There are moments in life when you realize that you have been searching for something long before you knew what to call it. For me, that search was for the truth. I had always believed in Allah, even before I knew Him by name in the way I do today. From childhood, I believed there was one God, that He was All-Powerful, All-Knowing, and merciful, and that He had created us for a purpose. I believed that there was more to life than simply existing, and I believed there was an a