Goodwill is such a chemistry that it turns bottles into diamonds and soil into gold
The Transformative Power of Goodwill: Insights from Said Nursi Master Nursi, a prominent theologian and philosopher, articulated profound thoughts that…
Read MoreIs suffering a choice? Yes, suffering is truly a choice. People give a sacredness to suffering as if suffering makes them more dignified: “Look how resilient I am. How do I endure these difficulties? By…
It is definite and obvious that death will befall us as the night will follow today and winter, this autumn. Just as this prison is a temporary guest-house for those who continuously enter it and…
On Frugality This treatise is about frugality and contentment, and wastefulness and extravagance. In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Eat and drink, but waste not by excess. (7:31) This verse gives the…
Lion 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…