On the First Fruit
The first fruit of the eleventh subject of the fruit is the tree of faith, which is the sacred tree of paradise, eternal happiness, and the vision of Allah. In the Risale-i Nur, countless examples of its boundless, general, and particular fruits are stated and proved with evidence, so we refer the explanation to Siracü'n-Nur. We will not explain all the general components, but perhaps some examples of the partial and specific fruits.
One example: One day, in a prayer, I said a prayer meaning, "O Lord! By the honor and intercession of Jibril, Mikail, Israfil, and Azrail, protect me from the evils of jinn and humans!" When I mentioned the name of Azrail, who causes everyone to tremble and feel fear, I felt a very sweet, comforting, and pleasant state, and I said, "Praise be to Allah." I began to sincerely love Azrail. This is a very brief indication of one of the many fruits of the pillar of belief in the angels.
Another example: The most precious and cherished possession of a person is their soul. I definitely felt a deep joy in entrusting it to a strong and secure hand to protect it from loss, misfortune, and emptiness. And the angels who record human deeds came to my mind.
I saw that there are many very sweet fruits like this.
Another example: Every person eagerly works to preserve their valuable words and actions through writing, poetry, and even cinema. Especially if those actions have eternal fruits in Paradise, they would be even more curious. The idea of the noble scribes sitting on people's shoulders, showing them in eternal scenes, and earning their owners perpetual rewards was so sweet to me that I cannot describe it.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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On the First Fruit
The first fruit of the eleventh subject of the tree of faith, which is a fruit of Paradise, a fruit of eternal happiness, and a fruit of seeing Allah, has countless examples, both general and particular, which are explained and proven with evidence in the Risale-i Nur. Therefore, we refer the explanation to Siracü'n-Nur and will mention only a few examples of perhaps some partial and specific fruits, not the complete components.
One example: One day, in a prayer, I said a prayer meaning, "O Lord! By the honor and intercession of Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and Azrael, protect me from the evils of jinn and mankind!" When I mentioned the name of Azrael, who causes everyone to tremble and feel fear, I felt a very sweet, comforting, and pleasant state, and I said, "Praise be to Allah." I began to sincerely love Azrael. This is a very brief indication of one partial fruit of the many fruits of the pillar of belief in the angels.
Another example: The most precious and cherished possession of a human being is his soul. I definitely felt a deep joy in the idea of entrusting it to a strong and secure hand to protect it from loss, from corruption, and from emptiness. And the angels who record human deeds came to my mind.
I saw that there are many very sweet fruits like this.
Another example: Every person eagerly works to preserve a valuable word or action through writing, poetry, and even cinema. Especially if those actions have eternal fruits in Paradise, one would be even more curious. The idea of the noble scribes sitting on human shoulders, showing them in eternal scenes, and earning their owners perpetual rewards was so sweet to me that I cannot describe it.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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Then, come and see in the spring season, the arena of annual resurrection. Pay attention to the time when the angel of thunder, like Israfil, calls for rain from the wind of Sur, and announces to the buried seeds underground with the breath of life. At that time, those extremely mixed and confused and similar tiny seeds, under the manifestation of the Name of the Preserver, with perfect assimilation, without any error, assimilate the decrees of creation from the All-Wise Creator. And they move with such a success that in their movements, one can see a consciousness, a perception, an intention, a will, a knowledge, a perfection, and a wisdom shining. Because you see that those similar tiny seeds distinguish themselves from each other, separate from each other.
For example, this tiny seed became an oak tree, and began to spread the blessings of the All-Wise Creator above our heads. It stretches out its branches like hands towards us. And these two tiny seeds, which looked similar to it, became the flower of the day, and gave us flowers like the morning hyacinth. They adorned themselves for us. They smile at us, trying to make us love them.
Some of these tiny seeds here gave us these beautiful fruits and became lilies and trees. With their beautiful taste, smell, and appearance, they stimulate our appetite and invite our souls to their own souls. And they sacrifice themselves for their customers, so that they may advance from the level of plant life to the level of animal life.
And similarly, compare. These tiny seeds developed in such a way that that single handful became a garden full of various trees and diverse flowers. There is no mistake or flaw in it.
1. Then turn your gaze and see if you can find any flaw. Each seed, with the grace and generosity of the Name of the Preserver, preserves and displays the inheritance from its father and origin, without any defect or imperfection.
This Preserver, who performs this boundless and miraculous preservation, is an absolute sign that in the Day of Judgment and Resurrection, the great manifestation of guardianship will be shown.
Lem'alar
·On Yedinci Lema
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"You are rebelling in the land of Malik-i Zülcelâl with such arrogance that there are beings from His worship and creation who are not like you, small and helpless creatures, but even if hypothetically you were as big as mountains and the earth, and were defiant, rebellious, and ungrateful, they could throw stars, fiery metals, and molten metals at you, and destroy you.
