LOVE AND HIDAYAH ALLAH GIVEN TO HIS SERVANT: AN ANALYSIS OF NOVEL “TERNYATA AKU SUDAH ISLAM” BY DAMIEN DEMATRA

Abstract

Abstract: Andrew Parker has a very unique biography as an American who grown up in a Christian family, strangely, he was very interested in the religious symbol as Indian’s turban seen through the movie. Then, while studying at university, Andrew tends to choose Arabic subject, Persian, Turkish, Greek and Hebrew. The impact of his skill with those languages, make other students think that he is a Muslim, so that it is questionable when, why and where were he turned into lovers of the religion of Allah? In this study the author uses the sociology approach of religion in order to discover the life of Andrew who has found himself through the guidance of God given him. The author found that the process of change in Andrew and his wife is one of the phenomena of sociology of religion which is reflected through the teachings and the lessons that have been practiced. Based on these studies it can be concluded that the life journey of a man is always determined by Allah through the duty performed by the man himself.