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IMAN (FAITH)

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Were you created only for this world that you spend all your time on it?O my world-worshipping soul! Does your slackness in worship and remissness in the prescribed prayers arise from the multiplicity of your worldly occupations, or because you cannot find time due to the struggle for…September 3, 2024
Man resembles a delicate child.Man resembles a delicate and petted child in the universe. There is a great strength in his weakness and great power in his impotence. For it is through the strength of his weakness and power of his impotence that…September 3, 2024
The Unity of Belief Necessitates The Unity of HeartsO unjust man! See now what a great sin is rancour and enmity toward a brother believer! If you were to say that ordinary small stones are more valuable than the Ka‘ba and greater than Mount Uhud, it would be an ugly…September 3, 2024
Power of patient endurance is adequate to every misfortuneAs was explained in the First Station of the Twenty-First Word, the power of patient endurance given to man by Almighty Allah is adequate to every misfortune, unless squandered on baseless fears. But through the…September 3, 2024
Winning the Eternal Case: Far More Important Than the World WarOne time, I was asked the following question by the brothers who assist me: “For fifty days now —and now seven years have passed— (this refers to 1946) you have asked nothing at all about this ghastly World War, which…September 3, 2024
Seeking Meaning in Old Age: The Qur’an’s Guiding LightAt the time I approached old age, my physical health, which perpetuates heedlessness, was broken. Old age and illness attacked me in concert. Hitting me over the head, they chased away sleep. I had nothing to bind me to…September 3, 2024
Profound Answer to the Criticisms on Risale-i NurIf you say like those who suppose irreligion to be politics of a sort and in this episode have said: “You are spoiling our civilization and our pleasure with these treatises of yours…” I reply: It is a universal…September 2, 2024
Heaven Before HeavenBelief in the hereafter is fundamental to the life of society and to man’s personal life, and is the basis of his happiness, prosperity, and achievement. The First: It is only with the thought of Paradise that children…September 2, 2024
His is the DominionOwnership is altogether His. As for you, you are both His property, you are owned by Him, and you work in His property. It announces the following joyful and healing news: O man! Do not suppose that you own yourself…September 2, 2024
There is no god but AllahThis phrase “ There is no god but Allah “ conveys the following good news to the human spirit, suffering as it does countless needs and the attacks of innumerable enemies. On the one hand the spirit finds a place of…September 2, 2024
The Highest Aim of CreationBe certain of this, that the highest aim of creation and its most important result is belief in Allah. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree is the knowledge of Allah contained within belief in Allah.…September 2, 2024
What is the fruit of Miraj (Ascension)?We shall mention only two, by way of example, of the more than five hundred fruits of the Miraj (Ascension): Firstly, one fruit has brought to the universe and mankind a treasury, a gift of pre-eternal and post-eternal…September 2, 2024
Cures for the sickness of scruplesبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيم ﴿رَبِّ اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ❁ وَاَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ اَنْ يَحْضُرُون﴾ O one afflicted with the sickness of scruples! Do you know what your scruples resemble? A…September 2, 2024
Allah’s infinite power and Man’s Infinite WeaknessAllah Almighty, in order to display His infinite power and unlimited mercy, has made inherent in man infinite impotence and unlimited want. Further, in order to display the endless embroideries of His names, He has…September 2, 2024
Real MisfortuneTrue and harmful misfortune is that which affects religion. One should at all times seek refuge at the divine court from misfortune in matters of religion and cry out for help. But misfortunes that do not affect…September 2, 2024
Infinite generosity requires infinite bountyOn Resurrection and The Hereafter The Gate of Generosity and Mercy, the Manifestation of the Names of Generous (Al-Karim) and Merciful (Al-Rahim) Is it at all possible that the Lord of this world, Who in His works…September 2, 2024
The Way is Twofold: Either Silence or Honestyبِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ Lying is the basis of unbelief; indeed, unbelief is a falsehood and the worst sort of lying, and it is the chief sign of dissembling. Lying is to slander divine power and it is the opposite of…September 2, 2024
Universal Thanks to Universal BountiesIf you say: “How can I respond to these countless, universal bounties with my limited and partial thanks?” The Answer: With a universal intention and boundless belief… For example, a man enters a king’s presence with a…September 2, 2024
