10 Quotes & Sayings By Said Nursi

Said Nursi or Said Nursî is a Turkish mystic, author, philosopher, theologian, and founder of the Bediüzzaman Order. He was born in 1873 to a family of Kurdish ancestry in Elbistan, Syria. Married to a Russian woman, he had three daughters. He was an expert in Oriental languages and writings Read more

He wrote many books on Sufism, psychology, philosophy and ethics. Among his most famous works are the Books of Healing (Book I), The Great Wisdom (Book II), The Spirit of Islam (Book III), The Sermon of Tazkerat-e-Nur (Book IV) and The Sermon of Love (Book V).

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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
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God. Said Nursi
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The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived. Said Nursi
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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 forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart. Said Nursi
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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 beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art. Said Nursi
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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 and worship, you will be a most beautiful creature. Said Nursi
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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, lodged in that fairest of forms, he soon declines and dies, demonstrates the existence of the resurrection. Said Nursi
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The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual. Said Nursi
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers. Said Nursi