Struggling to Surrender

About this lecture

In this deeply personal lecture, Dr. Jeffrey Lang — a mathematics professor and convert to Islam — recounts his journey from atheism to faith, from the recurring dream that preceded his conversion to the trials of integrating into the Muslim community. With rare honesty, he reflects on how the early exhilaration of becoming a Muslim gave way to harder struggles: spiritual emptiness, extremism, the search for belonging, and the painful loss of two close convert friends. Dr. Lang's account offers a candid and moving meditation on sincerity, pride, and what it truly means to surrender to God day by day.