Then I was Guided

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Author(s):
Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi [3]
An autobiographical account of Sayed Tijani's search for knowledge, which aims to remove some of the
barriers that exist between the schools of thought of the ahl-as-Sunnah and the shi'a by clearing
misconceptions about Shi'ism.
Category:
Sunni & Shi’a [4]
Topic Tags:
Shi'a [5]
Sunni [6]
Sunnah [7]
Sunni-Shi'a [8]
autobiography [9]
Featured Category:
Why they became Shi'a [10]
My book is a modest piece of work. It is a story of a journey ... a story of a new discovery, not a
technical or natural discovery, but one in the field of religious and philosophical schools. Since any
discovery is based primarily on a healthy mind and clear comprehension, which distinguishes human
beings from all other creatures, I would like to dedicate this book to every healthy mind.
A mind which puts truth to the test and knows it from wrong, a mind which weighs all that has been said
in the scale of justice, and always comes out in favor of reason.
A mind which compares words and sayings, and has the ability to distinguish between the logical and
the not so logical, and between the strong and the feeble. Allah, the Most High, said,
“Those who listen to the saying and follow the best of it, those are guided by and they are the mindful.”
To all of those I dedicate this book, hoping that Allah, Praise be to Him the Most High, opens our minds
before our eyes, to guide us, to enlighten our hearts, to show us clearly the right way so we follow it, and
to show us clearly the wrong way so we avoid it, and accepts us with His good servants, for He listens
and He answers.

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Muhammad al Tijani al Samawi