"You are breaking a law so powerful that if necessary, it could strike the earth against your faces and rain down stars like bullets upon you."
Indeed, there are some important exaggerations in the Qur'an that do not arise from the strength of the enemies, but perhaps from the need to express majesty and to warn against the craftiness of the enemies.
Sometimes, to demonstrate the perfection of order, the ultimate justice, the highest mercy, and the strength of wisdom, the greatest and most powerful causes are exaggerated and held against the smallest and weakest things; they are not actually used, nor are they allowed to commit aggression. For example, look at this verse:
"And if the two parties conspire against him, indeed, Allah is his protector, and Jibril (Gabriel) and the righteous among the believers are also his supporters. And after that, the angels are also his support."
How much respect there is for the Prophet and how much mercy there is for the rights of the oppressed. These important exaggerations are only to express with compassion the greatness of the respect for the Prophet and the importance of the rights of the two weak ones.
SEVENTH STEP
Just as there are many different types of angels and heavens, so too the stars have very different kinds. Some are extremely small, and some are very large. Indeed, even every shining object in the sky is called a star. Among these stars, there is a kind that, like the ornaments of the upper heavens, the fragrant fruits of that tree, and the glorified fish of that sea, have been created by the Almighty, the All-Craftsman. He made them as ornaments, mounts, and resting places for His angels. And He also used a small kind of star as a tool for the jinn.
Sözler
·On Besinci Soz
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Everyone has opened a lawsuit, on the basis of faith, to gain or lose a land and property as enduring and eternal as the surface of the earth, adorned with chains and palaces. If one does not firmly obtain the certificate of faith, one will lose it. And in this age, many are losing that lawsuit due to the arrogance of materialism. Indeed, an inquisitive and investigative person has observed in a certain place that out of forty deaths, only a few have won that lawsuit; the rest have lost it. Now, if the entire world's dominion were given to a person, could it fill the place of that lost lawsuit?
Since we consider it complete foolishness to abandon the duties that bring the services which will win that lawsuit and the miraculous lawsuit attorney who prevents ninety percent of people from losing it, and instead to engage in worldly matters and transient wealth, we, the disciples of the Risale-i Nur, believe that even if each of us had a hundred times more intelligence, we must dedicate ourselves to this duty.
O my new brothers in this prison calamity, you have not seen the Risale-i Nur as my old brothers who came with me have. I declare and prove, and have already proven with them and with thousands of other disciples as witnesses, that the Risale-i Nur is the first and greatest lawsuit attorney of this age. It is the one who has given the certificate, the document, and the decree of the acquired lawsuit—i.e., the verified faith—to twenty thousand people in twenty years. It is the miracle of the Qur'an's spiritual power, which has emerged and spread. For eighteen years, my enemies, the atheists and materialists, have tried to destroy us by corrupting some officials of the government with very cruel plots, even imprisoning and jailing us as they did before. Yet they have managed to touch only two or three parts out of the one hundred and thirty parts of the steel fortress of the Risale-i Nur. Therefore, if one wishes to hire a lawyer, it is sufficient to obtain the Risale-i Nur.
Do not fear, the Risale-i Nur will not be banned. The deputies and officials of the Republican Government had important treatises in their hands, and except for two or three, they were free to circulate. God willing, one day the prisons will become a complete reform.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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Yes, for example, the evident mercy and kindness seen in the provision and care of the weak and young of animals shows that the Owner of this universe governs with boundless compassion. Could such a compassionate care in His lordship possibly neglect to accept the best prayer of the most excellent of His creation? We have explained this truth in the Nineteenth Word in the manner I mentioned, and here too, let us repeatedly state it:
O my companion who listens with me to my soul! In our allegorical story, we said: "There is a society on an island. A beloved servant is delivering a speech." The truth he pointed to is as follows:
Come, let us depart from this time, and mentally travel to the Age of Bliss and imaginatively go to the Island of Arabia, until we see and visit the Honored Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in his position of duty and in his worship.
Look: That Being, through his prophethood and guidance, is the cause and means of eternal happiness. Similarly, through his worship and prayers, he is the cause of that happiness and the means to Paradise.
Indeed, look: That Being is praying in a great prayer, a grand act of worship, for eternal happiness, as if this island, perhaps the whole earth, prays and supplicates with his magnificent prayer. Because, through his worship, he embodies the worship of his followers, and through the secret of harmony, he embodies the secret of worship of all the prophets.
Sözler
·Onuncu Soz
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And give good news to those who believe and do righteous deeds that for them will be gardens beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are given from it of fruit as food, they will say, "This is the food we were given before." And they will be given similar to it, and for them there will be pure spouses in them, and they will dwell therein forever.
O Friend! First, we will mention the connection of this verse with the previous one. That is, this verse has many connections with the previous verses. In other words, there are various lines extending from this verse to the mentioned sentences. Look, the result that the Noble Qur'an indicates with this verse is the fruit of faith and righteous deeds, and it is in harmony with the praise and commendation of the believers at the beginning of the chapter.
And again, after the disgrace and humiliation of the disbelievers and hypocrites at the beginning of the chapter, it has stated that the path they have taken will lead them to eternal woe. With this verse, by revealing the light of eternal happiness, it has increased and intensified their sorrow for having lost these great blessings.
And again, in response to the toil and hardships of worship, which cause the abandonment of some worldly pleasures, commanded with "O mankind, worship," this verse has opened the gates of Paradise and shown the delights of Paradise, thus satisfying and comforting the hearts of the believers.
And again, having previously proven the oneness of God, which is the basis of the invitation and the first pillar of faith, in this verse it has shown the fruit of oneness and the title of mercy through Paradise and eternal happiness.
İşaratü'l-İ'caz
·Bakara Suresi
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A LONG DISCUSSION ON THE RESURRECTION
A question regarding the resurrection: The Qur'an repeatedly states:
"It is nothing but a single cry," 1 and "The affair of the Hour is nothing but the twinkling of an eye." 2 These decrees show that the great resurrection occurs in an instant, without time. However, the limited mind, when faced with such an incredible and unparalleled matter, demands a comprehensible example to accept it.
Answer: In the resurrection, there is the return of souls to their bodies; the revival of bodies; and the reconstruction of bodies. These are three issues.
FIRST ISSUE
An example for the return of souls to their bodies is the gathering of a very well-organized army's members, who had dispersed to rest in all directions, by the sound of a high-pitched trumpet.
Indeed, the trumpet of Israfil, 3 is no less than the army's horn. While the army is on one side and the atoms are in their world, the souls, who heard the address "Am I not your Lord?" 4 from the eternal side and answered with "Yes, indeed!" 5 are certainly far more refined, organized, and disciplined than the ranks of the army. Moreover, not only the souls, but perhaps all the atoms, are an army of mine, with the Commander of the army being God Almighty. The Thirtieth Statement has proven this with certain evidence.
Sözler
·Onuncu Soz
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The Nineteenth Word
Regarding the Propagation of the Ahmadiyya Mission
And I did not praise Muhammad with my words, but I praised my words with Muhammad, upon whom be prayers and peace. 1
Yes, this Word is beautiful. But it is the excellence of Muhammad, the most beautiful of the beautiful, that makes it beautiful.
The Fourteenth Lema, who assumes the Fourteen Attributes,
FIRST ATTRIBUTE 2
There are three great, comprehensive knowers who describe our Lord to us: One is this Book of Creation, of which we heard a little of its testimony from the Thirteenth Lesson of the Arabic Light Treatise through the Thirteen Lemas. One is the Hâtemü’l-Enbiyâ Aleyhissalâtü Vesselâm, the great verse of the great Book of the Hereafter. One is the Glorious Qur’an. Now, we must know and listen to the Hâtemü’l-Enbiyâ Aleyhissalâtü Vesselâm, the second of these clear proofs.
Yes, look at the spiritual essence of that proof:
The surface of the earth is a mosque, Mecca is the qibla, Medina is the pulpit; our Prophet Aleyhissalâtü Vesselâm, that clear proof, is the imam of all the people of faith, the speaker to all mankind, the leader of all the prophets, the lord of all the saints, the master of a circle of remembrance composed of all the prophets and saints; all the prophets are the roots of life, all the saints are the fruits of the tree of a luminous tree, where each branch is supported by the miracles of all the prophets and the miracles of all the saints, who all confirm and sign.
Sözler
·On Dokuzuncu Soz
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And give good news to those who believe and do righteous deeds that for them will be gardens beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are given from it of fruit as food, they will say, "This is the food we were given before." And they will be given similar to it, and for them there will be pure spouses in them, and they will dwell therein forever.
O Friend! First, we will mention the connection of this verse with the previous one. That is, this verse has many connections with the previous verses. In other words, there are various lines extending from this verse to the mentioned sentences. Look, the result that the Noble Qur'an indicates with this verse is the fruit of faith and righteous deeds, which is consistent with the praise and commendation of the believers at the beginning of the chapter.
Again, after the condemnation and humiliation of the disbelievers and hypocrites at the beginning of the chapter, it has stated that the path they take will lead them to eternal woe. With this verse, by revealing the light of eternal happiness, it has increased and intensified their sorrow for having lost these great blessings.
Moreover, in response to the toil and hardships of worship, which cause the abandonment of some worldly pleasures, the verse has opened the gates of Paradise and shown the delights of Paradise, thus satisfying and comforting the hearts of the believers.
Furthermore, it has previously proven the oneness of God, which is the basis of the invitation and the first pillar of faith. In this verse as well, it has shown the fruit of the oneness of God and the title of mercy through Paradise and eternal happiness.
