Brief Summary (from the previous subjects)

1. Brief Summary (from the previous subjects)

2. In the Name of God,the Merciful,the Compassionate بِسْمِ اللّهِالرّحْمنِ الرّحِيمِ I only created jinn and man to worship Me. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 56).

4. SALAT BRINGS ALL THE MINIATURES TOGETHER UNIVERSE WORSHIP of ALL CREATION SURAT AL FATIHA

5. SHADAH (The Testimony of Faith)We read in Salat.SAVM (FASTING)We do not eat, drink, talk…HAJJ (The Pilgrimage to Makkah)We face to Qibla (Kaba in Makkah)Zakat (Almsgiving)We devote our time to gain pleasure of Allah SALAT

6. Takbeer (Raising hands saying Allahu akbar): I am leaving the world behind me to gain pleasure of Allah. Meaning of the movements in Salat

7. Kiyam (Standing) : Represents prayers of trees, mountains, and angels who worship in standing.

8. Sajdah (Prostration ) : Represents prayers of ants, butterflies, reptiles and angels who worship in prostration all time.

9. The Tasleem (Salutation of Peace): Represents sending salutation of peace to all universe.

10. The second-hand, minute-hand, hour-hand, and day-hand of a clock which tells the weeks look to one another, are examples of one another, and follow one another.

12. DURING THE 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND MY 30 years of study, I have learned four words and four sentences.

13. 1. Mana-yi harfi – like a letter, a sign of the whole or pointing to others rather than to itself 2. Mana-yi ismi – like a word, pointing to or representing itself 3. Niyet – Intention 4. Nazar - Viewpoint or Perception of things The words (phrases) are:

14. Example

15. Letter A points the existence of a Writer. Letter A points that the Writer to be Willful. Letter A points thatthe Writer to be Powerful. Letter A points thatthe Writer to be Knowledgeable. Letter A points thatthe Writer to be Alive. Letter A points thatthe Writer to beSighted etc…

16. Does this tree knows what I need orDoes Real Giver (God) knows me? • Inviting with appearance • (LOOK) • Very nice SMELS • TASTES delicious • HEALTHY for our body

17. Creation or Creator Creation / Nature AIR FOOD Me Me Allah(God) WATER etc. • Who is the real owner and giver? • Whom to thank ? • To the Creation or to theCREATOR?

18. I am NOT the owner of myself. Death is inevitable. My Lord is One. ENE ( ~ Ego) The four sentences are as follows:

19. The supplication of Jonah (PUH) In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. But he cried through the depths of darkness, “There is no god but You; Glory be unto You! I was indeed among the wrongdoers!” Qur’an, 21:87

20. Now we are in a situation one hundred times more awesome than that in which Jonah (Upon whom be peace) first found himself. Situation of Jonah (UWP) Our Situation 1-His night Our night is the future. 2- His Sea Our Sea is this spinning globe 3- His Fish Our fish is the caprice of our soul

21. As a result of his supplication; for Jonah a vehicle, or a submarine, The whale became a peaceable plain; The sea became gently lit for him by the moon, so too, The night became Thus our future is illumined with the light of belief and the moonlike luminosity of the Qur’an, and the awe and terror of the night are transformed into tranquillity and joy.

22. SupplicationOfJob (Peace be upon him) This presentation was based on the SecondFlash; part of the Risale-i Nur Collection written by the late scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursi.

23. Each of the stories of Prophets told in the Qur’an is not only a historical story, but contains guidance and instructions for people. One of them is the Supplication of Job (Peace Be Upon Him) as follows.

24. In the Name of God, the Merciful, theCompassionate. When he called upon his Sustainer saying:“Verily harm has afflicted me,and You are the Most Merciful of the Merciful.” Qur’an, 21:83.

25. The supplication of Job (upon whom be peace), the champion of patience, is both well-tested and effective. In imitation of the verse, we should say in our supplication: O my Sustainer! Indeed harm has afflicted me, and You are the Most Merciful of the Merciful.

26. The main point of the story of Job (Peace Be UponHim) is as follows: While suffering from numerous wounds and pains for a long time, he remembered the great recompense to be had for his sickness, and endured it with utmost patience.

