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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: The Great Scholar Of Islam Who Learned
And Taught In The School Of Yusuf
with.’” (Surah Saba’, 34). This is Allah’s unchanging law and en-
countering such opposition is proof for believers of being on the
right path. The fact that Bediuzzaman and his students were con-
fronted by the same accusation and slanders that the Qur’an speaks
of shows that they followed the right path and that their efforts

were effective. All believers who work for the cause of the morality
of the Qur’an will encounter such accusations. Allah reveals this re-
ality in the following way:
Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden with-
out facing the same as those who came before you? … (Surat
al-Baqara, 214)
Truly, a matter which needs to be considered by all Muslims, is

that prophets and believers in the past repeatedly experienced cru-
elty and false accusations. For this reason, it will be beneficial for
Muslims to consider the numerous attacks, conspiracies and accu-
sations Bediuzzaman was exposed to in light of verses of the
Qur’an.

Slander Against Bediuzzaman Said Nursi:
Abusing Religion For The Purpose Of Personal

Gain
One of the gravest accusations assailed against Bediuzzaman
was that he sought to obtain material gain or prestige from his ac-

tivities. Bediuzzaman was accused of fleecing his students, and that
he was seeking to satisfy his leadership complex, though he lived a
simple and modest life, owned no property, and in his own words,
it was his chosen profession to be dissatisfied with himself. We see
in the verses of the Qur’an that believers encountered similar accu-

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