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FORGIVENESS

Humans are creatures with both exceptional qualities and faults. Until the first human appeared, no living creature carried such opposites within its nature. At the same time as humans beat their wings in the firmaments of heaven, they can, with sudden deviation, become monsters that

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TOLERANCE

As a nation we are experiencing an intense fervor of recovery and revival. If a wind of opposition does not hinder us, the coming years will be our “years of becoming.” However, there are differences in methods of recovery and revival. There has been a difficulty in arriving at a mutu

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TOLERANCE AND LIBERALITY

Be as vast as the oceans and take every soul to your bosom! Let faith keep you alert, cherish a never-ending affection for humanity, and leave no broken heart forgotten or ignored!   Applaud the good for their goodness, appreciate those who have believ-ing hearts, and be kind to

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MORALS

  Morals are a set of noble principles that originate in high spirituality and govern human conduct. For this reason, people who neglect spirituality, and are therefore lacking in spiritual values, cannot sustain conduct in accordance with these principles. Preferring the interes

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CONSCIENCE

  Conscience, which has a central position in a person’s being and feeling that he or she is a human being, is a spiritual mechanism which wills, feels, perceives and is always open to eternity.   The will-power, feeling, mind and heart which are the “senses̶

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TRUE LOVE

 Written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Love is the reason for the creation of the universe. It is also the bond between all things, and the light of existence and its life. Since man is the most comprehensive fruit of existence, a love so overflowing as to invade the whole universe has b

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“IF YOU LOVE GOD, FOLLOW ME: GOD WILL LOVE YOU”

Written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. The sublime verse, “Say: “If you love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. For Allah is the Oft Forgiving and the Most Merciful” (3:31).” Proclaims in definite fashion just how necessary and importa

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WHY DO WE NEED TO WORSHIP GOD?

If you want to understand what great profit and happiness lie in worship, and what great loss and ruin lie in vice and dissipation listen to and take heed of the following story which is in the form of a comparison: One time, two soldiers received orders to proceed to a distant city.

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REAL LIFE AND REAL HUMANITY

Since “real” life is only possible through knowledge, those who have neglected learning and teaching are considered to be “dead,” even when they are biologically alive. We were created to learn and to communicate what we have learned to others.   Real life is lived at the spiritu

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