Terrible Aggression and Crime; UnbeliefThe All-Wise Qur’an states in miraculous fashion that the universe grows angry at the evil of the people of misguidance, and the universal elements becomes wrathful and beings, furious. Awesomely, it depicts the storm…September 2, 2024
Beware of the cunning SatanOne of the most cunning of Iblis’s wiles is to make those who follow him deny himself. Since at this time people whose minds have been tainted by materialist philosophy in particular have been hesitant in these…September 2, 2024
Peace of Mind for EldersIt is only through the life of the hereafter that the elderly, who form half of mankind, can endure the proximity of the grave, and be consoled at the thought that their lives, to which they are firmly attached, will…September 2, 2024
The Civilization in the Qur’anThe Qur’an, which is a mercy for mankind, only accepts a civilization that allows for the happiness of all, or at least of the majority. Modern civilization has been founded on five negative principles: Its point of…September 2, 2024
illness Yields Huge FruitsUnhappy sick person! Do not be anxious, have patience! Your illness is not a malady for you; it is a sort of cure. For life departs like capital; if it yields no fruits, it is wasted; and if it passes in ease and…September 2, 2024
The Truth“The light of conscience is religious sciences. The light of the mind is civilized sciences. Reconciliation of both manifests the truth. The student’s skills develop further with these two (sciences). When they are…September 2, 2024
Who wants Unshakeable Iman (Belief)?Yes, the Seventh Ray, The Supreme Sign, points out thirty-three vast, universal, unanimous proofs in all beings. Alluding to innumerable evidences in each universal proof, it proves firstly that heavens indicate the…September 2, 2024
Purpose Of The Mankindوَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَاْلاِنْسَ اِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ I created not jinn and mankind except that they might worship me. (Qur’an 51:56) According to the meaning of this mighty verse, the purpose for the sending of man…September 2, 2024
We have no right to complain -1As was explained concerning the meaning of divine determining, known as destiny, in the Twenty-Sixth Word, men have no right to complain in the case of disasters and illness for the following three reasons: First…September 2, 2024
Recognizing and Obeying AllahI repeat to the calamity-stricken prisoners what I said to the schoolboys: “One who recognizes Him and obeys Him is fortunate even if he is in prison. While one who forgets Him is wretched and a prisoner even if he…September 2, 2024
Eternal HappinessJust as, contrary to other living beings, man has relations with his home, so he has relations with the world, and just as he has relations with his relatives, so by nature he has earnest relations with mankind. And…September 2, 2024
Connected to Allah through BeliefMan is a living machine who is grieved with thousands of different sorrows and receives pleasure in thousands of different ways, and despite his utter impotence has innumerable enemies, physical and spiritual, and…September 2, 2024
About the Prophethood of Muhammed (PBUH)I could not praise Muhammed with my words; rather, my words were made praiseworthy by Muhammed (SAW). There are three great and universal things that make known to us our Sustainer. One is the Book of the Universe…September 2, 2024
Do you know where you are going?“O mankind! Do you know where you are going and to where you are being impelled? A thousand years of happy life in this world cannot be compared to one hour of life in Paradise. And a thousand years of life in Paradise…September 2, 2024
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: His Imanالْعُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ The meaning of this hadith is: “The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets”. The Noble Prophet expresses with great eloquence that being a scholar is no easy matter. For since a…September 2, 2024
Cry Not Out Misfortune!Cry not out at misfortune, O wretch, come, trust in Allah! For know that crying out compounds the misfortune and is a great error. * * * Find misfortune’s Sender, and know it is a gift within gift, and pleasure. So…September 2, 2024
ALLAH is ONE‘ He is One.’ وَحْدَهُ This phrase announces the following good news, which is both healing and a source of happiness: Man’s spirit and heart, which are connected to most of the creatures in the universe and reach the…September 2, 2024
True Affirmation of Divine Unity (Tawhid al-Haqiqi)The affirmation of Divine Unity (Tawhid) is of two sorts. For example, if the goods of a rich man arrive in a market or a town, there are two ways in which it is known they are his. One is briefly and simply, as with…September 2, 2024
