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This is a collection of lectures given specifically to women by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. It also includes answers to questions sent by women to Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. In the author’s words: “It is suggested that by some Hadiths that at the end of time, among women the truths of belief will hold an important place and to an extent the women will be preserved from the dangers posed by the misguidance of those times. There is Hadith the meaning of which is: ‘At the end of time follow the religion of the elderly women.’ That is to say, the heartfelt sincerity of those champions of compassion, arising from their compassion, will be a means of saving them from perils of the hypocritical misguidance of those times. They will adhere steadfastly to Islam.” From the Risale-i Nur Collection.

Essential advice for the young in the face of the vice and materialism of our times. This book shows how, through learning the true nature of youth, life, and this world, young people may avoid the many pitfalls of modern life and secure true happiness in this world and the next. From the Risale-i Nur Collection.

The first full-length biography in English of the great scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. It considers in detail the long and exemplary life of one of the most important figures in modern Islam, and his unique struggle against the atheism and materialism of our times.

This book proves and explains that, “The imaginary and insubstantial thing Naturalists call Nature, if it has an external reality, can at the very most be a work of art; it cannot be the Artist. It is a set of decrees; it cannot be the Issuer of the decrees. It is a body of the laws of creation, and cannot be the Lawgiver. It is but a created screen to the dignity of God, and cannot be the Creator. It is a law, not a power, and cannot possess power.” From the Risale-i Nur Collection

This book with its exquisite logic, not only proves decisively the existence of life after death, but it also makes clear the relevance of our states in the hereafter. Directly inspired by the Qur’an, it opens up a highway leading to a rational understanding of these vital subjects. It achieves this by demonstrating that all beings in the cosmos are the manifestations of the Divine Names, and that each Name logically requires the resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, and the hereafter. Now, when belief by imitation is no longer acceptable, this book offers readers a way to attain true and certain belief.

With its fifteen pieces of rays, The Rays Collection contains some key sections of the Risale-I Nur. Among these are: The Supreme Sign, which in describing the testimony offered by all the realms of creation to God’s Necessary Existense and Unity, is the most complete expression of the reflective thought which is the basis of the Risale-i Nur’s way. Further convincing explanations and proofs of divine unity, based also on recognizing and ‘reading’ the manifestations of the divine in the universe, are set out in the Second, Third, and Fourth Rays in this book. While in addition to these questions, The Fruits of Belief and The Shining Proof put forward clear, irrefutable proofs of the main ‘pillars’ of belief.

This book consists of two parts. First is ‘Fruits of Belief’ and the second part is ‘A Decisive Proof of God’. Fruits of belief is about dispelling the darkness of too much worldly goods used to put today’s man in a state of neglect and giving light to the future by means of awakening heart and mind. In the author’s words: “just as the staff of Prophet Moses caused twelve springs to gush forth and was the means of eleven miracles, so the present collection (The Staff of Moses) consists of the eleven light-scattering topics of ‘The Fruits of Belief’, and the eleven certain proofs of ‘A Decisive Proof (of God)’ “, thus, this book receives its name The Staff of Moses, a source of life-giving waters for strengthening one’s faith.

The Words forms the first volume of the Risale-i Nur Collection, comprised of 130-Book-Masterpiece. It explains and proves for contemporary man the teachings of the Qur’an concerning ‘the six pillars of belief,’ and at the same time makes known the true nature and the purposes of man, life, and ALL THINGS… such as God’s existence and unity, the manifestation of the divine names and attributes in creation, the resurrection of the dead and the life of the hereafter, prophethood, the miraculousness of the Qur’an, the angels, and the immortality of man’s spirit, together with such questions as the nature of man and the universe, and man’s need to worship God. Each subject is explained with reasoned arguments and logical proofs, and the most profound aspects of the truths of belief are explained in such a way that everyone can understand without difficulty.

In this book, Bediuzzaman explains the importance and value of the prescribed daily prayers: “Yes, just as each of the times of prayer marks the start of an important revolution so is each a mirror to divine disposal of power and to the universal divine bounties within that disposal. Thus, more glorification and extolling of the All-Powerful One of Glory have been ordered at those times, and more praise and thanks for all the innumerable bounties accumulated between each of the times, which is the meaning of the prescribed prayers…” From the Risale-i Nur Collection.