From the Risale-i Nur Collection: The words

About the Book:<br/>The Words is the first volume of the Risale-i Nur and consists of thirty-three independent parts or Words, which explain and prove aspects of the fundamental matters of belief. These consist of such matters as God s existence and unity, the manifestation of the Divine Names and attributes in creation, the resurrection of the dead and the hereafter, prophethood, the miraculousness of the Qur'an, the angels, the immortality of man s spirit, Divine Determining (fate or destiny), together with such questions as the true nature of man and the universe, and man s need to worship God. Each subject is explained with comparisons and allegories, and demonstrated with reasoned arguments and logical proofs. The most profound aspects of the truths of belief, which were formerly studied only by advanced scholars, are explained in such a way that everyone, even those to whom the subject is new, may understand without difficulty. This work answers brilliantly the attacks made on the Qur'an in the name of science and philosophy, and demonstrates the rationality of belief in God and logical absurdity of denial. It shows too that man s happiness and salvation both in this world and the next lie only in belief in God and knowledge of God. This new, revised edition includes a translation of Bediuzzaman's work in free verse, Lemeat (Gleams), which, though first published in 1921, is a sort of index of the Risale-i Nur.<br/><br/>About Risale-i-Nur Collection<br/>The Risale-i-Nur explains Islam and belief to modern people in their own terms and according to their own world-view. Analysing both belief and unbelief, Said Nursi used clearly reasoned arguments to prove that the Qur'anic conception of God and His unity, Prophethood and bodily resurrection and all others are the only rational explanations for the existence, humanity and the universe.<br/>Using easily understood stories, comparisons and explanations, Said Nursi produced categorical proofs showing that modern scientific discoveries actually support and reinforce the truths of the Religion. He used the Qur'anic methodology of addressing each person's intellect and all inner and outer facilities to encourage people to study the universe and its functioning in order to understand creation's true nature and purposes, This, in turn, leads to learning the One Creator's Attributes and their own duties as God's servants.<br/><br/>SOME CHAPTERS FROM 'THE WORDS':<br/>1st Word: On 'In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate', showing what a strength and source of bounty it is and how it is constantly recited by all things through the tongues of their beings<br/>2nd Word: A comparison showing the believers' and unbelievers' views of the world, and how happiness and ease of mind lie in belief in God and in Islam.<br/>3rd Word: A comparison illustrating how worship yields high profits and vice and dissipation result in serious loss<br/>4th Word: A comparison illustrating the value and importance of the five daily prayers, and the ease they afford man's spirit, heart, and mind<br/>5th Word: A comparison showing that man's true duty is worship of God and to avoid grievous sins<br/>6th Word: A comparison describing five ways in which selling oneself and one's property to God is profitable trade, and five serious losses incurred when this is neglected<br/>7th Word: A comparison showing how belief in God and the hereafter are two talismans which both solve the riddle of creation and open the door of happiness for man<br/>8th Word: On the true nature of religion, this world, man, and belief in God, and a comparison between the way of the Qur'an and that of unbelief and their results for man's heart and spirit.<br/>9th Word: On the wisdom in the specified times of the five daily prayers, in five 'Points'<br/>10th Word, On Resurrection and the Hereafter: A comparison in the form of twelve 'Aspects' containing proofs of the resurrection of the dead.<br/><br/>And more chapters in the book.