There are three great and universal things which make known to us our Sustainer. One is the book of the universe, a jot of whose testimony we have heard from the thirteen Flashes together with the thirteenth lesson from the Arabic Risale-i Nur. Another is the Seal of the Prophets […]
“History shows that the Muslims increased in civilization and progressed in relation to the power of the truths of Islam; that is, to the degree that they acted in accordance with that power. History also shows that they fell into savagery and decline, and disaster and defeat amidst utter confusion […]
In the conditions of the present time in these lands, I have learnt a lesson in the school of mankind’s social life and I have realized that what has allowed foreigners, Europeans, to fly towards the future on progress while it arrested us and kept us, in respect of material […]
Prayer (Salah) stands for praising, glorifying, and thanking Allah Almighty. We glorify Him by saying Subhanallah (All-Glorified is Allah) by word and action in awareness of His Majesty. We exalt and magnify Him by saying Allahu Akbar (Allah is the All-Great) through word and action in awareness of His Perfection. […]
There are five levels of life: The First Level of Life is that of our life, which is very restricted. The Second Level of Life is that of Khidr and Ilyas (May Allah grant them peace), which is free to an extent. That is to say, they can be present in numerous places […]
If being healed of a dreadful disease is considered from the point of view of the affirmation of Divine unity, on the face of the bestowal of healing on all the sick in the huge hospital called the earth, through the remedies and medicines from the vast pharmacy called the […]
When the particular act of sending to the assistance of a powerless infant lacking will, pure white milk from an unexpected place, that is, from between blood and excrement, is considered from the point of view of the affirmation of Divine unity, suddenly, through the wondrous, tender sustaining of all […]
Whoever created the mosquito’s eye, created the sun.Whoever ordered the flea’s stomach, ordered the solar system.
Seeds of Reality, Risale-i Nur Collection
The meaning of worship is this, that the servant sees his own faults, impotence, and poverty, and in the Divine Court prostrates in love and wonderment before dominical perfection, Divine mercy, and the power of the Eternally Besought One.