O people of belief, now you understand how harmful enmity is. Greed is another great disease, and just as harmful for Islam’s life, for it causes disappointment, sickness, humiliation, deprivation, and misery to arise. The humiliation and misery of those nations who leap at this world
In the most general sense, literature is a discipline that studies elegant, measured, and harmonious words uttered or written in verse or prose in a form that is congruent with the conditions of time and usually in compliance with the rules of the language. The Arabic word for
The line of struggle followed by the righteous people to whom God promised the future of the world may be summed up in two words: action and thought. In fact, the way to true existence is action and t hought, and likewise the way to renewal, individual and collective. It may even be s
With strong conviction and high hope, poised to move forward; with firm resolve, our will ready as a taut bow-string is ready in sweet imagination of paradise-like scenes of tomorrow, whose beauty we experience in spirit-we speak of the future once more, alert to its being near. It is
Today, almost everybody speaks about “material welfare and comfort,” without seeing any values other than these, or rather without wanting to see them. Humanity has come up with many beautiful things, and has made great inventions up to now. In a way, it is thanks to these
A Nursi Reader – Be Kind to Your Parents In this series of articles, A Nursi Reader, the aim is to present the thoughts of the famous Islamic scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) on a variety of topics, using his own writings. As a prolific writer, Nursi has written on num
The word Islam is derived from silm and selamet, which mean submission, salvation, providing trustworthiness, and peace. Innumerable arguments in Qur’an and the Hadith literature, the essential sources of Islam, support these meanings. Besides, all actions leading to or ending i
Ali Unal Second edition Seeking to put an end to many misconceptions, this study reveals Islam?s true stance on several intellectual issues. Ali Unal is a writer, a newspaper columnist, and the author of several books on Islam. Where to buy