27. But later, when the maggots in his wounds penetrated his heart and his tongue, he feared that his duty of worship would suffer, and so he said in supplication notfor the sake of his owncomfort, but for the sake of his worship of God:

28. “O Lord! Harm has afflicted me, my remembrance of You with my tongue and my worship of You with my heart will suffer.” God Almighty then accepted this sincere supplication in the most miraculous fashion i.e.He granted Job perfect good health. This Flash contains Five Points; two of them are as follows:

29. FIRST POINT Corresponding to the outer wounds and sicknesses of Job (upon whom be peace), we have inner sicknesses of the spirit and heart. If our inner being was to be turned outwards, and our outer being turned inwards, we would appear more wounded and diseased than Job.

30. For each sin that we commit and each doubt that enters our mind inflicts wounds on our heart and our spirit.

31. We need the supplication of Job thousands of times more than he did himself. For ─ The worms that arose from His wounds penetrated his heart and tongue, ─ The wounds that sin inflicts upon us and the doubts that arise from those wounds will wound our belief. These wounds cause our tongue to avoid the remembrance of God, and reduce it to silence. Sin, penetrating to the heart, will blacken and darken it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Within each sin there is a path leading to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly erased by seeking God’s pardon, it will damage our belief.

32. Why is there a path within each sin leading to unbelief? For example; 1) A man who secretly commits a shameful sin will fear that others will become aware of it. Thus the existence of angels and spirit beings will be hard for him to endure, and he will desire to deny them. 2) Similarly, one who commits a major sin deserving the torment of Hell, will desire the non-existence of Hell, and whenever he hears of the threat of Hell-fire, he will dare to deny it.

33. 3) One who does not perform the obligatory prayer and fulfill his duty of worship will be affected by distress. Thus, his laziness in fulfilling his obligation will distress him greatly, and because of that distress he will desire and say to himself: “Would that there were no such duties of worship!” In turn, there will be a desire to deny God, and will bear enmity toward Him.

34. When he has some doubt concerning the existence of God, He will be inclined to embrace it like a conclusive proof. Because of the slight trouble of the duty of worship, he is fleeing from the bite of a small fly, he welcomes the bite of a snake. There are many other examples, which may be understood with reference to these three, so that the sense of Nay but their hearts are stained. (Qur’an, 83:14.) will become apparent.

35. SECOND POINT Man has no right to complain in the case of disasters and illness for the following three reasons: 1.Reason: ─ He has made man to be a model on which He cuts, trims, alters and changes the garment of the body, thus displaying the manifestation of His various Names. ─Just as the Name of Healer makes it necessary that illness should exist, so too the Name of Provider requires that hunger should exist. And so on... ─ He has disposal over His dominion as He wishes

36. 2.Reason: It is by means of disasters and sicknesses that life is refined, perfected, strengthened and advanced; that it yields results, attains perfection and fulfils its own purpose.

37. 3.Reason: This world is → the field of testing, the abode of service. This world is not → the place of pleasure, reward, and requital. Considering, then, that it is the abode of service and a place of worship, sicknesses and misfortunes, as long as they do not spoil belief, will even strengthen it. Since they make each hour’s worship equivalent to that of a day, one should offer thanks instead of complaining.

38. Worship consists of two kinds, positive and negative. ─ Positive is like the well-known worship of supplication and the five daily prayers. ─ As for negative worship, this is when one afflicted with sicknessand misfortunes: Perceives his own weakness and helplessness, and Turning to his Compassionate Sustainer, Seeks refuge in Him, Reflects upon Him, Appeals to Him, and Thus offers a pure form of worship that no hypocrisy can penetrate.

39. If he endures patiently, thinks of the reward attendant on misfortune and sickness and offers thanks, then each hour that he passes will count as a whole day spent in worship. His brief life becomes very long. There are even cases where a single minute is counted as equal to a whole day’s worship.

40. Conclusion God Almighty, in order to display His infinite power and unlimited mercy, has made inherent in man infinite impotence and unlimited want. Further, in order to display the endless embroideries of His Names, He has created man like a machine capable of receiving unlimited varieties of pain, as well as infinite varieties of pleasure. There are hundreds of instruments within that human, each of whichhasdifferent pains and pleasures, different dutiesandrewards.

41. Beneficial matters like good health, well-being, and pleasures cause man to offer thanks and prompt the human machine to perform its functions in many respects, and thus man becomes like a factory producing thanks. The mine of weakness, impotence, and poverty inherent in human nature is made to work. It induces in man a state whereby he seeks refuge and help not only with a single tongue, but with the tongue of each of his members.

42. THANK YOU…