İşaratü'l-İ'caz
·Bakara Suresi
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A LONG DISCUSSION ON THE RESURRECTION
A question regarding the resurrection: The verses in the Qur'an repeatedly state:
"It is nothing but a single cry," 1 and "The affair of the Hour is nothing but the twinkling of an eye." 2 These decrees indicate that the great resurrection occurs in an instant, without time. However, the limited mind, when faced with such an incredible and unparalleled matter, demands a comprehensible example to accept it through imagination.
Answer: In the resurrection, there is the return of souls to their bodies; the revival of bodies; and the reconstruction of bodies. These are three distinct issues.
FIRST ISSUE
An example for the return of souls to their bodies is the gathering of the members of a very well-organized army that had dispersed to rest in all directions, when they are summoned by the sound of a high-pitched trumpet.
Indeed, the trumpet of Israfil, 3 is no less than the sound of a military bugle. While the souls, which are in the realm of eternity and the world of atoms, hear the address "Am I not your Lord?" 4 from the side of eternity and respond with "Yes, indeed!" 5 are certainly far more refined, organized, and disciplined than the rank and file of an army. Moreover, not only the souls, but perhaps all the atoms themselves are, with irrefutable proofs, established as an army and its commanders by the Thirtieth Statement.
Şualar
·Ikinci Sua
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"Then what is above it" means things that are more valuable and eloquent than the mosquito's dung, or the dung of a mosquito in terms of smallness, or both in value and smallness. However, the term "what is above it" refers to the fact that a small thing is more strange in eloquence and more extraordinary in subtlety.
As for those who believe, they will know that it is the truth from their Lord, and as for those who disbelieve, they will say, "What did Allah mean by this example?"
The "fa" in this sentence, which follows from the previous sentence, indicates an implicit and hidden evidence that connects both possibilities of this sentence. The description should be as follows: The Almighty does not abandon a metaphor. Because a metaphor is something that eloquence requires; what eloquence requires cannot be abandoned. Therefore, the Almighty does not abandon this metaphor. Consequently, the just person knows that this metaphor is eloquent, true, and from Allah. The stubborn person, however, does not understand its wisdom, becomes doubtful, asks, questions, and ultimately denies it with denial.
In conclusion: The believer affirms that it is from Allah because he is just. The disbeliever, being stubborn, says, "What benefit is there in this?"
"Amma": This "Amma" is a conditional particle. It connects both sentences it is included in, making the first one necessary and the second one required, or the first one a condition and the other a conditional.
İşaratü'l-İ'caz
·Bakara Suresi
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Tenth Lem'a
The Book of Compassionate Slaps
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
On the Day when every soul will find presented whatever good it has done, and whatever evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between itself and that (evil). And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Most Merciful to the servants. 1
The secret of this verse is explained by stating that in the service of the Qur'an, my companions, due to their human shortcomings and mistakes, have received compassionate slaps. 2 This is a form of divine warning and a manifestation of the honor of the service of the Qur'an. The sacred service of the Qur'an is a chain of honor, and those who, by divine permission, guard and support this sacred service with their efforts and prayers are a kind of honor. So that those involved in this sacred service may persevere in their seriousness and service. The honor of this sacred service has three types.
First type: It is in the direction of calling attention to the service and guiding its servants to it.
Second part: It is removing obstacles and repelling the evil of those who oppose, and thus giving them a slap. There are many events in these two parts, and they are very long. FOOTNOTE: We will mention the lightest of these, the third part, for another time.
The third part is as follows: When those working in the service encounter difficulties, they receive a compassionate slap, and through this awakening, they return to that service. There are more than a hundred events in this part. Only twenty of these events show thirteen or fourteen people who have eaten compassionate slaps, and six or seven who have seen the slap of the rope.
Lem'alar
·Onuncu Lema
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In such paths, a weak report from an ordinary spy is taken into account. However, at the level of hearsay, complete and trustworthy witnesses report that those who proceed with the oath of faith are safe and secure during their journeys. When they reach the city, certainly nine out of ten travelers have a great advantage.
They also report that those who go on the left path, marked by error, misfortune, and calamity, suffer greatly during their journeys from hunger and fear. They tremble at everything. Because they are weak in their helplessness. They fall into everything. Because they are poor and in need. When they reach the city, except for one or two, they are either imprisoned or killed.
Now, a person with a sound mind would not choose a path with a risk of harm over a harmless path for the sake of a superficial advantage. How then, when he considers himself perfect and wise, would he choose such a path where there is a 99% chance of great harm? And he would abandon another path where there is a 99% chance of great benefit. Why then do they abandon this and choose that? Solely out of laziness, for a mere superficial advantage. While they endure a real hardship.
This is the example you have understood. The truth is this: The traveler is you. Istanbul is the world of the hereafter and the afterlife. The right path is the path of the Qur'an, which after faith commands prayer. The left path is the path of the people of corruption and rebellion. The people of witness we mentioned are the people of truth, the prophets and the righteous. Because the true friend of God is one who experiences the pleasure of witnessing. What the believer believes in as unseen things, the friend of God sometimes sees with his eyes or feels in his heart. The weapons and provisions are the trust and reliance that arise from faith in God, which serve as a point of support and a point of reliance against all dangers and needs.
