Laa ilaha il-Allah

Frankly, if you became Muslim for any reason other than this, then you
never understood Islam to begin with. And if you were raised Muslim
but were not taught the infinite importance of this single sentence,
thenyou were not really raised as Muslim. You were only taught
culturalpractices.
This is Islam. This is what all reality is based on. This is what
religion has been since the beginningof time. This is what all the
Prophets brought (may Allah bless them all).Every element of
creationacknowledges this truth except us; every child is born on this
truth (whichis why we are all "born Muslim"): This truth that we were
created by a single, indivisible God; that our Creator is Loving,
Merciful and Compassionate; that everything we are and everything we
own comes from Him; that we began with Him as a breath, and we return
to Him as dust; that He witnesses everything we do; that He rewards
the good and punishes evil; that He loves us and wants good for us in
this life and the next; that He answers when we call and guides us
when we ask; that we owe gratitude to Him for every heartbeat, every
lung full of air, every biteof food, and every glimpse of truth.
No one deserves our love and obedience before Allah. Our first loyalty
is to Him.
No one can help us but Allah; and no one can harm us but Him. When
we're struggling and we cry out to ourselves, "What am I going to do?
Who will help me? What is the way forward for me?", we need to
addressthose cries to Allah! The answers will not come from our own
thoughts or tears; the answers won't come from banging our fists or
pulling our hair. The answers will come from Allah.
Forget for a moment about all those other factors that you are
reacting to: how so-and-so treated you, how your family treats you,
what the non-Muslims say, what the policies are at the Masjid, how
some Muslims gossip or discriminate, blah, blah, blah, these things
are distractions and traps.
I'm not saying that these things should not affect us. We're human
beings and we can't help being affected by how other human beings
treat us. Our relationships with family and society are real and they
matter. But these factors should never cut us away from Laa
ilaha-il-Allah. If they do, then the wolf has isolated us, cut us away
from the truth and begunto devour our souls.
Truth. If you are in Islam for any other reason, then indeed, what is the point?
This is a characteristic of a believing Muslim, that he or she is
committed totruth like a plant to the sun. We must have a passion for
the truth, we must be willing to die forthe truth.