Said Nursi Quotes

• If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.

  Said Nursi

  Advice, Soul, Enemy

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• I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.

  Said Nursi

  Independent, Duty, Traveler

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• The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

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  Truth, Deception, Deceived

  Said Nursi (2005). “The Words: The Reconstruction of Islamic Belief and Thought”, p.250, Tughra Books

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• Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.

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  Divine Wisdom, Worry, Criticism

  Said Nursi (2008). “The Gleams: Reflections on Qur'anic Wisdom and Spirituality”

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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.

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  Sake, Spheres, Approval

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• The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Mirrors

  Said Nursi (1995). “The Flashes Collection”, p.215, www.nurpublishers.com

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• The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.

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  Heart, Doe, Eternity

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• Life is a manifestation of unity.

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  Compassion, Unity, Life Is

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• Can you not see the numerous designs made by God as signs, similitudes, or analogies of resurrection? He has placed them in every era, the alteration of day and night, even in the coming and going of clouds.

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  Night, Clouds, Design

  Said Nursi (2005). “The Words: The Reconstruction of Islamic Belief and Thought”, p.97, Tughra Books

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• A thing's innate disposition does not lie.

  Said Nursi

  Truth, Lying, Doe

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• 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

  Names, Body, Majesty

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