Said Nursi
Said Nursi
Said Nursî, also spelled Said-i Nursî, officially Said Okur and commonly known with the honorific Bediüzzaman, was a Kurdish Sunni Muslim theologian. He wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceeding six thousand pages. Believing that modern science and logic was the way of the future, he advocated teaching religious sciences in secular schools and modern sciences in religious schools. Nursi inspired a faith movement that has played a vital role in the revival of Islam in...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionTheologian
CountryTurkey
The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.
I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.
Can you not see the numerous designs made by God as signs, similitudes, or analogies of resurrection? He has placed them in every era, the alteration of day and night, even in the coming and going of clouds.
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.
If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.
He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous One