İbrahim DİLFİRUZ The humankind has seen thousands of Miracles since the first human being and the first Prophet Adam (PBUH) up to the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (PBUH). Why did they show these miracles? What is the logic behind miracle? In order to answer these questions, we should learn both the dictionary meaning of miracle and its meaning...

YUSUF KARA Belief means to accept by heart what was revealed by Allah (SWT) and expressing it with one’s tongue. Sa’d al-Din al-Taftazani says: “Belief is the light (noor) Allah bestows unto the heart of His slaves whom he wishes after they use their own free will.” Belief can be divided into two: Imitative belief and verified belief. Imitative...

by Feride KARAHAN “Either truthfulness or silence”. That is, there are two ways, not three. That is, not either the truth, or lies, or silence. Only two ways, either truth or silence…. (Damascus Sermon, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi) Lie is the reverse of the truth… Lie is the effort of distorting the truth…  Lying is deliberately deceiving...

Selahattin OZEL If we have all the sources of Islam correctly and can live by the Islam without hesitation and doubts in our hearts today, that is because the sahabas (companions) of prophet Muhammad (PBUH) fulfilled their duty of transferring Islam to today and to us in an unprecedented successful manner. The prophet (PBUH) said about his sahabas:...

Hamza BERAT This was a nice experience for me to re-enjoy the nice and blissful dinner table in my hometown. Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan. Coming home hungry and thirsty, waiting for adhan and contemplating during the meal, thinking about the poor, the needy, the homeless and the others on Ramadan… The blessed month of mercy… I am writing...

By Feride KARAHAN Why are we here? Why are we in this world? Is it just to pass the time? Just to take the pleasure of the world? Do we have a certain duty here in this world? Why are we sent here? Or are we sent here just for ourselves without the sense of brotherhood/sisterhood? We have always been crying out the problems but less we talk about...

Yusuf KARA Qur’an is the Pre-Eternal and Post Eternal word of the Creator of the Universe. As for the universe itself, it is composed of the created verses of Allah (SWT). In other words, it is the concrete manifestation and reflection of the names and attributes of Almighty Allah. So, we see that Allah has basically manifested himself in these...

Hamza BERAT Let us remember the famous scholar Imam Al-Nursi’s famous quotation from Mathnawi al-Nuriya: “I have learnt only four words and four phrases in forty years of my life and thirty years of my education”. We mentioned the four words, which are point of view, intention, significative meaning and nominal meaning in the previous article....