Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi
Week 10: Chapters 46–50 — Telling the Family
Read chapters 46–50 of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus. Key passages: Matthew 10:32–33; Luke 15:11–32. Key themes: confession, family grief, the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.
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If Nabeel's conversion was the hardest moment for him, telling his family may have been the hardest moment for all of them. These chapters are heartbreaking and honest in equal measure.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Describe the scene when Nabeel tells his parents about his conversion. How do his mother and father each respond, and what does their response reveal about the depth of what has been lost — and what each person loves most?
2.Nabeel's mother's grief is expressed in physical, visceral terms. How does the intensity of that grief challenge any easy narrative that conversion is straightforwardly good news for everyone involved?
3.Nabeel's father had always been Nabeel's spiritual hero — the one who modeled what it meant to love Allah. How does Nabeel hold onto his love and respect for his father even as he walks away from everything his father taught him to believe?
a.Is it possible to honor a parent while disagreeing with everything they believe? How?
b.How does the fifth commandment (Exodus 20:12) speak into Nabeel's situation?