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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: The Great Scholar Of Islam Who Learned
And Taught In The School Of Yusuf
Plots Against Bediuzzaman:
Conspiracy And Slander

Nuh said, “My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed
those whose wealth and children have only increased them
in loss.” They have hatched a mighty plot. (Surah Nuh, 21-

22)
As the Prophet Nuh (as) states, the unbelievers offered every ef-
fort to hinder the believers. Conspiracies and slander are some of
these which Bediuzzaman also had to deal with.
One of the conspiracies against him is related in the book titled,
Bilinmeyen Taraflariyla Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (Bediuzzaman Said
Nursi As We Don’t Know Him). The book says that one of the con-
spirators wrote on a piece of paper “Said’s servant bought Raki (an
alcholic drink) for him,” and attempted to collect signatures from

the drunken people on this piece of paper in a store that sells alco-
hol, to discredit Bediuzzaman in the Muslim community.
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Bediuzzaman relates another example of slanderous attacks on
him in one of his letters. According to a man who held public office,
Bediuzzaman was partying all night long, consumed tray loads of
Baklava (a Turkish dessert), and had prostitutes and dishonorable
people frequent his place. Bediuzzaman responded:

“My door was locked from the inside as well the outside at
nights and a guard was standing outside my door all night by
the order of the evil man who slandered me.” 35
As we have seen, these people accused Bediuzzaman of drunke-
ness and womanizing, in order to discredit him in the eye of the

public. However, it must not be forgotten that Allah reveals in the
Qur’an that such conspiracies cannot harm the believers, and that
all will conclude positively for them:

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