%0 Journal Article
%T HOPE AND DESPONDENCY IN THE LIGHT OF RISALE-I NUR
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%D 2018
%X 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¡ªfaith 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¨CRisale-i Nur and his life¨Clived 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
%K ¨¹mit
%K Risale-i Nur
%K Yeis
%K Said Nursi
%K £¿man
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/katre/issue/39496/467906