Yes, there is a point of support and a point of reliance in trusting a knowledgeable and all-powerful Guardian and a generous and merciful Provider. These points are included in the meaning of the word of unity, expressed in prayer, in servitude, and in the context of religious obligation.
Nur'un İlk Kapısı
·Nurun Ilk Kapisi
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Is it even possible: That a Creator, who loves His art, desires to be loved, and even considering the infinite varieties of tastes of the tongues, wishes to be praised and appreciated, and with each of His arts wants to be known, loved, and to display a kind of spiritual beauty, adorns this universe with ancient arts, yet does not speak to the human beings, who are the commanders of the living beings in the universe, by sending some of His great ones as messengers; that the fine arts remain unrecognized and unappreciated, and that the beautiful names and praises remain unacknowledged and unappreciated? Far from it, a hundred thousand times far from it!
And is it even possible, does reason accept that, an All-Knowing Speaker, who with countless acts and infinite kindnesses, in a clear and evident manner, speaks to all living beings according to their needs and desires, at the right times, in a way that shows His will, intention, and choice, would never speak to even the smallest living being, and with His infinite kindness, which perfectly cures their ailments, would not know their pain, see their need, and understand it; and that He would not speak to the spiritual leaders of the human beings, who are the commanders of the majority of the earthly creatures, and the vicegerents of the earth, and the ultimate result of the whole creation? Far from it, infinitely far from it!
Therefore, belief in Allah, with its certainty and countless proofs, and through His books and messengers, that is, through belief in the prophets and the sacred scriptures, proves it.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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In such paths, a weak report from an ordinary spy is taken into account. However, in terms of common knowledge, complete and trustworthy witnesses report that those who proceed with the oath of faith are safe and secure during their journeys. When they reach the city, certainly nine out of ten travelers have a great advantage.
They also report that those who go on the wrong path, marked by misfortune and disaster, suffer greatly during their journeys from hunger and fear. They tremble at everything. Because they are weak in their power, they are vulnerable to everything. Because they are poor, they are in need. When they reach the city, except for one or two, they are either imprisoned or killed.
Now, a person with a sound mind would not choose a path with a risk of harm over a harmless path for the sake of a superficial advantage. How then, when he considers himself perfect and wise, would he choose such a path where there is a 99% chance of great harm? And he would abandon another path where there is a 99% chance of great benefit. Why would they abandon this and choose that? Solely out of laziness, for a mere superficial advantage. Yet, in doing so, they suffer a great hardship.
This is the example you have understood. The truth is this: The traveler is you. Istanbul is the world of the hereafter and the Garden. The right path is the path of the Qur'an, which after faith commands prayer. The left path is the path of the people of corruption and rebellion. The people of witness we mentioned are the people of truth, the prophets and the righteous. Because the true friend of God is one who experiences the pleasure of witnessing. What the believer believes to be unseen, the friend of God sometimes sees with his eyes or feels in his heart. The weapons and provisions are the trust and reliance that arise from faith in God, which serve as a point of support and a source of help against all dangers and needs.
Yes, there is a point of support and a source of help in trusting a knowledgeable and all-powerful, generous and merciful Guardian. These points are included in the meaning of the word of unity, expressed in prayer, in servitude, and in the context of religious duties.
Nur'un İlk Kapısı
·Mektup 19
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Is it possible that the Almighty Creator, who governs with such infinite power and wisdom, who holds all beings from the smallest particle to the largest creature under His control, and who rotates them within the circle of order and balance, would not create or be unable to create such a joyful gathering in the Hereafter?
Indeed, many verses of the Qur'an present this wise and joyful gathering to the human eye, and by representing the joy of resurrection and the Day of Judgment, they remove the doubt of disbelief.
It says: 1 "Say: He who brought it to life in the first place will bring it back to life." That is, "Whoever created you in this highly wise form from nothing, He will resurrect you in the Hereafter."
It also says: 2 "And He is the One who begins the creation and then repeats it, and that is easier for Him." That is, "Your resurrection and revival on the Day of Judgment is easier and more effortless than your creation in this world."
Just as when a group of soldiers disperse for rest, and then are called together with a trumpet, it is easy for them to gather under the banner of the unit and form a group again, which is much easier and more effortless.
Similarly, the basic particles that form the unity and connection within a body, when the trumpet of Hazrat Israfil (peace be upon him) is blown, will respond to the command of the Almighty Creator with "Lebbeyk" and gather together, which is intellectually easier and more possible than the first creation.
Also, it may not be necessary for all the particles to gather. The essential ingredients and basic particles, which are like nuclei and seeds, and are referred to in hadith as "acbü'z-zeneb," are sufficient and fundamental for the second creation. The Wise Creator builds the human body upon them.
