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same as those who came before you?” (Surat al-Baqara, 214),
reminding Muslims to prepare themselves to face similar
events. The slanders that Bediuzzaman encountered, when
compared to those revealed in the Qur’an, demonstrate that
there is no change in Allah’s law.

Accused of Chasing Personal Gain

Some people were disturbed by Bediuzzaman’s commu-
nicating the news of Allah’s existence and the importance of
spiritual values, and so slandered him in the media. One of the
daily newspapers of that time read:
Said-i Kurdi abused religion for his political aims,
engaged in propaganda for backwardness and tried to
lead certain people astray by misleading them. . . He is a
backward thinker of 30 years who is on the lookout for
naïve citizens to mislead. . . It has been discovered that
the sheikh’s [Bediuzzaman] role was to mislead certain
naïve people in order to con them out of money. . .
(Cumhuriyet [Republic, - a Turkish daily], May 10, 1935)
The same newspaper, in various issues, also proclaimed
unreal stories: “An investigation has been launched against
Said Nursi, who abused religion for his ends” and “Said Nursi
is not to be taken seriously, as he is someone who seeks
material as well as spiritual gain.”
Bediuzzaman had no expectations of the world, no prop-
erty or wealth, lived an extremely modest life, and, as he put
it, had made it his profession not to be content with himself.
Yet he was accused of fleecing his students and followers and