Filmed during TheDeenShow’s trip to Valencia, Spain, this episode features Andres, a young Spanish man from a practicing Christian family who accepted Islam after reading the Quran and discovering the pure monotheism (Tawheed) that his heart had always recognized as truth. His journey from Catholicism to Islam in just two weeks after seriously engaging with the Quran is a testament to the power of God’s word when a sincere heart encounters it.
From Practicing Catholic to Muslim in Two Weeks
At 18 years old, a friend introduced Andres to the Quran. For eight years afterward, he would fast one week during Ramadan each year, feeling a profound spiritual connection that he could not find in church. When he finally sat down and read the entire Quran seriously, the truth became undeniable within just two weeks. The Tawheed — the absolute oneness of God — was what his heart had always believed, even while sitting in Catholic churches that could not provide satisfying answers.
“I read the Holy Quran and I feel that it is the truth. Only two weeks, alhamdulillah. In the Bible there are contradictions — in the Holy Quran there are none.” — Andres, Spanish convert to Islam
Islam in Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
- Andres comes from a practicing Christian family with eight siblings — his conversion was not rebellion but a sincere intellectual and spiritual decision
- He found that Islam was “more directed” with clear evidences and proofs compared to the contradictions he found in the Bible
- Spain has a rich Islamic heritage spanning centuries of Muslim civilization in Al-Andalus, making Islam not foreign but deeply rooted in the land
- The Quran’s pure monotheism — called “monoteismo puro” in Spanish — resonated with what he had always believed about God being One
- His story proves that when a sincere heart encounters the Quran, language barriers and cultural differences cannot prevent the truth from reaching it
