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About Said Nursi

Said Nursi was a 19th-century kurdish scholar of islam. Said Nursi was a Kurdish scholar of Islam from Turkey who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceeding six thousand pages. His focus was on a revival of personal Islamic faith "through study, self-reform and service of others". Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation

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“All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.”
— Said Nursi
Love Knowledge God

“The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.”
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Deceived Cannot Who

“Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's fo...”
— Said Nursi
Light God Path

“If you can visualize the whole of spring and see Paradise with the eye of belief, you may understand the utter majesty of everlasting Beauty. If you respond to that Beauty with the beauty of belief...”
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Beautiful Eye Spring

“The beauty of man's being, fashioned as he is in the fairest of forms, demonstrates the existence of the Maker, while at the same time the fact that, together with his comprehensive abilities, lodg...”
— Said Nursi
Time Together Man

“The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beaut...”
— Said Nursi
Art Name Craftsmanship
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