that religion is the only way out for human beings both in this world as well as in the hereafter,” he said.
Dr. Abdullah will be performing Umrah on Saturday on his first visit to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah

I remember the day when I first saw him speak in a Eid Milan programme or Seerah programme organised by the Vaniyambadi Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) people, some eighteen, nineteen years back. The memory of Vaniyambadi programme has etched in my memory because it was the first time wall posters of the function were pasted all over the town. The name பெரியார் தாசன் in big, big letters made a lasting impact in my mind.

And I met him five or six years before in connection with a seminar on Human Rights. It was an adventure as we chased his car following him from his office and met in some xerox shop. Unfortunately, he was not available for our dates and we missed his speech which was full of wit and wisdom.

Whenever we at JIH Chennai sit to organise dawah based programmes, invariably the name Periyar Dasan would crop up.

And now here comes the good news. Allah is Great.

Strangely, my mind is filled with the memories of Valampuri John now. He too was a legendery Tamil orator and prolific writer. He has penned a mesmerising book நாயகம் எங்கள் தாயகம் on the life history of Propher Muhammad (PBUH). It was written in poetic form and was very enchanting. He had also wrote another book on Islam ''இஸ்லாம் இந்த மண்ணுக்கேற்ற மார்க்கம்" He lavishly praised Islam. One could not forget his speech in the South India Conference of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind held at Bangalore in 1999. Moulana Ejaz Ahmed Aslam Sahib translated his speech then.

Unfortunately, Mr John was not blessed with the bounties of Islam. He passed away a non-believer. I had met him in his last days when he was recuparating from his disease in Porur Ramachandra Hospital. He had become very thin. His eyes, cheek, chin.. Oh! It was very pathetic. He was seeing death with his eyes.

We were there to visit him and for iyadat. He poured out his feelings. He said many things which are very personal. Suddenly he trembled and requested to read holy verses of Quran and blew over him. எனக்கு ஓதி ஊதி விடுங்கள்!, he said. In our group Janab K M Siraj Ahmed Sahib was the eldest. He volunteered and recited Ayats and duas and blew them over him. Mr John broke and cried silently. அவருடைய கண்களிலிருந்து கண்ணீர் வழிந்தோடியது! I could not forget that scene till this date.

Dr KVS Habeeb Muhammad was with us. He consoled him and uttered words of comfort. We returned with a heavy heart. We prayed for him.

Janab H Abdur Raqeeb was our Ameer-e-Halqa then. When he came to know about it, he literally packed up Moulana Qutbuddeen Ahmed Baqavi Sahib to Porur alongwith Arifullah Sahib to pray and offer spiritual solace to Mr John.

The ways of Allah are strange Indeed. He is the One who guides. It is His choice.


Read : Seshachalam to Periyar Dasan to Abdullah!
Read : Periyar Dasan Abdullah's journey towards Islam! 
Read : Periyar Dasan's wife to embrace Islam!
Read : Am I ready to face my Lord? 
Read : Periyar Dasan, Moosa Kaka and Maryam Jameelah!
 

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Azeez,

If god created everything, he created Hindus and Christians also right?. If Islam is the correct religion, why did he created other religions? If Mohammad was as prophet why did he war?. A person in a higher scheme of things and in touch with god should have no enemies. Why Mohammad had enemies ..and finally why there is so much of violence in Islamic countries? How will you explain oppression of women in Islamic countries.

You guys say that Allah is the only god and Mohammad is the last prophet. This claim makes its followers intolerant about other faiths. In reality nobody knows anything about the God.

salmanparis said...

Masha allah
Allah is great
Allah is give a right way to abdullah (periyar dasan)

Anonymous said...

Today 13.03.10, i heard speech from Mr.Abdullah,(before periyardasan) in islamic dawa centre, sanaya, jeddah, really his speech energetic , constant not artificial, every thing from his heart, by the grace of allah he become muslim,let his journey continue in islam and let him do the good for the mankind and show the right way, as a psychologist,he made many people recover from psycological disorders,this is the gift from allah.

Arshad Ul Islam said...

Assalamu alaikkum
All praises goes to Almighty Allah...
being a reverter in islam am welcoming
Br. Abdullah in the life of islam. Almighty saved us from the hell fire. please read Al-quran, Sahih hadees of our beloved Prophet(pbuh), Biography of Prophet(pbuh), and dont follow anyone says in the name of islam.
Becuase we got islam after so many research and lot of struggles.
Islam is our CHOICE not a chance........
May Allah protect our eiman more strong...
Amen..
Arshad ul islam

Abubacker Siddiq said...

