First Grain of Sand

First Grain of Sand — Planting the seed of True Islam in the Soviet Union

In 1924, a young missionary from India was sent on a historic journey to preach Islam in Soviet Russia. What followed was a harrowing two-year ordeal across the prisons of Ashgabat, Tashkent, and Moscow—marked by torture, starvation, and isolation, yet also by extraordinary moments of spiritual clarity, divine help, and unbreakable resolve.

Maulawi Zahoor Hussain’s firsthand account is not just a window into one of the earliest missionary efforts in the USSR—it is a timeless testament to the power of conviction, prayer, and divine providence in the face of overwhelming oppression.

Told with sincerity, humility, and unwavering faith, First Grain of Sand inspires readers to reflect on their own purpose and resilience. This is the story of a man imprisoned by men—but never once by fear.

Author: Maulawi Zahoor Hussain, the first Ahmadi Missionary to the Soviet Union.