Every muslim sincerely believes that the greatest boon of allah in this world is islam hefeels greatful to him for having included him in the ummah for the holy prophet (peace and blessing of allah be upon him) and for having bestowed upon him the blessings of islam allah himself has reckoned this as his greatest boon to his servants as is mentioned in the Quran

This day have i perfected your deen (way of life) for you and completed my favour unto you and have chosen for you al-islam as deen

OBLIGATION FOR THE FAVOUR

It is obligatory for you to render Allah his due because of the favour he has conferred on you whosoever does not render one his due for his favour is an ungrateful person and the worst possible ungratefulness on the part of man is to forget what he owes to God

Now you may ask as to how can one render Allah his due for his favour to us in reply i have to say that since allah has included you in the ummah of Muhammad (peace be on him) the best form of gratitude for this favour of his is to become the sincere followers of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon his) Sine God has included you in the Muslim community the only way for you to reciprocate this kindness is to become full-fledged Muslims In no other way can you render what is due to Allah for this immense favour by him And if you do not render this due the punishment for the ungratefulness will be as great as is the favour of Allah May Allah save all of us from this punishment Amen

FIRST STEPS TO BECOME MULSIM

after this you will ask how can a man become a Muslim in the true sense of the term The answer to this question requires adequate details and I shall deal with each and every part of it with full elucidation in may lectures on coming Fridays But in today's address I shall explain to you that point which is of primary importance and which can be termed the first and foremost step in this direction