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2) Reasonings
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This illuminating guide presents an innovative and contemporary approach to the Qur’an and its philosophy in the Islamic tradition. From the religious tome’s purpose and objectives to its rhetoric and eloquence, various aspects of the Qur’an are examined while new insights are provided on the existence and oneness of God, prophethood, and bodily resurrection.
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This book summarizes all the topics in the Risale-i Nur, the author's great multivolume commentary on the Qur'an, and provides an outline for the later, more famous and massive treatise. Now available in English, it offers an overview of the material treated in the Risale-i Nur and an opportunity to browse through brief entries such as Flower, Spark, and Whiff, each of which is a keyword linked to a passage in the Qur'an or a figure of speech in a...
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Prominet scholars of Islam say that the evidences of Muhammad's prophet-hood and his miracles amount to about 1000. Countless people have affirmed it in their own particular ways, and the Qur'an itself provides thousands of such proofs. This book by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi talks about some of the extraordinary incidents that happened at the time of prophet Muhammad in support of his divine mission, that is, calling people to Islam.
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This book is adapted from the Risale-I Nur collection and covers very fundamental topics discussed in the first chapters of The Words. These include the importance of phrase In the Name of God and how it is manifested upon the face of entire creation, the necessity of religion, and the wisdom behind different prayer times.
9) Rays
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Providing a framework of Islamic thought for issues raised in modern times, this cornerstone volume offers important insight into matters of belief through a collection of arguments that assert the importance of a renewed faith in today?s world. Stating that belief equals knowledge and that the convictions underlying nonbelief are ignorance and absence of judgment, this spirituality-affirming compendium features essays that introduce the pillars of...
10) Words
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The Words forms the first part of the Risale-i Nur collection, an approximately 6,000-page Qur'anic commentary. In this commentary Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's main concern is how to save and strengthen one's religious belief when confronted with the current prevalent materialist philosophy. It does not explain when or why a verse was revealed, but rather the truth that it represents. Subjects discussed are God, resurrection, prophethood, destiny, ego,...
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However cliched it may sound, illness always has the potential to be a blessing. For like all forms of communication from our Creator, illness is telling us certain things in certain ways. It may be telling us to slow down and to live life less hectically. It may be telling us that we are not eating healthily, or sleeping enough, or getting the amount of exercise that we need to remain healthy. Depending on its seriousness, it may be telling us that...
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The Short Words are, as the title suggests, short, simple, reader-friendly pieces describing, through the use of comparisons, metaphors and analogies, the virtues of belief and worshipful action.
The Short Words comprises the first ten chapters of the thirty-three-chapter work known as The Words, which in turn forms the first part of the Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light) collection, a commentary on the Quran that totals in excess of six thousand pages....
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