Sözler
·Yirmi Dokuzuncu Soz
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On the First Fruit
The first fruit of the eleventh subject of the fruit is the fruit of faith, the sacred tree of which has countless, complete and partial fruits. In the Risale-i Nur, ninety examples of these fruits are explained and proven with evidence, so I refer the explanation to Siracü'n-Nur. I will not explain all the components, but perhaps some examples of partial and specific fruits.
One example: One day, in a prayer, I said a prayer meaning, "O Lord! By the honor and intercession of Jibril, Mikail, Israfil, and Azrail, protect me from the evils of jinn and humans!" When I mentioned the name of Azrail, who causes everyone to tremble and feel fear, I felt a very sweet, comforting and pleasant state, and I said Alhamdulillah. I began to sincerely love Azrail. This is a very brief indication of one partial fruit of the pillar of belief in the angels.
One example: The most precious and valuable thing a person has is their soul. I definitely felt a deep joy in the idea of entrusting it to a strong and secure hand to protect it from loss, misfortune, and emptiness. And the angels who record human deeds came to my mind.
I saw that there are many very sweet fruits like this fruit.
One example: Every person eagerly works to preserve their valuable words and actions through writing, poetry, and even cinema. Especially if those actions have eternal fruits in Paradise, they would be even more curious. The idea of Kiraman Katibin standing on people's shoulders, showing them in eternal scenes, and earning their owners eternal rewards was so sweet to me that I cannot describe it.
Asa-yı Musa
·On Birinci Mesele On Birinci Sua
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There is only this much: We had the treatise on the Day of Judgment, named "The Tenth Word," printed before the new alphabet was introduced. It reached the hands of the government's senior officials, the members of parliament, and the governors; no one objected. Eight hundred copies of it were distributed. Because of its distribution, some purely spiritual and religious treatises, on their own, reached the hands of some people. Naturally, this spontaneous and self-initiated distribution pleased me, and in some of my private letters, I expressed this approval in an encouraging tone. But for three months now, after all this careful scrutiny, in the whole country, only fifteen to twenty people have found my books in their hands. For a man who has spent thirty years of his life in authorship and teaching, how can the fact that some special treatises are in the hands of twenty special friends be considered as publication? How can one say that such a publication "has a certain goal in mind"?
Gentlemen! If I had pursued a worldly or political goal, in these ten years, instead of fifteen or twenty people, my connections would have been evident with hundreds of thousands of people. Anyway, there are more detailed explanations and details on this point in my final defense...
How can the verses "2 So the mother's share is one sixth; 1 And for the male, the share is equal to that of two females," which in all interpretations have always had a very certain and unquestionable scientific answer against the objections of civilization from ancient times, be used against me in the indictment?
In the indictment, again quoting from the Fihrist, it is stated that the translations of the "Kur'anic letters and the zikr" have not taken their place. This issue is an eight-year-old matter and is an unquestionable scientific fact. How can the government's later acceptance of translation, according to some current opinions, turn that scientific fact against me?
Regarding the closure of our mosque, it is a complaint against the brutal oppression of the district manager and a few of his friends and the district governor, concerning their persons and the abuse of their official positions. It is a four-point memorandum, and I did not give this treatise to anyone.
Tarihçe-i Hayat
·Eskisehir Hayati
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Indeed, with our eyes, as in daylight, and within our souls, and around us, we observe a universal mercy and an all-encompassing wisdom and a perpetual care, and we see the signs and traces of a terrible dominion of lordship and a careful high justice and noble acts of majesty. Even the number of fruits and flowers on a tree is a wisdom placed upon that tree, and a mercy that has tied acts of kindness and good deeds to each human being according to their equipment, senses, and powers. And a noble and watchful justice that struck the rebellious nations like the people of Noah, Hood, and Saleh (peace be upon them), and the people of 'Ad, Thamud, and Pharaoh, and that protects the rights of even the smallest living being.
And among His signs is that the heavens and the earth stand by His command. Then, when He calls you with a call from the earth, behold, you shall come forth.
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This verse, with great authority, says: Just as two camps of sleeping and resting soldiers come to their posts and duties with the sound of a trumpet when called by a commander, so too, the vast heavens and the Earthly sphere, like two camps, are the armies of the Eternal Sovereign. When the trumpet of the Angel Israfil (peace be upon him) calls those who are resting in death within those camps, they immediately put on their corpse garments and rush out. This is demonstrated and shown every spring when those within the Earthly camp respond to the trumpet of the Angel of Thunder, thus revealing the boundless majesty of the dominion of lordship. Undoubtedly, without any doubt, and certainly, according to the proof in the Tenth Word, that mercy, wisdom, care, and justice, and the boundless dominion of sovereignty, desire the eternal abode of the hereafter and the circle of resurrection, and the opening of which prevents that infinite beauty of mercy from turning into an infinite ugliness of cruelty, that boundless perfection of wisdom from turning into boundless flawed ignorance and useless waste, that very sweet care from turning into very bitter betrayals, that very balanced and just justice from becoming a very severe tyranny, and that very high and powerful sovereignty from turning into a very oppressive and weak rule.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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THE SIXTH REŞHA
Behold, that person is the announcer and herald of an eternal happiness, the discoverer and proclaimer of an infinite mercy, the representative and observer of the beauties of the sovereignty of Rububiyet, and the revealer and presenter of the hidden treasures and divine names. If you look at him thus—that is, from the perspective of servitude—you will see him as an example of love, a model of mercy, a dignity of humanity, and the most luminous branch of the tree of hilkat. If you look at him thus—that is, from the perspective of prophethood—you will see him as a proof of truth, a path to truth, a sun of guidance, and a means to happiness.
