Al-mathnawi al-nuri
Subtitle: seedbed of the light
By: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi ; translated by Huseyin Akarsu.
Contributors: Akarsu, Huseyin.
Publisher: The Light
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Somerset, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781932099188
Subjects: Nurculuk -- Doctrines; Islam -- Essence, genius, nature
Work titles: Mesnevî-i nuriye.
Description: Al-Mathnawi Al-Nuri is a short summary of the topics covered in the author's great multivolume commentary on the Qur'an, the Risale-i Nur, and provides an outline for the later, more famous and massive treatise. Now available in English, it offers an opportunity to browse through brief entries such as 'Flower,' 'Spark,' and 'Whiff,' each of which is a keyword linked to a passage in the Qur'an or a figure of speech in a theological argument.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from Turkish.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The first treatise: Rays from god's unity as bright as the sun; title: The second treatise: Droplets from the ocean of the prophet's knowledge; title: The third treatise: Arguments for the resurrection; title: The fourth treatise: A drop from the ocean of [the proofs] of divine unity; title: The fifth treatise: A bubble from the ocean of the Qur'an; title: The sixth treatise: A grain contained by a fruit in the garden of the Qur'an; title: The seventh treatise: A flower from the garden of the Qur'an; title: The eighth treatise: A spark from the rays of the Qur'an's guidance; title: The ninth treatise: A whiff from the breezes of the Qur'an's guidance; title: The tenth treatise:; title: A radiance from the sun of the Qur'an; title: The eleventh treatise: a point from the light of knowledge of God, exalted be his majesty; title: The twelfth treatise: A light from the lights of the verses of the Qur'an; title: Index.