Said I Nursi Quotes & Sayings

A fine but tarnished diamond is always preferable to a piece of glass, no
matter how polished. — Said Nursi

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

A thing's innate disposition or God-given nature does not lie; whatever this innate disposition says is the truth. — Said Nursi

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

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. — Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The fact that there is a unity in everything demonstrates that they are the works and artefacts of a single being. The universe is like a rosebud swathed in a thousand veils of unity. Or it is a single macroanthropos dressed in unities to the number of Divine Names and universal Divine works. — Said Nursi

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived. — Said Nursi

In Divine unity and the affirmation of it, Divine beauty and dominical perfection become apparent. If there was no unity, that pre-eternal treasury would remain hidden. — 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

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. — Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Those who attend to the good side of everything contemplate the good. Those who contemplate the good enjoy life. — Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

At the resurrection, there will be the return of spirits to their bodies, the revivification of the bodies, and the remaking of the bodies. — Said Nursi

By thus rending the veil of monotony and showing that everything is in constant need of and obedient to His Lordship, He dispels heedlessness and turns humanity and jinn from (natural) causes to Himself as the Creator of causes. This basic principle is evident in the Qur'anic explanations. — Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The origin of all revolutions and corruption, and the spur and source of all base morals are just two sayings: The First Saying: 'So long as I'm full, what is it to me if others die of hunger?' The Second Saying: 'You suffer hardship so that I can live in ease; you work so that I can eat.' — Said Nursi

Minds should be enlightened with science, and hearts need to be illumined with religion. — Said Nursi

I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties. — Said Nursi

A thing's innate disposition does not lie. — Said Nursi

Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary. — Said Nursi

The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful. — Said Nursi

The signs, proofs, and evidences of Divine unity are incalculable. — Said Nursi

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. — Said Nursi

Time demonstrates that Paradise is not cheap and that Hell is not futile. — Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The Giver of Existence is Eternally Existent; there is no harm, therefore, in the passing of beings, for the things that are loved continue to exist through the continuance of the One Who gave them existence, the Necessary Existent. — Said Nursi

The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent. — Said Nursi

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

The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth. — Said Nursi

Life is a manifestation of unity. — Said Nursi

Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it. — Said Nursi

Are we Muslims because we believe in God Almighty, or do we believe in God because we are Muslims? — Said Nursi

If you can visualize the whole of spring and see Paradise with the eye of belief, you may understand the utter majesty of everlasting Beauty. If you respond to that Beauty with the beauty of belief and worship, you will be a most beautiful creature. — Said Nursi

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

The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art. — Said Nursi