Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Subtitle: Author of the Risale-i Nur
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9789675062865
Description: This first full-length English biography of the great Turkish Muslim thinker and reformer Bediuzzaman Said Nursi is based on his own works and on accounts of those who have known or met him. It describes his life, works, and struggle, and places Bediuzzaman's ideas and activities in a historical context. It describes his scholarly endeavours in the cause of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the areas of education, constitutionalism and Islamic unity. It also traces Bediuzzaman's silent struggle through his commentary of the Qur'an collectively known as Risale-i Nur and his opposition of the irreligion of the Turkish republic's early years.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Abbreviations; title: Part I: The Old Said; title: 1 Childhood and Youth; title: 2 Istanbul before Freedom; title: 3 Freedom and Constitutionalism; title: 4 Bediuzzaman and the Thirty-First of March Incident; title: 5 “The Future shall be Islam’s, and Islam’s Alone”; title: 6 The Medresetu’z-Zehra; title: 7 War and Captivity; title: 8 Return and Appointment to the Daru’l-Hikmeti’l-İslamiye; title: 9 The Supremacy of the Qur’an and Birth of the New Said; title: 10 Opposition to the British and Move to Ankara; title: Part II: The New Said; title: 11 Van; title: 12 Barla; title: 13 Eskişehir; title: 14 Kastamonu; title: 15 Denizli; title: 16 Emirdağ; title: 17 Afyon; title: Part III: The Third Said; title: 18 The Third Said; title: Conclusion; title: Selections from the Risale-i Nur; title: Bibliography; title: Index