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HARUN YAHYA
the truest guidance that does not err or make anyone err.
And He sent him as the last messenger.” (The Staff of
Moses, p. 34)
“… Prophet Muhammad (saas), whose essential being
was the source, seed, life, and means of the mighty tree of
the World of Islam…” (Flashes, The Thirtieth Flash)
"The best, the most righteous, the most shining and
wealthy path of guardianship among others is to be sub-
ject to the Sunnah.” (Letters)
Unorthodox and heretical movements within Islam are just
as dangerous as those movements coming from outside.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi pointed out these internal dangers:
“What gives me pain are only the dangers that Islam is
subject to. In the past, dangers used to come from out-
side; therefore, it was easy to resist them. Now they come
from inside. The wolf is inside the body. Now resistance is
harder. I am afraid the community’s constitution cannot
bear it, for it does not perceive the foes. It assumes its
greatest foe, who sucks its blood, is a friend. If the com-
munity’s foresight becomes blind, then the castle of faith
is in danger. That is my suffering, my sole suffering. I even
do not have the time to think about the suffering and dif-
ficulties I personally face. If only I personally faced some-
thing a thousand times more difficult, but the future of
the castle of faith were secure…”
Suleyman Hilmi Tunahan
Born in Silistire in 1888, Suleyman Hilmi Tunahan was edu-
cated in Istanbul madrassahs by the most famous tutors of the
day and graduated with the highest degrees. From 1930 on, he
worked in the Department of Religious Affairs and served as a
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