Revert;
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
3 : to return to an ancestral type
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revert
Convert;
1 a : to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another b : to bring about a religious conversion in
2 a : to alter the physical or chemical nature or properties of especially in manufacturing b (1) : to change from one form or function to another (2) : to alter for more effective utilization (3) : to appropriate without right c : to exchange for an equivalent <convert foreign currency into dollars> <convert a bond>
3 obsolete : turn
4 : to subject to logical conversion
5 a : to make a goal after receiving (a pass) from a teammate b : to score on (as a try for point or free throw) c : to make (a spare) in bowling
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convert
"Now that I am a revert...There is only ONE God. The Creator Almighty. But what if I hadn't reverted? Would I still be confused secretly?"
Revert...if not because of that one beautiful article I accidentally read years ago, I would never know that the word exist...and I hardly forget that article.
When a non muslim, becomes a muslim, we often say; he converts.
But after reading that one article, I think revert is the right term to refer when one change his religion to Islam. Revert is like "kembali"...becoming a Muslim and embracing Islam is "kembali".
I like the article written by Daphne Iking...she used revert, instead of convert :)
P/S: It's kind of funny but sweet, when a recently reverted friend greeted me this morning with salam... :)
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