Listen. Deep in your chest, beneath all the noise and confusion, something stirs when you hear the truth. That’s not coincidence. That’s recognition.
Every human being enters this world with fitrah – the pure, innate disposition that recognizes the Oneness of Allah. You weren’t born blank. You were born knowing. The Qur’an tells us: “So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people” (Surah Ar-Rum 30:30).
The Prophet ﷺ made it crystal clear: “Every child is born on Al-Fitrah but his parents convert him to Judaism, Christianity or a Fire-worshipper”. You came into this world Muslim. Not because someone taught you, but because Allah created you that way.
Maybe you’re sitting there thinking, “But I was raised Christian,” or “My family’s Hindu,” or “I don’t believe in any of this.” Doesn’t matter. Your primordial nature exists despite becoming obscured and deeply buried within you as a result of neglect and forgetfulness.
Think about it. When you hear “La ilaha illa Allah” – there is no god but Allah – something in you responds. When you witness injustice, your soul recoils. When you see beauty in creation, you feel that pull toward something greater. That’s not learned behavior. That’s your fitrah speaking.
The world has layered traditions, cultures, philosophies, doubts upon your original nature. But underneath all that? The pull toward goodness, and a conscience that intuitively senses right from wrong remains intact.
Your Lord didn’t abandon you to figure this out on your own. Every individual is endowed with the innate knowledge of tawhid – the knowledge that there is only One worthy of worship. That knowledge pulses in your chest right now as you read these words.
The question isn’t whether you were born Muslim. You were. The question is: will you remember?