Behold: Just as the voice of the announcer, his light has spread from east to west. And half the earth and a third of humanity have accepted his gift of guidance and taken refuge in it. What is wrong with our soul and our Satan that we should not accept the foundation of all his claims, "La ilaha illallah," with all its ranks?
THE SEVENTH REŞHA
Behold: In this vast island, among wild and habitual, stubborn, and diverse peoples, how quickly he abolished their savage and wicked customs and habits, equipped them with all good morals, and made them teachers for the whole world and masters of civilized nations. Look, it is not a mere outward conquest, but rather he conquers and reveals their minds, souls, hearts, and natures. He became the beloved of hearts, the teacher of minds, the educator of souls, and the sultan of spirits.
Sözler
·On Dokuzuncu Soz
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For example, the verse 1 "Indeed, your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful," which is repeated eight times in Sûre-i Tâ Sîn, is a verse of immense power containing thousands of truths, which, by its repetition, teaches the glory of the Divine Majesty, the punishment of those tyrannical peoples, and the mercy of the Divine, as well as the suffering of the prophets and their peoples, in the context of the consequences of the universe's upheaval and in the name of universal lordship. Even if this verse, which conveys such profound truths, were repeated thousands of times, it would still be necessary and is a sublime and eloquent expression.
Also, for example, the verse 2 "Then by which of the favors of your Lord will you both deny?" repeated in Sûre-i Rahmân, and the verse 3 "Woe that Day to the deniers," in Sûre-i Mürselât, are two verses that loudly and threateningly proclaim to the ages and to the earth and heavens the denial and mockery of the jinn and mankind, who inflame the universe, provoke the earth and heavens, disrupt the outcomes of the world's upheaval, and oppose the majesty of the Divine sovereignty. These verses speak of their disbelief, their sins, their oppressions, and their violations of the rights of all creation. Even if such a comprehensive lesson, containing thousands of truths and thousands of issues, were repeated thousands of times, it would still be necessary and is a magnificent and eloquent eloquence.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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Conclusion: As stated and proved in the First Statement, everything says "Bismillah." Thus, just like all existing things, every particle and each group of particles, and each specific community, says "Bismillah" in the language of the heart and moves. Yes, in the past, with the secret of the Three Points, every particle, at the beginning of its movement, says "Bismillahirrahmânirrahîm" in the language of the heart. That is, "I am moving by the name of Allah, by His account, by His name, by His permission, and by His power." 1
Then, in the result of its movement, just like every created thing, every particle, and each of its groups, says "Alhamdulillah Rabbi al-'alamin" in the language of the heart, so that in the design of a beautifully crafted creation, the power of God appears as a small tip of a pen. Perhaps each one, in a spiritual, divine, and immense, boundless manner, appears as a needle's head on the plates of a grand, boundless, and divine phonograph, rotating and causing those plates to recite divine praises and recite divine glorifications.
Their invocation in it will be "Subhanaka Allahumma wa sallam ta3hiyyatuhum fiha salam wa akhiru da3wihim anna al-hamdu lillah Rabbi al-'alamin." 3
"Subhanaka laa 3ilmalana illa ma 3allamtana inna anta al-3alim al-3akim." 4
"Rabbanâ la tuzig qulubana ba3da idz hadaytana wa hab lanâ min ladunka rahmatan inna anta anta al-wahhab." 5
"Allahumma salli 3ala sayyidina Muhammad sallatan takunu lakar ridwan wa li haqqihi adaan wa 3ala aalihi wa sahibihi wa ikhwanih wa sallim wa sallimnâ wa sallim dinana, amin ya rabb al-'alamin." 6
Sözler
·Otuzuncu Soz
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THE NINTH SIGN
Question: The people of guidance, the party of Hezbollah, especially the prophets and at the head of them, the Light of the Universe, upon whom be peace and blessings, are so much under the care and divine mercy and support of the Sublime. Why, then, have they repeatedly been defeated by the party of the devils, the people of misguidance?
Also, considering that the Sun of Prophethood, with its brilliant prophethood and mission, and the miraculous power of the Qur'anic miracles, and the proximity to the universal attractions and the great truths of the Qur'an, in the vicinity of Medina, why do the hypocrites persist in their misguidance and do not enter the path of guidance? What is the reason and wisdom behind this?