Maarsha allah
Ellam pugazhum iraivanukke,

Nothing to say than dis "Allahu akbar"

Abubacker siddiq
Chennai

Anonymous said...

Alhamdhulillah it's a great news.
An atheist embracing Islam. Now we need to help him in taking to the masses about the reality of Islam.

Anonymous said...

While i hear his speech really i cried, And Allah is how close to us. Also there is the lesson for us who namely or born by muslim, As he mentioned Al-Quran is not meant only for Muslims, it's for all humans. Those people who join and adopting will get more blessings from Allah, but need to think where we are, Are we have enough knolege? eeman ? about islam? ever think /try to lear the past histories or foundatoin of the islams..etc Hope this is the good sample to leverage where we are. One fine day all the people who we think kaafir will become true muslims, but those born and broguht become outsite, Allah has to save not to happen that situation to us. No doubt in future we can see more and more like this, always try to learn something from some special incidents, why Allah trying this what lession is their for us..etc. Hope we have always to keep on link with Allah apart from our dunia life. Also pls Dua to Allah, Pls save Dr.Abdullah from shitan's /Gin's tricks.
Salam,
Basheer

Unknown said...

Assalamu alaikum,

Allah
Quran
Way of Rasoolullah,
This is islam.

Insha allah islam will definitely show you HEAVEN.

Allahu akbar..........


R.Abdul Wahid
Chinnamanur

Anonymous said...

Insha Allah..May Allah Showers all his blessings upon you.

Unknown said...

Allahu Akbar...!
Allahu Akbar...!
Allahu Akbar...!
The Almighty have shown Dr.Abdulla the right way & prevented him from hell fire.. Alhamdhulillah..
LAILAHA ILLALLAH..

Anonymous said...

Mr Periyar Dasan!
You are most welcome to preach the good points in Islam. But, please do not add sarcastic comments on other religion.

masthan1 said...

Assalamu Alaikum...
Alhamdhulillah...
May ALLAH show him the right path...
wassalam

justwatch said...

Alhamdu illah intha agathu va kolgai anai varukum parapa umm

ratnadoss said...

aiyaa periyaardasan avargaley....... you have proudly said that you've changed more than 1000 people to atheist.. but now look at you sir!!!
neenga ippa senjadhu sariya? idhu correctna, appo neenga 1000 perukku mela muttal aakki irukkeenga... nyayamaa? idha neenga islamla serndhadhunaala kekkala, vera endha religiona follow pani irundhaalum ketu iruppen... ipo kadavula paathuteengala?!!!???!!! enakkum kaattunga.. neenga epadiyum pesi samaalippenganu enaku theriyum, but unmai ungalukkey theriyum.. karuppu sattaiya erichittu vella thoppi pottukineenga... adhu unga viruppam nan thappu sollala.. ethana kadavul nambikka irukravangala kevalama thitti irukkeenga, athana perum ungala thittuvaangale, avanga paavamum sethu ungala ALLAH dhandikka poraru... nan solradhu loosuthana irukula? apdithaan irukku enaku enaku neenga pannadhum...

ROBINSON said...

" I had met him in his last days when he was recuparating from his disease in Porur Ramachandra Hospital. He had become very thin. His eyes, cheek, chin.. Oh! It was very pathetic. He was seeing death with his eyes."

The statement Just tells the whole world how pathetic you are. I hope you take a look into the mirror before you die, see how pleasant it will be.

Anonymous said...

according to first comment he says y i should believe in allah and his messenger when nobody has seen him?

ans- brother allh says in surah baqra that" i am 1 neither i was born nor begotten and thinking about me is out of ur imagination" and coming of our prophet to the earth is mentioned in all scriptures and he is last messenger and this is the last and the best religion- i challenge you if u read quran once u will embrace... if u dont then i bet...

Anonymous said...

If you have any doubt about Allah Read Quran very deeply. Sure you will know the Allah.

Yegappatta Iravangalai
Vanangum Vulagil
Yega Iraivanai (Supreme Power)
Ore Peyaril Vanangum
Ore Maargam (Not Madham)
ISLAM...

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