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| The reality of life by Said Nursi |
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| muahmed |
| 06/25/03 at 17:35:31 |
| [slm] ;-) So said Baiduzzaman Said Nursi: O soul! If you long for the life of this world and flee death, know certainly that the conditions you suppose to be life are only the minute in which you are. All the time previous to the present minute and the things of the world within that time are dead in the present minute. And all the time subsequent to the present minute and all it contains is non-existent in it, and nothing. That means the physical life on which you rely is only one minute. Some of the learned, even, said it was a tenth of a minute, rather, the passing instant. Thus, it is due to this mystery that certain saints stated that with regard to this world, this world is non-existent. So, since it is thus, give up the physical life of the soul. Rise to the level of life of the heart, spirit, and inner faculties; see what a broad sphere of life they have. For them, the past and the future, which for you are dead, are Living; they are existent and full of life. O my soul! Like my heart, you too weep and cry out and say: I am ephemeral; I do not want another who is thus. I am impotent; I do not want another who is thus. I have surrendered my spirit to the Most Merciful; I do not want another. I want another, but let him be an eternal friend. I am a mere atom, but I desire an Everlasting Sun. I am nothing, yet I wish for these beings, all of them. |
| Re: The reality of life by Said Nursi |
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| muahmed |
| 06/25/03 at 17:39:04 |
| [slm] ;-) So said Badiuzzaman Said Nursi: Nature can at the very most be a work of art; it cannot be the Artist. It is an embroidery, and cannot be the Embroiderer. 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 passive and created, and cannot be a Creative Maker. It is the recipient, and cannot be the source. |
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| paula |
| 06/27/03 at 13:49:51 |
| [slm][size=2][font=book Antiqua][color=Navy] Masha' Allah...... May there be more to follow? If knowledge lacks the insight of the heart, it is ignorance. Taking the part of something is one thing, [u]belief is something else. [/u] –- Said Nursi Anyone who is capable may make interpretations of the Law for his own self; [u]but he cannot make the Law.[/u] --- Said Nursi Jazak Allahu Khairan [/color][/font][/size] [wlm] |
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