Bodily Resurrection What does the body, defective, changing, unstable and pain-stricken, have to do with eternity and paradise? The spiritual pleasures should be enough. Why should a bodily resurrection take place for corporal pleasures? Since, despite its darkness and density in contrast to water, air, and light, earth is the...
Resurrection And Afterlife This article covers Resurrection And Afterlife. My dear friend, if you wish for a discussion of resurrection and the hereafter in simple and common language, in a straightforward style, then listen to the following comparison, together with my own soul. Once two men were travelling through a...
Young People And Hell This article covers the relationship between Young People And Hell. Young people are the mainspring and foundation of social life. Only the thought of Hell enables them to control the stormy energy of their feelings and passions, their tempestuous, evil-commanding souls, from destructiveness and oppression, and divert...
Why Is Atheism So Widespread? Atheism means denying God’s existence, rejecting His commandments, avoiding religious reflection and seriousness, and considering oneself independent of Him. As such beliefs negate the concept of sin, people imagine that they can live as they please and thus begin to corrupt their hearts and minds....
What are the Greatest Dangers and Pitfalls for Faithfuls? Humanity is being tested in this world. Life itself, from the beginning until the end, is full of tests that are different in shape and level of difficulty. Said Nursi mentioned the most dangerous six categories of these pitfalls in the...
Unbelief Is An Unforgivable Ingratitude Unbelief is an unforgivable ingratitude. The one who denies Him Who brought him into existence from non-existence and endowed him with many kinds of faculties like reason, intellect, heart, memory, and insight, and inner and outer senses, and Who nourishes him with numerous varieties of...
Unbelief Is An Infinite Destruction Unbelief Is An Infinite Destruction. However insignificant the part of the free will seems in man’s actions, and however slight sin unbelief may seem to some, at first sight, it is a denial and negation and therefore destructive, and deserving eternal punishment. Remember that we...
Belief And Guidance Question: Since the way of misguidance is easy, and is destruction and aggression, many take that way. But you have proved decisively that the way of unbelief and misguidance is so fraught with difficulties and problems that no one should take it; that it is not possible...
What It Takes To Be A Believer This article covers What It Takes To Be A Believer in today’s world. Today, above all else, we are in need of a generation that is conscientious in fulfilling their duty toward God and we need ideal people who can guide society; we...
The Reality Of Worldly Life The Old Said (Bediuzzaman) saw the reality of worldly life in a vision. It transformed him into the New Said. You too listen to it in the form of a comparison: I saw that I was a traveler and was going on a long journey;...
Can Our Intention Save Us? Is Man’s Intention Enough to Save Him? An intention, which leads to the appropriate intended action, being taken may save a person. An intention, which does not result in determination, in an ardent effort to bring about the intended result, cannot do so. To have...
Why Does One Creature’s Life Depend On The Death Of Another? Why do we need death? Just as day replaces night, spring follows winter, and autumn takes the place of summer, death follows life. The Creator, Who governs everything, does nothing in vain. He creates the most beautiful and intricate...
Why Do Some Innocent People Die In Disasters Along With Others? Why do good people sometimes die in disasters before evil people? Such a question arises from false reasoning and an error in belief. If life were only the life in this world, if this world were the first and...
Death Time Experience At the time of death, believers experience the opening of windows from their places in Paradise. Prophet Muhammad stated that the souls of such people are drawn out as gently as the flowing of water from a pitcher. Better than that, martyrs do not feel death’s agonies...
Should We Fear Death? What Happens After Death? Those who believe and do righteous deeds have no reason to fear death. Although it appears to us as decomposition and the extinction of life and its pleasures, in fact it is no more than a discharge from the heavy duties of...
Respect For The Dead When an animal dies, it is forgotten and its burial place is lost. However, this is not the case with a human being. Are the people who do not preserve the memories and tombs of their ancestors aware that they reduce them to the rank of...
How Do Appointed Times Of Death Work? Death is understood as the cessation and conclusion of physical existence. The appointed time of death, is the end of the lifetime of each being that lived its own life within the conditions and limits given to it uniquely. Each and every being...
What Is The Wisdom Behind The Death Of Innocent Children? Why do Children Die? This article covers the explanation of the wisdom behind the death of the innocent children. “Those who when afflicted with calamity say: We belong to God, and our return shall be to Him (2:155-156).” My brother,...
Happiness For Youths In Both Worlds This article answers to find Happiness For Youths In Both Worlds and covers the answer to the question: “How Can We Help The Young Find Happiness In This World And Hereafter?” Given to a Number of Unhappy Youths One day a number of bright...
Death And Destiny This article covers the answer to the question: “What is the Relationship Between Death and Destiny?“ Every event, including the manner and time of death, are predestined. Everything occurs within the framework of the Divine Decree, and also within an individual plan for each being. Such plans...