Eid Mubarak (Eid al Fitr – 2009)
Posted by Jonah in Editor's Choice, Videos on September 20th, 2009
A Brief Account of the Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Posted by Sir CON in Miscellaneous, People to Know on September 5th, 2009
Birth: 1876, Bitlis, Hizan, Nurs
Death: March 23rd, 1960 Urfa
- Bediuzzaman devides his life into two periods: “The period of Old Said” is from his first visit to Istanbul until the First World War, and “the period of New Said” is from his exile to Barla where he started to compile “the Treatise of Light” until his death.
- The term in between the two periods is a period of self-accounting and self-struggle.
The Period of “Old Said” (1876-1914)
- First education under his elder brother Mullah Abdullah.
- A rapid secondary and advanced level education in the theology schools of Eastern Anatolia.
- Became noted for his strong memory, intellect, and courage.
- His superiority in knowledge was recognized upon the exams and debates.
- Given the title “Bediuzzaman – the unequaled of the time” by his teacher Mullah Fethullah, and this was well accepted by all the colleagues of the Eastern Anatolia. Read the rest of this entry »
Is not the retirement as far away as the paradise?
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Here After, Social Life, Spirituality on September 3rd, 2009
So many people do not desire the hereafter life and its pleasures and delights as they reckon that they are too far away. Although same people attain the goal of raising to a high rank, reaching the retirement, owning a flat or a piece of land at the very last years of their life, they do not mind and they think those happy years are not very far away. Besides, they suffer much for these worldly materials. They try hard by spending all their life with big investments, labours, efforts and struggles in sweat and dirt. For the sake of those goals, they forget what the sunshine is; they do not have enough time for their children and for a good sleep; their relations with their wives and husbands are so weak that it looks as if they are living in different cities. It is strange that there is no guarantee for them for reaching their goals. At the very moment of when they reckon they attained their goals, most of them crossed with the truth of “Every soul shall have a taste of death”.
Fatih Sultan Mehmet, A superhero at his very early twenties
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Miscellaneous, People to Know on September 1st, 2009
Lately I have read a brief article about Sultan Fatih the Conqueror and I would like to share it in our blog.
Enjoy Reading.
The Following is a brief historical account of Fatih sultan Mehmet, which I collected for those who don’t have an idea about this great leader, and who sure need to know:
· He was born in Edirne in 1432 CE (577 years ago).
· Mehmed II or faith sultan Mehmet in Turkish, Mohamed el-Fatih (محمد الفاتح) in Arabic, named as Fatih which means the Conqueror after the Conquest of Constantinople.
Istanbul not Constantinapole
Posted by Jonah in Editor's Choice, Videos on May 24th, 2009
Deliverance through Belief / Seventh Hope
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Social Life, Spirituality on May 4th, 2009
from Treatise for the Elderly
One time at the start of my old age when the laughter of the Old Said was being transformed into the weeping of the New Said, supposing me still to be the Old Said, the worldly in Ankara invited me there, and I went. At the close of autumn I climbed to the top of the citadel, which was far more aged, dilapidated, and worn out than me. It seemed to me to be formed of petrified historical events. The old age of the season of the year together with my old age, the citadel’s old age, mankind’s old age, the old age of the glorious Ottoman State and the death of the Caliphate’s rule, and the world’s old age all caused me to look in a most grieved, compassionate and melancholy state in that lofty citadel at the valleys of the past and the mountains of the future. As I experienced an utterly black state of mind in Ankara encompassed by four or five layers of the darknesses of old age one within the other*, I sought a light, a solace, a hope.
Ground Rules for Sincerity; Rule #4
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Social Life, Spirituality on April 13th, 2009
This is to imagine your brothers’ virtues and merits in your own selves, and to thankfully take pride at their glory. The Sufis have terms they use among themselves, “annihilation in the shaykh,” “annihilation in the Prophet;” I am not a Sufi, but these principles of theirs make a good rule in our way, in the form of “annihilation in the brothers.”
Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Editor's Choice, Videos on April 2nd, 2009
An impressive and perfect scenery that worths to see….
(Requires Quicktime player installed)
Ground Rules for Sincerity; Rule #3
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Social Life, Spirituality on April 1st, 2009
You should know that all your strength lies in sincerity and truth. Yes, strength lies in truth and sincerity. Even those who are wrong gain strength from their sincerity in their wrongdoing.
