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Ways To Attain Sincerity

Purity, honesty and turning to Allah in an untainted
manner, are characteristics that can be obtained without
major effort. Furthermore, our Lord, who facilitates each
action, has supported us with His prophets and pious
believers, and has shown the ways to acquire sincerity in His

verses. Islamic scholars have also attached great importance
to sincerity, and used their works to invite true believers to
turn to Allah.
The works of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, a renowned
Islamic scholar, play an important role in guiding the
Muslims who strive to attain sincerity. Bediuzzaman
emphasized the need of self-purification in particular, and
presented critical recommendations to true believers:
"O my brothers of the hereafter! And O my companions in the
service of the Qur’an! You should know—and you do know—that
in this world sincerity is the most important principle in works
pertaining to the hereafter in particular; it is the greatest strength,
and the most acceptable intercessor, and the firmest point of
support, and the shortest way to reality, and the most acceptable
prayer, and the most wondrous means of achieving one’s goal, and
the highest quality, and the purest worship." 5

As stressed by Bediuzzaman himself, sincerity is one of
the most important characteristics that one has to possess in
order to serve Allah as perfectly as possible. As ordered in the
coming verse, "We have sent down the Book to you with
truth. So worship Allah, making your religion sincerely
His. Indeed the sincere religion belongs to Allah alone..."
(Surat az-Zumar: 2-3), true religion could only be lived by
serving Allah and sincerely obeying to Him. Bediuzzaman
Said Nursi claims that one should definitely acquire sincerity