HOPE AND DESPONDENCY IN THE LIGHT OF RISALE-I NUR
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Despondency and hopelessness has cast its dark clouds on humanity across
globe in the modern period. Materialism and Secularization have weakened
and severed man’s fount of hope—faith in religion. However, action and more
intensive and extensive actions have attained the symbol of modernism, but
“the positive action for a better world” is yet to be defined and actualized in the
contemporary world. World Wars, Cold Wars, Nuclearization, Environmental
Pollution, Ecological Crisis, Militarization, Economic and Social Disparities
do not speak of positive actions. Bediuzaman Said Nursi keeps up the hope
alive in humans through his words–Risale-i Nur and his life–lived through
extreme pain, suffering, imprisonment, alienation and exilement. True to the
Qur’anic notion of cultivating faith in the Oneness of God and in the Day of
Reward-Hereafter. Nursi expounds the Qur’anic theme of ‘the given in this
world’ as a test which if appropriated positively could earn blessings for the
doer. Hence, even acute crisis one faces is an opportunity for acquiring high
moral and spiritual rewards if one takes it as a challenge and restrains his emo-tions and conducts himself in the worthy manner which is the hallmark of real
servants of God. The current global situation, though being very depressing
calls for faithful to generate hope and keep it alive, which alone can ensure a
positive action for the betterment of the world. Keeping the relevance of the
subject in view, the study would be conducted on two referents: one the Qur’a-nic position and the other Said Nursi’s Risale-i Nur along with the contexts he
propounded the ideas to fully contextualize the pronouncement on the subject.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Abdul Majid Khan
Bu kişi benim
Yayımlanma Tarihi
7 Ekim 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ağustos 2018
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Sayı: 5
