The Words - Risal-i Nur - Page 3

The Words - Risal-i Nur - Page 3

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Fifth Branch: The Fifth Branch has five ‘Fruits’.
First Fruit: The place of love in the realm of beings; the targets where love and fear should be directed at. What is the fear of Allah? How is it achieved?
Second Fruit: The reason for worship; the way of offering the worship of all creatures to Allah on his own account
Third Fruit: The importance of the Sunnah (practices of the Prophet) and the results of acting in accordance with them
Fourth Fruit: The difference between Muslims and non-Muslims in terms of being indifferent to religion
Fifth Fruit: The aspects of man that look to the realms of multiplicity and unity
The Twenty-Fifth Word : About the Miraculousness of the Qur'an
Introduction: Three different definitions of the Qur'an
First Light - First Ray: The eloquence of the Qur'an, which is at the degree of miraculousness
First Aspect: The challenging of the Qur'an; no one being able to imitate it
Second Aspect: Explains in five ‘Points’ the wisdom of the Qur’an’s miraculousness contained in its eloquence
First Point: The order in the Qur'an's words and sentences and the relation between them
Second Point: The superiority in the Qur'an's meaning
Third Point: The uniqueness and wondrousness of the Qur'an's style
Fourth Point: The wondrousness in the Qur'an's wording; it does not bore you even if it is read again and again
Fifth Point: The wondrousness in the Qur'an's manner of exposition
Second Ray: The wondrousness in the Qur'an's comprehensiveness
First Flash: The comprehensiveness of the words of the Qur'an; each phrase contains many meanings
Second Flash: With the comprehensiveness in its meaning, the Qur'an becomes a guide to many different communities
Third Flash: The comprehensiveness of the sciences that the Qur'an includes
Fourth Flash: The comprehensiveness of the subjects that the Qur'an deals with
Fifth Flash: The comprehensiveness in the Qur'an's style and conciseness
First Glow: The comprehensiveness that contains a chapter in a verse and the Qur'an and the universe in a chapter
Second Glow: The comprehensiveness that answers any need of any man
Third Glow: The conciseness of the Qur'an which is at the degree of miracle
Fourth Glow: The conciseness of the Qur'an that express general laws in simple events
Fifth Glow: The comprehensiveness of the Qur'an that gathers all supreme qualities either with its content or style without any confusion
Third Ray: The news of the Qur'an from the Unseen preserves its youth in every age and addresses everybody
First Radiance: The news of the Qur'an related to the Unseen
The First Glisten: The news of the Qur'an related to the past
The Second Glisten: The news of Qur'an related to the future
The Third Glisten: The news of the Qur'an about Divine truths, creation and the matters of the hereafter
Second Radiance: The continuing youth of the Qur'an in every age; its rules and laws are ageless; a comparison between the civilization of the Qur'an and human civilization
Third Radiance: The wondrousness of the Qur'an in giving the same lesson particularly to each class of humanity in every age
Second Light - First Beam: The wholeness of the Qur'an
Second Beam: The wondrousness of the Qur'an when summarizing verses and pointing out to Divine names
First Quality of Eloquence: The Qur'an shows Divine truths in the acts and works on the world
Second Point of Eloquence: The Qur'an depicts Divine work of arts and summarizes them with Divine names
Third Quality of Eloquence: The Qur'an explains Allah's acts in detail and summarizes them
Fourth Point of Eloquence: The Qur'an mentions about the order in creatures with transparency which shows the Divine names behind them
Fifth Quality of Eloquence: The Qur'an shows Divine truths in simple and ordinary events and encourages meditation
Sixth Quality of Eloquence: The Qur'an shows extensive events that take place in the realm of creatures in unity or within a universal rule
Seventh Mystery of Eloquence: The Qur'an shows the manifestations of Divine names and Divine power behind causes
Eight Quality of Eloquence: The Qur'an convinces hearts and minds by mentioning the observable works of this world when mentioning Divine works concerning the hereafter
Ninth Point of Eloquence: The Qur'an shows comprehensive truths in insignificant events with Divine names
Tenth Point of Eloquence: The wondrousness of the Qur'an's balancing between hope and fear
The Third Beam of the Second Light: The superiority of the Qur'an in terms of its speaker, the addressee, purpose and form
Third Light, First Gleam: The order, harmony and wondrousness of the Qur’an’s exposition concerning the reality of the realm of living beings and Divine names, acts and attributes
Second Gleam: The Qur’an’s and Philosophy’s points of view on the world
Third Gleam: A comparison between the works of scholars who take lessons from the Qur’an and the Qur’an itself
Conclusion: The Qur’an and Hz. Muhammad (PBUH) are a miracle for each other
First Addendum: The miraculous aspects of the Qur’an and the proofs that it is the Word of Allah
A Flower of Emirdağ: The answer given to the objections for the repetitions in the Qur’an
Two Additions, Which Form a Conclusion to the Tenth Matter. The First: A true translation of the Qur’an is not possible
Second Addition: The light that was brought by Hz. Muhammad raises the veil of extinction, purposelessness and meaninglessness of the universe
The Twenty-Sixth Word: The Treatise on Divine Determining (Qadar/Destiny)
