When you hear the stories of people who converted to Islam and analyze their backgrounds, you will come to a profound conclusion – that they come from all walks of life.

There are former Christians, Jewish people, Hindus, and Buddhists who converted to Islam.

Atheists, agnostics, and former Muslims as well.

So have Islamophobes!

Kids who haven’t reached puberty and people in their 80s and 90s.

Converts also come from all ethnicities. You can find stories of Native Americans converting. People in remote villages in the middle of nowhere. Israelis who grew up in Israel. Who would’ve guessed?

As Allah told Prophet Muhammad, and consequently anyone who reads the Qur’an,

You surely cannot guide whoever you like ‘O Prophet’, but it is Allah Who guides whoever He wills, and He knows best who are ‘fit to be’ guided.

[Qur’an 28:56]

Guidance is in the Hands of God, not us. We have no idea who will become Muslim, nor who will leave it.

But the Qur’an also teaches that those who are sincere, humble, and look for guidance, they will find it. And that’s the only similarity you will find. You won’t it in their background or ethnicity, but you will in their personalities. Such people tend to be humbled by the truth, willing to accept it regardless of what it may be. So the question we have to have ourselves – how humble are we really?