...approached the Messenger of Allah. He was with the Companions. The Muslims were winning. However, they started to lose soon. The Companions around the Prophet were moving away or dying....
...Companions. Hanzala, who displayed great heroism on the Day of Uhud, attacked the polytheists zealously like the other Companions. He attacked them with the desire of being a martyr. He...
...and move to one side.” He wanted to tell them that they should fight until they were martyred. Upon his call, 500 Companions from Ansar left the other Companions. Abbad...
...open the graves. The martyrs seemed as if they had just died. The corpses had not changed and had remained intact. When the graves were opened, a musky smell was...
...under Hz. Abdullah’s command. He gave Abdullah a letter and told him to open it two days later when he arrived at the place that he was told. Hz. Abdullah...
...heroically against Musaylima’s soldiers and managed to open the castle door from inside. The Islamic army that entered through the door defeated Musaylima and killed him. We can understand from...
...melancholy combined with a feeling of security. Their every act reflects spiritual peace and exhilaration coming from adherence to God’s will and confidence in Him, and sincerity and kindness acquired...
...past to the present, people of spirit, essence, and insight have resolved the commonest and most widespread depressions and crises with their immense horizons and zeal with unimaginable ease by...
...way back home. The other women were surprised to see it. They expressed their surprise by saying, “O Halima! May mercy come upon you! Is this not the same donkey...
...and in pain did she give him birth. The bearing of him and suckling of him (until weaned) is thirty months…. (Ahqaf 46:15) The verses we have examined so far...
O King of Mercy, who restores life to the rocks and soil and with His grace brings those whose spirit is also open to devilry into the realm of angels-furnish...
...is absurd, abhorrent, and completely impermissible. •Such arguments and allusions to science have, at best, a secondary and supportive use. Their only possible value is that they might open a...
...non-specialists. Guidance requires that relatively unimportant things should be touched on briefly, while subtle points should be discussed as completely as possible through parables and comparisons. So that people are...
...and contains manifold absurdity and impossibility. The Risale-i Nur has proven this truth by hundreds of comparisons with the same finality that “two plus two equals four.” For example, one...
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Look, then, to the signs of God’s mercy -how He restores life to the earth after its death- verily He it...
...assembled there. See, a most noble commander, bearing exalted decorations, is pronouncing a discourse, and requesting certain things from that compassionate monarch. All those present say: “Yes, we too desire...
...commander whom we previously saw on the island, adorned with numerous decorations, is making an announcement. Let us go and listen. See, that luminous and most noble commander is conveying...
...example. “One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels “Was it you that these men used to worship?” (Saba, 40). Verses: “They will come forth―...
...servant and commander, and commander-in-chief of the army of Islam in the time of ‘Umar, the conqueror of Iran, and one of the ten promised Paradise, said: “I was at...
...We have pointed out examples of some of these in the commentary called Isharat al-I‘jaz (Signs of Miraculousness,) in the phrases of Sura al-Fateha and those of, Alif. Lam. Mim....
...and taught him the principles of Islam. Uqba did not have any hesitation to become a believer. He became a Companion. He was a distinguished Companion among the People of...
...Khalid bin Bukayr, one of the Muhajirs. Hz. Khalid was one of the members of the committee of guidance; he was one of the seven people that were martyred by...
...Messenger of Allah saw her, she could not bear it and started to weep due to his compassion. Sa’d bin Ubada, a Companion who was there, asked, “O Messenger of...
...banquet, they await the command of “Fall to and help yourselves!” They respond to that compassionate, illustrious, and universal mercy with comprehensive, exalted, and orderly worship. Do those people who...
...regarded ‘Umar as strict and severe. Yet ‘Umar shouldered the caliphate perfectly and became one of the greatest examples after the Prophet. He was a just ruler, and strove to...
...you desire the life of this world and its glitter, then come! I will provide for your enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner. But if you seek...
...Thus, Abbas took under his care one of Abu Talib’s son, and the other son Ali, would come under the care of the Messenger of Allah. This can be described...
...free themselves of the pressures of their carnal self and body and begin to lead a life of honor and dignity. This is the characteristic con signed to believers by...
...that all people should observe fasting and states that it is the most effective way to free the soul from the dominance of the body and worldly affairs. In another...
...their self-sacrifice can be a means of happiness and salvation for many people. The Companions, who are the starry figures of humanity, were always a guide to happiness. They endured...
...million miles a day). Our attention also is drawn to the fact that when the sun finishes its appointed task, it will abide by a command and come to rest....
...freed them by paying the money necessary for their freedom to their owners. Thus, they virtually received the first reward of their patience in the world; they attained freedom in...
...away, I asked a man from the Ansar, ‘Come, I want to go and learn from the Companions of the Prophet because there are many here now.’ The man replied,...
...certain that this freedom has boundaries. We do not have the prerogative to do anything we want; if we had such freedom this would violate the freedoms of others. The...
...felt for God and His Messenger, a drunk suddenly shook himself free and attained companionship of the Prophet. In another example, with the smallest of Divine favors, a bloody murderer...
...human free choice. Our history is full of examples that show how this principle has been implemented in life. Of course there are and should be occasions where war is...
...this effacement and confirmation, we frequently witness it in our lives. For example, one day we leave home with the intention of going to a place where sins are freely...
In Relation to Divine Knowledge. God is completely beyond our abilities of comparison and conception, and so we can acquire only some knowledge of His Attributes and Names, not of...