\'Hearts Turn\' is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of \'tawba\', a Qur\'anic term commonly translated as repentance.
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens).
It is a relief to know I am not alone.
Sami Yusuf Singer, Composer, HumanitarianA really heartwarming book...for a generation of young Muslims and converts who face inner doubts and in need of a few smart lessons from Michael\'s journeybook, told through many voices and his own unique spiritual history.
I loved this book.
This book has the power to leave the reader wanting to turn to God and to His Mercy. \'Hearts Turn\' is a brilliantly written reminder that God\'s Mercy is always open to each of us, no matter our position in life.
Timothy Winter (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad) Dean of Cambridge Muslim CollegeMichael Sugich is a master storyteller as he demonstrated in \'Signs on the Horizons\'.
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Interlacing ancient and modern experiences of the unexpected presence of God, this unique anthology of conversion stories reminds us of the ongoing spiritual power of Islamic faith.
And finally it is about the path of our lives, which leads us gradually, and for those who God favors, inexorably to salvation.
It is also about the sudden transitions from confusion to clarity, from sin to virtue, from sleep to wakefulness, from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom.
Formed of a collection of stories I\'ve experienced, read or heard, about how malleable the human heart can be and how wrongdoing, remorse, need, and yearning intersect with Divine Compassion, Forgiveness and Guidance.
This book is a declaration of mercy and certainty.
In \'Hearts Turn\' Michael Sugich, author of \'Signs on the Horizons\', tells stories that are harrowing and hilarious, heartrending and bizarre, profane and transcendent, and altogether full of hope, showing how men and women from many parts of the world and many walks of life have turned themselves around and taken a fork in the Road toward a higher reality.
The process of purification is a process of continuous turning.
It is an active constant, an ongoing, compassionate reality that renews every moment we are alive. \'At-Tawwab\' is one of the Names of God, the Oft-Returning or Ever-Relenting.
But in Arabic the term \'tawba\' is dynamic, meaning to \'turn\' or \'return\'.
In English, repentance is a forbidding word that suggests a puritanical finality. \'Hearts Turn\' is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of \'tawba\', a Qur\'anic term commonly translated as repentance
