Article Enlightenment Method of Risale-i Nur

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BELIEF MAKES MAN INTO MAN

For example, “Belief makes man into man; indeed, it makes man into a king. Hence, man’s basic duty is belief and supplication. Unbelief makes man into an extremely weak beast.” Let us discuss the sentence and, at the same time, one of many realities of the verse through the window of the Risale-i Nur.

“Allah is the protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness (depths of unbelief) he will lead them forth into light (faith). Of those who reject faith the patrons are the Taghut (evil) ones: from light they will lead them forth into the depth of darkness. They will be companions of the Fire to dwell therein (forever).” (Al-Baqarah, 257)

Well, unbelief and denial of non-believers make certain that death would be an edict of execution in their eyes; because, non-believer does not believe in the resurrection and the afterlife. As they believe the sick philosophy that “humankind comes onto this world as plants, they grow they live and they pass away”, they assume that this deportation is an execution and inexistence.

However it is known that, if someone is told he will be executed in five years time and has no chance of amnesty, the situation will be a source of misery and torment for the man whenever he remembers the execution during those five years. He certainly lives the torment of execution thousands of times a day. Pleasures, ornaments and wealth of this world can not overcome his misery and can not give him happiness.

As it is stated in the Risale-i Nur, “a man about to be executed can not enjoy the beauties of the decorations of the gallows.” As it is so, the denial implies that death would be an edict of execution for the non-believer, even for his relatives and loved ones, even for all humankind, even for all creatures, even for the entire universe.

As known that humankind gets happy and joyful for the joy and happiness of his beloveds, so he suffers for the sorrow of his beloveds. As the non-believer suffers every time from inexistence by the thought of his own death, he also suffers from the inexistence of his whole relatives and all the humankind and all the creatures and the entire universe.