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| At Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture |
It’s a very beautiful
experience being in the light of Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture,
its like entering a secret garden where the beauty, fragrance and tranquility
of the garden can only be reached and tasted through the reading and practicing
of Risale I Nur from heart to heart..a beautiful journey of the soul..
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| In a garden at Istanbul during spring time |
The seeds of Nur are
sown in the garden of our soul, so nourish our own soul with full trust in God, with great effort and
reliance on God, instead of waiting for someone to bring the nourishment for
our soul. Reading and practicing Risale I Nur can heal and nourish our souls
with God’s Compassion and Mercy, so we should always continuously give in God’s name, take in God’s name, begin
in God’s name, and act in God’s name, as God’s Nur will nourish us and God's guidance, Compassion and Mercy will come through many
beautiful amazing ways which are through amazing sincere helping souls, through bittersweet life's experiences, through
God's Endless blessings and insightful wisdom, when we live in
the breadth and depth of God’s Compassion and Mercy. Thus, if the seeds are unattended,
our hearts, minds and souls will grow weeds, but if the seeds are attended, our hearts, minds and
souls will be a beautiful garden of fragrant roses and amazing flowers…Masha Allah
O God! Illuminate our hearts with the light of belief
and the Qur'an.
O God! Enrich us with
the need of You and do not impoverish us with the lack of need of You. Make us
free of our own strength and power, and cause us to take refuge in Your
strength and power. Appoint us among those who place their trust in You, and do
not entrust us to ourselves. Protect us with Your protection. Have mercy on us
and have mercy on all believing men and women. And grant blessings and peace to
our Master Muhammad, Your Servant and Prophet, Your Friend and Beloved, the
Beauty of Your Dominion and the Sovereign of Your Art, the Essence of Your
Favour and the Sun of Your Guidance, the Tongue of Your Proof and the Exemplar
of Your Mercy, the Light of Your Creation and the Glory of Your Creatures, the
Lamp of Your Unity in the Multiplicity of Your Creatures and the Discloser of
the Talisman of Your Beings, the Herald of the Sovereignty of Your Dominicality
and the Announcer of those things pleasing to You, the Proclaimer of the
Treasuries of Your Names and the Instructor of Your Servants, the Interpreter
of Your Signs and the Mirror of the Beauty of Your Dominicality, the Means of
witnessing You and bearing witness to You, Your Beloved and Your Messenger whom
You sent as a Mercy to All the Worlds, and to all his Family and Companions,
and to his brothers among the prophets and messengers, and to Your angels and
to the righteous among Your servants. AMEN. – Ustad Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
