Samaa habib biography of william

Samaa Habib’s Face to Face with Jesus: A Former Muslim’s Journey to Heaven and Encounter with the God of Love is a fascinating spiritual autobiography, describing one person’s encounter with the holy.

It is a highly personal book with universal ramifications. It is highly particularistic and sectarian, yet it also has an unexpected globalism.

Like a growing number of spiritual autobiographies, Habib’s text describes a “near death experience” in which she encounters the divine.

In this case, she sees the divine in the form of Jesus Christ, as understood by the Pentecostal biblical-centered movements of Christianity. In many ways, Habib’s description follows a typical pattern for “near death experiences” (NDE’s): she encounters a bright light, converses with a holy being, experiences a life review in which she becomes painfully aware of her imperfections, and is given the opportunity to choose whe