Is death that bad?
Can you imagine that we will never die in this world? Can you imagine that this limited world, which seems…
Read MoreLion If you want to understand this world, and man’s spirit within the world, and the nature and value of religion for man, and how the world is a prison if there is no True…
Lonely, Isolated, and Old One time when afflicted with old age, exile, loneliness, and isolation in addition to my innate and infinite impotence, ‘the worldly’ were attacking me with their spies and stratagems, and…
While my heart desires its immortality, Reality wants the passing of my body; I am afflicted with an incurable illness which not even Luqman could cure! I bowed my head in despair. Suddenly the verse,…
Calamities Life Finds Its Perfection Through Motion Almighty God sends calamities and inflicts tribulations; isn’t this an injustice towards the innocent in particular, and animals even? T h e A n s w e r:…
My Life Motto A person who sees the good in things has good thoughts. And he who has good thoughts receives pleasure from life - Master Said Nursi How should we understand the motto? Is…
Excess and wastefulness lead to greed, and greed has consequences: The First Consequence of Greed is dissatisfaction and as for dissatisfaction, it destroys endeavor and enthusiasm for work, and causes the dissatisfied person to complain instead…
O soul and O friend! Two faculties, through which one may experience fear and love, have been included in man’s nature. This love and fear are bound to be turned towards either creatures or the…
One of the instances of wisdom in fasting in Ramadan with regard to shattering the instinctual soul’s imaginary dominicality and making known its worship through pointing out its impotence is as follows: The instinctual soul…
One of the many instances of wisdom in fasting from the point of view of man’s social life is as follows: Human beings have been created differently with regard to their livelihoods. In consequence of…
On the Month of Ramadan In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and…