First Topic: Divine Determining, the power of choice (partial free will); the creation of good and evil; the responsibility of man
Second Topic: Seven aspects concerning the compatibility of Divine Determining with the power of choice
The First: The power of choice in terms of wisdom and justice
The Second: The existence of the power of choice
The Third: Divine knowledge, Divine Determining and the power choice
The Fourth: Knowledge and the thing known; the definition of pre-eternity
The Fifth: The differences of understanding among Jabriyya, Mu’tazila and Ahl as-Sunnah about the issue of Divine Determining, cause and effect
The Sixth: The creation of deeds and the responsibility of man
The Seventh: The relation between man’s will and Divine will and man’s responsibility
Third Topic: Divine Determining in the realm of living creatures; The Clear Book and The Clear Record; Self-evident Divine Determining and Theoretical Divine Determining; freedom and Divine Determining
Fourth Topic: The beneficial aspects of hardships and calamities and their relevance with Divine mercy
Conclusion: Five paragraphs that express Allah’s oneness and absolute sovereignty against the arrogance of the soul and show that the true happiness exists in surrendering to Allah
Addendum The way of “weakness, poverty, compassion and reflection”, which are taken from the Qur’an and lead man to the Divine names of All-Merciful, All-Compassionate and All-Wise; the conditions of this way and its differences from tariqah
The First Step: Not purifying the soul
Second Step: To think of yourself when it comes to death and service of others, to forget yourself when it comes to pleasure and desires
Third Step: To regard the faults as coming from yourself, to know that all good deeds, power and richness from Allah
Fourth Step: To give up egotism, to regard himself as a mirror of the manifestation of Allah
Conclusion: The difference between the way of impotence, poverty, compassion and reflection and “the unity of existence” and “the unity of witnessing”; finding a way to Allah in everything and the way of entering the Divine presence permanently
The Twenty-Seventh Word: Some issues that are discussed about ijtihad (deriving a rule of divine law from the verses of Qur’an and hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in religious issues.) Six obstacles for the ijtihad
The First: The harms of new ijtihads in the presence of the conditions of this time
The Second: The necessity of focusing on the essential teachings of religion which are definite and do not require ijtihad instead of theoretical matters that form the issue of ijtihad
The Third: A comparison made between the time of the Prophet and nowadays in terms of the conditions that advance the abilities of ijtihad
The Fourth: The essential point of view in ijtihad: the world or the hereafter?
The Fifth: What are “earthly” and “heavenly” ijtihads? Three reasons that make interpretation of the Law of today earthly
The First: The difference between the reason and wisdom in ordinances
The Second: The view at the present time; worldly happiness has taken primacy instead of the happiness of hereafter
The Third: Some bad habits of our time which are in the degree of addiction affect the manner of their approach to the certain prohibitions of religion
The Sixth: A comparison made between the time of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and nowadays in terms of truth and falsehood
Conclusion: The reason for the existence of different schools. Can truth be more than one?
Addendum to the Twenty-Seventh Word: Why can other people not reach to the degree of the Companions (Muslims who lived together with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and took lessons from him)?
First Instance of Wisdom: The effect of the conversation of the Prophet
The Second Reason: The distance between the truth and falsehood during the time of companion and the truthfulness of the Companions. The freshness and effect of the revolution that Islam established during the time of the Companions
The Third Reason: The prophethood versus sainthood; the difference between the rank of sainthood and prophethood
First Aspect: The effect of social environment on talents during the time of the Companions
Second Aspect: The difference between the way of Companion and tasawwuf (sufism) in the matters of closeness to Allah and “passing from the apparent to reality”.
Third Aspect: The superiority of companions in regard to their service in the establishment of Islam
Question: Is the belief of people who believed in the prophet (PBUH) without seeing him not superior to the belief of the Companions who believed in him by seeing him?
Second Question: How can a companion who was involved in the world be superior to a saint who abandoned the world?
Third Question: Why do those who abandon everything other than Allah cannot reach the level of the Companions? The role and importance of evil commanding soul and other senses on making man approach Allah
Fourth Question: The reasons for the emergence of the claims of superiority over the Companions
The Twenty-Eight Word: Answers to a number of questions about Paradise. Do material pleasures along with the pleasure of marriage exist in Paradise? How will the people whose abilities and ranks are so much different stay together in Paradise and benefit from the same pleasures?
A short addendum to the Word on Paradise The cause of Hell’s existence
The Twenty-Ninth Word: About man’s spirit, the angels, and the resurrection after death
Introduction: An overview about the duties of servitude of angels and spiritual beings and their kinds

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