Belief makes man into manBelief makes man into man, indeed, it makes man into a king. Since this is so, man’s basic duty is belief and supplication. Unbelief makes him into an extremely impotent beast. Out of thousands of proofs of this matter…September 2, 2024
Unloading BurdensThose who place their trust in Allah and those who do not, resemble the two men in this story: One time, two men loaded heavy burdens onto both their backs and heads, and buying tickets, boarded a large ship. As soon as…September 2, 2024
Reality of the DeathDeath is a discharge from the duties of life; it is a rest, a change of residence, a transformation of existence; it is an invitation to eternal life, a beginning, the introduction to an immortal life. Just as life…August 31, 2024
Death is a Created Bountyاَلَّذِى خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيٰوةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ اَيُّكُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً Who creates death and life that He may try you, which of you is the best in conduct .(67:2) Verses like this in the All-Wise Qur’an, the…August 31, 2024
Eid al-Adha and Remembrance of AllahIt was the Eid al-Adha while this ‘station’ was being written. One fifth of mankind, three hundred million people, together declaring: “Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar – Allah is Most Great! ”; and in relation…August 31, 2024
Were you created only for this world?O my world-worshipping soul! Does your slackness in worship and remissness in the prescribed prayers arise from the multiplicity of your worldly occupations, or because you cannot find time due to the struggle for…August 31, 2024
The Essence of Thanks to AllahThanks to Allah comprises pure belief and a sincere affirmation of Allah’s unity. For a person who eats an apple and utters, “Alhamdulillah – Praise be to Allah!” is proclaiming through his thanks: “This apple is a…August 31, 2024
The Spring: Numerous Indications of ResurrectionIs it at all possible that the One Who gives life to this vast dead and dry earth; Who in so doing demonstrates His power by deploying more than three hundred thousand different forms of creation, each of them as…August 31, 2024
How to transform habitual actions into worship?O soul (nafs)! If, in a brief life, you want to do something that will profit you infinitely in the hereafter, and you want every moment of your life to be as beneficial as a life-time, and if you want to transform your…August 31, 2024
Great News Behind DeathTHE SEVENTH PHRASE: وَيُمِيتُ“And deals death” He is the one who causes death. He discharges you from the duty of life, changes your abode from this transitory world, and releases you from the labour of service. That…August 31, 2024
Angels Should ExistTruth and wisdom require that the heavens have inhabitants appropriate to them as the earth has. According to the Shari’a, those various beings are called angels and spirit beings. Reality requires it to be thus, for…August 31, 2024
The Necessity of the HellThere is no contradiction between the existence and ghastly torments of Hell, and infinite mercy, true justice, and wisdom with its balance and absence of waste. Indeed, mercy, justice, and wisdom require its existence.…August 31, 2024
From Passing Love to True LovePassing ( mecazî ) love for things can be transformed into true love, so can the passing love most people have for this world also be transformed into true love? The Answer : Yes, if a person who loves with passing love…August 31, 2024
The Only Reason of the WorshipWorship and servitude of Allah look to the divine command and divine pleasure. The reason for worship is the divine command and its result is divine pleasure. Its fruits and benefits look to the hereafter. But so long…August 31, 2024
Number of Unbelievers is UnimportantO you unhappy person who is alarmed at the great numbers of the unbelievers and their agreement in denying some of the truths of belief, and as a result is shaken in his faith! You should know that value and importance…August 31, 2024
Youth will DepartAs is described in A Guide For Youth , there is no doubt that youth will depart; it will change into old age and death as certainly as the summer gives its place to autumn and winter, and the day changes into evening…August 31, 2024
Earthquake is not a chance eventQuestion: The neglectful and heedless put it about that the earthquake resulted from a fault in the rock strata inside the earth, and look upon it as quite simply a chance event, natural, and without purpose. They do…August 31, 2024
Sugar and Honey-Like Syrup Factoriesوَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخِيلِ وَاْلاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا إِنَّ فِى ذٰلِكَ لاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ This verse (Nahl 16:67) invites our attention to the date and to grapes, saying…August 31, 2024
Miraculous Milk Machinesوَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى اْلاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَۤائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَ This verse (Nahl 16:66) is a decree overflowing with useful instruction. To…August 31, 2024