Marmaduke William Pickthall, born in 1875 London to Mary O'Brien and the Reverend Charles Grayson Pickthall, is remembered—if he is remembered at all—as a translator of the Qu'ran. The fact that a practicing English Christian would convert to Islam and become a renowned translator of the holiest of Muslim texts during years of volatile relations between Britain and the Ottoman Empire is itself exceptional. Yet Pickthall was much more than an historical oddity or gifted translator: he was a novelist, journalist, political and religious leader, and an often confusing mix of allegiances and beliefs.

Beautiful story of how AbdAllah came from Hinduism to Islam. How he saw his idols disgraceful fallen and broken in the river and how it changed his life and made him consider all other religions, except Islam. He HATED Islam, and he even told a Muslim sister, "I would DIE before I became Muslim"