A Muslim tried to witness to me. I witnessed to him.

I was at the local mosque ministering to the Muslims [as I do every week] by providing armed security for them. Especially for when they are in prayer and are highly vulnerable to anyone that might wish to attack them.

A Muslim that I had talked with before came up to me and said “Have you decided yet?” I said “Decided what?” Him: “To accept Islam.”

I told him that I do not accept Islam, that I am a still a Christian, my Prophet is Jesus, and my book is the Bible.

He was being very calm and low key, as he gave me the typical story of how the Quran completes the Bible, and that it is the only pure and unaltered Scripture.

I asked him if he knew of the qira’at. He said yes, they are just a different way of reading. I told him that I have a book [The Bridges Translation of the Ten Qira’at of the noble Quran] written and published by Muslims, that shows all the places where there are variant readings that affect the meaning.

He was surprised to hear that. I told him that there are hundreds differences. They are mostly small, but they do change the meaning. I had to be honest with him and say that the Bible has bigger differences in reading. [We were both talking about the original language texts, not translations.]

I told him of verses in the Quran that say that Christians are believers and are commanded to follow the Gospel. He had not heard of these verses. I am quite sure that he has recited them many times, but it never sunk in what they are really saying. [as the Quran is in an old dialect that is hard to understand for modern Arabic speakers.] I brought up the verses on my phone and read them to him. He was a bit skeptical and looked up the verses in Arabic on his phone. He saw that they say the same thing.

As we were talking, the Call to Prayer sounded and I told him that the khutba [sermon] was starting.

He said to me “I want you to be in Jannah [heaven] with me.” As he began to leave I took his hand and said [In Arabic] "Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings" [and in English] "Thank you for giving me dawah [witnessing to me.] I know you are doing it out of love.”

He seemed very touched.