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Launch: Hearts Turn – Michael Sugich
Michael Sugich is an American writer, screenwriter and
author, born and raised in Santa Barbara, California and educated at UCLA and
the California Institute of the Arts. He has been a writer for hire: a business,
cultural and travel writer, film critic, scriptwriter and scenarist for over
forty years. He has written dozens of radio programs. He was
initiated into a traditional Sufi order in 1972. Since that time he has
studied Sufi doctrine and practice with spiritual masters across the Arab
and Islamic world. Here he talks about one of his books called Hearts
Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption
There is so much negativity around us. We are drifting away from Islam, due to the distractions around us. This book is a small attempt to enlighten people with the beauty of Islam. 'Hearts Turn' is an exploration of the act of 'tawba', which means repentance. In English, repentance is a forbidding word that suggests a puritanical finality. But in Arabic the term 'tawba' is dynamic, meaning to 'turn' or 'return'. 'At-Tawwab' is one of the Names of God, the Oft-Returning or Ever-Relenting. It is an active constant, an ongoing, compassionate reality that renews every moment we are alive. In 'Hearts Turn' Michael Sugich, 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. This book is a declaration of mercy and certainty. 'Hearts Turn' is a brilliantly written reminder that God's Mercy is always open to each of us, no matter our position in life. Michael tried to convey a very meaning message, he reminds us all that we should keep praising and trying to find Allah. We should never stop searching God and seeking guidance because no matter how strong is our Iman, Allah is always there to guide us
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