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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: The Great Scholar Of Islam Who Learned
And Taught In The School Of Yusuf
ity of some members of parliament towards Islam, he presented to
and read out his 10 articles in parliament.
When the Sheikh Said uprising was taking place, during the
time of his retreat in a cave in Van, he was arrested and taken first to
Burdur, and then to Barla, a district of Isparta, even though he was

in no way involved in the plot. There, he began to write his books,
which sold a total of 600,000 copies. Until the end of his life, he was
persecuted by those who disapproved of his ideas, and was taken to
court in 1935 in Eskishehir, in 1943 in Denizli, in 1947 in Afyon, and
in 1952 in Istanbul. He was also kept under house arrest in
Kastamonu and Emirdag. He spent 30 years of his life in prison or
exile, and strove to complete his master work Risale-i Nur, under

these circumstances. He completed the work, the best Tafsir
(Commentary) of his era, in 1952. Following the case brought
against him in the Denizli courts, which lasted 8 years, the Risale-i
Nur was examined by the advisory commission of the ministry of
religious affairs, which concluded that it was a work of faith, and
sanctioned its publication. He was therefore found not guilty of the
charges. After his release, the Risale-i Nur was published in the new
alphabet by the Democratic Party’s Member of Parliament for
Isparta, Tahsin Tola, by the order of Adnan Menderes. His life of 87

years, spent in the cause of Islam, ended in the 1960.
The fact that Bediuzzaman spent a major part of his life either in
prison, exile or house arrest, proves the determination and patience
of his students. They had dedicated themselves to the service of
Islam, and yet were always accused by certain segments of power of
trying to undermine the state. These segments tried to discredit
them in the public eye through slanderous accusations, though they

had only been working of the good of Islam. For instance, these seg-

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