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“Do what you do only for God's sake, start for God's sake, work for God's sake, and act within the sphere of God's good approval.”
― Said Nursi

“Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.”
― Said Nursi

“He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous One”
― Said Nursi

“FANİYİM FANİ OLANI İSTEMEM...
ACİZİM ACİZ OLANI İSTEMEM....
RUHUMU RAHMANA TESLİM EYLEDİM GAYR İSTEMEM...
İSTERİM FAKAT BİR YAR-I BAKİ İSTERİM...
ZERREYİM FAKAT BİR ŞEMS-İ SERMET İSTERİM...
HİÇ ENDER HİÇİM FAKAT BU MEVCUDATI BİRDEN İSTERİM..”
― Bediüzzaman Said Nursi

“The fault in suffering such torment is his, for his heart's boundless capacity to love was given so that he might direct it toward One possessing an infinite undying beauty. By misusing it and spending it on transitory beings, he has done wrong and suffers the punishment for his fault through the pain of separation.”
― Said Nursi, The Flashes Collection

“Şükür nimeti ziyadeleştirir, şekva musibeti ziyadeleştirir.”
― Said Nursi, Hastalar Risalesi

“Minds should be enlightened with science, and hearts need to be illumined with religion.”
― Said Nursî, Words

“A fine but tarnished diamond is always preferable to a piece of glass, no
matter how polished.”
― Said Nursî, Letters: 1928-1932

“The inanimate, lifeless cloud that resembles carded cotton has of course no knowledge of us, when it comes to our aid, it is not because it takes pity on us. It cannot appear and disappear without receiving orders. Rather it acts in accordance with the orders of a most powerful and compassionate commander.”
― Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Supreme Sign: Observations of a Traveller Questioning Creation Concerning his Maker

“The Qur’an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.”
― Said Nursî, Words

“هه‌موو كه‌سێك په‌نجه‌ره‌یه‌كی هه‌یه‌، چ بۆ سه‌یركردن چ بۆ خۆپیشاندان، لێیه‌وه‌ ده‌ڕوانێته‌ كۆمه‌ڵ، ئه‌و په‌نجه‌ره‌یه‌ش پێی ده‌ووترێت (پله‌ و پایه‌) جا ئه‌گه‌ر ئه‌و په‌نجه‌ره‌یه‌ له‌ باڵای نرخ و به‌های خۆی به‌رزتر بوو ئه‌وا به‌ (ته‌كه‌بور) باڵای نرخ و به‌های خۆی درێژ ده‌كات تاكو له‌م په‌نجه‌ره‌یه‌وه‌ ده‌ربكه‌وێت. به‌ڵام ئه‌گه‌ر له‌ باڵای هیممه‌تی ئه‌و نزمتر بوو ئه‌وا به‌ (ته‌وزرع) خۆی نزم ده‌كاته‌وه‌ و داده‌نه‌وێت و له‌و ئاسته‌دا ده‌بینێت و ده‌شبینرێت، پێوه‌ره‌ی مه‌زنایه‌تی له‌ مرۆڤی كاملدا ته‌وازوعه‌، به‌ڵام كه‌سانی بووده‌ڵه‌ و ناته‌واو پێوه‌ری بچوكیان ته‌كه‌بوره‌. ـ”
― Said Nursî, The Words 1

“Those who attend to the good side of everything contemplate the good. Those who contemplate the good enjoy life.”
― Said Nursî, Letters: 1928-1932

“Time demonstrates that Paradise is not cheap and that Hell is not futile.”
― Said Nursî, Letters: 1928-1932

“Are we Muslims because we believe in God Almighty, or do we believe in God because we are Muslims?”
― Said Nursî, Words

“It was to these books that I turned for an answer to the question: What is the meaning of la ilaha illa Allah? Again I was disappointed. The books were about Islam, not about Allah. They covered every subject you could possibly imagine except for the one which really mattered.”
― Said Nursî, Words

“It was to these books that I turned for an answer to the question: What is the meaning of la ilaha illa Allah? Again I was disappointed. The books were about Islam, not about Allah. They covered every subject you could possibly imagine except for the one which really mattered. I put the question to the imam at the university mosque. He made an excuse and left. Then a brother who had overheard my impertinent question to the imam came over and said: “I have a tafsir of la ilaha illa Allah. If you like, we could read it together.” I imagined that it would be ten or twenty pages at the most. It turned out to have over 5,000 pages, in several books. It was the Risale-i Nur by Said Nursi.”
― Said Nursî, Words