Ground rules for the sincerity; Rule #2
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Social Life, Spirituality on March 31st, 2009
This is not to criticize your brothers who are employed in this service of the Qur’an, and not to excite their envy by displaying superior virtues. For just as one of man’s hands cannot compete with the other, neither can one of his eyes criticize the other, nor his tongue object to his ear, nor his heart see his spirit’s faults. Each of his members completes the deficiencies of the others, veils their faults, assists their needs, and helps them out in their duties. Otherwise man’s life would be extinguished, his spirit flee, and his body be dispersed.
A hadith about sins…
The happiness Allah the Almighty feels when any of you repents is greater than that of a person who, while on the wild desert, loses his camel with all the foods and drinks on it and utterly loses hope when his search for the camel bears no result, so he lies under the shadow of a tree and then when the camel returns, he gets a hold of its bridle and unintentionally says in rapture:
-My God! You are my servant and I am your Lord.
Muslim, Tawba 7. See also Tirmizi, Qiyamat 49, Daavat 99, İbni Mace, Zuhd 3.
Disclaimer: The above humble translation intends no ill-will and reflects only the meaning its translator could understand from the Hadith.
Ground rules for the sincerity; Rule #1
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Social Life, Spirituality on March 30th, 2009
A ground rule for the success
You should seek Divine pleasure in your actions. If Almighty Allah is pleased, it is of no importance even should the whole world be displeased. If He accepts an action and everyone else rejects it, it has no effect. Once His pleasure has been gained and He has accepted an action, even if you do not ask it of Him, should He wish it and His wisdom requires it, He will make others accept it. He will make them consent to it too. For this reason, the sole aim in this service should be the direct seeking of Divine pleasure.
Qur’an and Tewafuq
Posted by Jonah in Editor's Choice, Videos on March 28th, 2009
A 30 min documentary about the Qur’an and tevafuq.
(Turkish)
SPOONERISM
Posted by Sir CON in Miscellaneous, Wordology on March 25th, 2009
The rocket scientist asked me to write about spoonerism. I first had to look it up, of course. No no, it is nothing to do with spoons or people who earn a living by simply making spoons or selling them. It is not an ideology about spoons, either. Why on earth, then, did this odd word come to be known as an idiosyncrasy of language?
What do you want to see in that website?
Posted by admin in Miscellaneous on March 21st, 2009
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Why did he chose???
Posted by Khaleed Bin Valeed in Editor's Choice, Videos on March 20th, 2009
Five Principles of Islam
Posted by Khaleed Bin Valeed in Daily, Hadith on March 17th, 2009
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):
1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle.
2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.
3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) .
4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)
5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
Kinship
Posted by Khaleed Bin Valeed in Daily, Hadith on March 16th, 2009
Narrated Jubair bin Mut’im:
That he heard the Prophet saying, “The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Paradise.”
Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 73:Volume 8, Book 73, Number 13:
Hadith on Brotherhood
Posted by Khaleed Bin Valeed in Daily, Hadith on March 15th, 2009
Go Commando?
Posted by Sir CON in Miscellaneous, Wordology on March 11th, 2009
How many of us would like to be commandos?
Ok, I’ll put the question in another way. Who among us would not like to be a strong, tough, masculine man who would survive under any circumstance no matter how challenging the circumstances could be? I take it for granted we all like to be.
Ok, here is the second question. How many of us would like to “go commando”?
Huh? What in the world does that mean? For somebody who hasn’t a clue about what it means, it certainly sounds very likeable. What if you knew that “to go commando” means “to wear no underpants”? Would you still be as willing as you were before you went commando?
I don’t know why commandos have to go commando. I don’t even know if this is an urban myth or not. If you have any idea, you can let me know where the phrase comes from.
I know one thing, though. Think twice before you go commando.
Sir CON
Reconciliation through The Risale-i Nur
Posted by Mevlut Murat in Articles, Risale-i Nur, Spirituality on March 9th, 2009
In His Name, be He glorified.
And there is not a thing but it glorifies Him with praise
My friends in prison and brothers in religion!
It occurred to me to explain a truth to you which will save you both from worldly torment and the torment of the Hereafter. It is as follows: