MORALITY BASED ON FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE A STUDY OF DAMASCUS SERMON OF BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI AND NUR AL-BAB OF SHAYKH UTHMAN IBN FODIYO
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The religion of Islam aims at reforming the behaviour of every Muslim indi-vidual so as to provide a sanitized society. The Prophet (S.A.W) as the final
messenger confirmed that he was sent to accomplish the best of morality to
humanity through the Qur’anic revelation. After him come many righteous
people in the name of revivalists/reformers who revive the spirit of Islam and
ensure the moral rehabilitation of the society. Such revivalists appeared in dif-ferent parts of the Muslim world from the earliest centuries to date. In the
19th Century, a part of Africa Continent known as Hausaland witnessed the
revivalist activities of Shaykh Uthman Ibn Fodiyo who wrote many treatises in
a bid to reform the society. Among these treatises are Nur al-Bab. And in the
20th Century there appeared a righteous person in one part of Europe, Turkey
in particular, known as Badiuzzaman Said Nursi who among numerous of his
publications wrote “The Damascus Sermon” also in a bid to reform the society.
This paper intends to make a careful assessment of the efforts made by these
two revivalists on the morality of their respective societies based on faith and
knowledge. The two treatises under study appear to be closely related in the te-achings of morality. This is why they are selected for a review to bring out ideas
of these great men in relation to their moral teachings. The researchers would
adopt critical analytical methods to meet the goals of the research.
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
7 Ekim 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ağustos 2018
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Sayı: 5
