Page 175 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

religion. These material obstacles between the great teacher and his stu-
dents became beauteous things, thanks to his religion, love, and belief.
These restrictions and limitations imposed by brute force and dead mat-
ter caused great waves in the oceans of the soul's world. These waves
began from village rooms and enfolded all places, as far as the univer-
sity gates. The children of the country, whose holy things had been
trampled on for years, the ruined generations, those thirsting for belief,
ran to his path and his light. The Master's treatises were passed from
hand to hand, tongue to tongue, province to province. Everyone, young
or old, ignorant or learned, from eight to eighty, got something out of
them and was illuminated by their light. 65

He Spread His Message while in Prison and
Exile

Said Nursi was held in prison under very harsh conditions, some-
times being left in cold places, even when he was sick, and without
anything to burn for warmth. While in prison and exile, 23 attempts
were made to poison him. He was imprisoned with murderers and
dangerous criminals, forbidden to speak with his students, and kept
apart from all of his brothers in cause. But even under such difficult
conditions, he always thought first of other people's happiness and
well-being both in this world and the Hereafter. He constantly called
other people to belief and tried to get them to embrace the Qur'an's
moral teachings.

Exile in Burdur, Isparta, and Barla

In 1925, Said Nursi was confined to compulsory residence in
Burdur. In this house and at the local Kasaboglu mosque, he taught

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