Answer: To resolve these two extraordinary questions, it is necessary to state a deep fundamental principle. That is:
Since this universe has two parts of the names of the Almighty Creator, both of beauty and majesty, and since these names of beauty and majesty require to demonstrate their rulings separately through different manifestations, the Almighty Creator of the Most Majestic, has mixed the opposing forces in the universe, placed them opposite each other, and given them a position of mutual opposition and defense, and in a wise and beneficial form of struggle, by causing the opposites to cross each other's boundaries and create conflicts and changes, thus making the universe subject to the law of change and transformation and the principle of progress and evolution. Therefore, in the human species, which is the comprehensive tree of this creation, He has made this law of struggle even more surprising, opened a door of struggle that is related to all human progress, and provided some equipment to the party of the devils in order to appear against the party of Allah.
Lem'alar
·On Ucuncu Lema
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Seventh Lesson
And I created the jinn and mankind only to worship Me. I do not require from them any provision, nor do I desire that they should feed Me. Indeed, Allah is the Provider, the Almighty, the Strong. 1
O heedless Said! Why are you neglecting your duty and unnecessarily engaging in the task of your Creator? You are acquiring the characteristics of oppression and ignorance, for you are abandoning the light task of worship that is within your capacity. Yet, you are placing the special duty of your Creator and Provider upon your weak waist, your intolerant head, and your feeble heart. If you desire happiness and rest, take up your duty and entrust the duty of your Creator to Him. Otherwise, you will become a rebellious sinner and a foolish transgressor. Do you know what you resemble? For example, you are like a soldier who is facing two duties.
One is the primary duty, which is training and jihad. The Sultan supports him in this duty, providing his equipment.
The second duty is the Sultan's special task, which is to provide the soldier's food and salary, his clothing and weapons, his horse and saddle. However, sometimes the soldier is engaged in this royal duty, and the service is done at the expense of the state. This is the secret: if a person is told who is cooking food or washing the caravan, "Brother, what are you doing?" That person says, "I am enduring the hardships of the government and the state." He does not say, "I am working for my sustenance." Because he knows that this is not his primary duty; perhaps his sustenance belongs to the state. Indeed, even if he becomes ill, feeding him a spoonful of food is the state's responsibility.
Thus, if such a soldier were to engage in trade with the intention of providing his sustenance, he would become a foolish sinner. He would be deceived and deceived. Because he has abandoned training and jihad, he becomes a traitor and a rebel. He would be ridiculed and beaten.
Nur'un İlk Kapısı
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On the Nineteenth of Ramadan
Treatise on Economy
Economy and opinion are related to waste and extravagance.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful - "Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant." 1
THIS HOLY VERSE gives a very important lesson of wisdom in the form of a definite command to economy and a clear prohibition against extravagance. There are seven points in this matter.
FIRST POINT: The Compassionate Creator asks for gratitude in return for the blessings He has given to humanity. 2 Extravagance is the opposite of gratitude; it is a harmful misuse of blessings. Economy, on the other hand, is a respectful and wise use of blessings.
Indeed, economy is both a spiritual gratitude and a respect for the divine mercy in blessings, a definite cause of blessings, a healthful restraint like bodily abstinence, a cause of dignity that frees one from the disgrace of spiritual begging, and a strong cause for experiencing the pleasure in blessings and tasting the hidden pleasure in blessings that seem tasteless at first glance. Extravagance, being contrary to these wise principles, leads to serious consequences.
Lem'alar
·On Dokuzuncu Lema
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A LONG DISCUSSION ON THE RESURRECTION
A question regarding the resurrection: The verses in the Qur'an repeatedly state:
"It is nothing but a single cry," 1 and "The affair of the Hour is nothing but the twinkling of an eye." 2 These decrees indicate that the great resurrection occurs in an instant, without time. However, the limited mind, when faced with such an incredible and unparalleled matter, demands a comprehensible example to accept it through imagination.
Answer: In the resurrection, there is the return of souls to their bodies; the revival of bodies; and the reconstruction of bodies. These are three distinct issues.
FIRST ISSUE
An example for the return of souls to their bodies is the gathering of the members of a very well-organized army that had dispersed to rest in all directions, when they are summoned by the sound of a high-pitched trumpet.
Indeed, the trumpet of Israfil, 3 is no less than the sound of a military bugle. While the souls, which are in the realm of eternity and the world of atoms, hear the address "Am I not your Lord?" 4 from the side of eternity and respond with "Yes, indeed!" 5 are certainly far more refined, organized, and disciplined than the rank and file of an army. Moreover, not only the souls, but perhaps all the atoms as well, are an army of mine, with the Commander of the army being Allah. The Thirtieth Statement has conclusively proven this with irrefutable evidence.
Şualar
·Ikinci Sua
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