DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71802-6_136. Islam makes a distinction between conversion to Islam and conversion from Islam. The former is called ihtida or hidayah (divine guidance), whereas the latter is irtidad (apostasy) (Watt, 1980: 722).

What is a revert to Islam?

According to Islam, children are born with an innate sense of submission to God, which is called the fitrah. A common definition of the word revert is to return to a former condition or belief. A revert is returning back to that innate faith to which they were connected as young children, before being lead away.

What do you call a religion that seeks converts?

Universal (or universalising) religions - such as Christianity, Islam and the various forms of Buddhism - seek world-wide acceptance by actively looking for and attracting new members (converts).

What do you say to revert to Islam?

Say the following words with clarity of intention, firm faith, and belief: Say: Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill Allah. (I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah.) Say: Wa ash-hadu ana Muhammad ar-rasullallah. (And I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)

What is Arevert?

intransitive verb. 1 : to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) 2 : to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion.