Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (Tarihçe-i Hayatı-İngilizce)

THE AUTHOR OF THE RISALE-I NUR COLLECTION BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI A biography of the author of the Risale-i Nur (1992) The Fifth Volume of the Risale-i Nur Hardcover 416 pages Illustrated Index The first full-length biography in English of the great scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. The book describes the life, works, and struggle in the cause of Islam of this one of the most important thinkers and servants of the Quran to emerge in the Islamic world in recent times. Also giving outlines of historical events, the work sets his ideas and activities in an historical context. The first part of the book describes the enterprising and scholarly endeavours of Bediuzzamans youth in the cause of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the areas of education, constitutionalism, and Islamic Unity. While the second part traces both the silent struggle of Bediuzzaman through his collection of written works, the Quranic commentary known as the Risale-i Nur, against the irreligion of the times, and the growth of the Risale-i Nur movement. This scrupulous biograpy will contribute significantly to making better known to readers of English this major figure of modern Islam, and the movement he founded for the renewal of belief.