The Rule of Time :
New,
'A Different Look at the Value of Time'
by Said Nursi,
*[A5+] Paperback - 158 pages,
Compiled & Edited by Yunus Cengel,
Published by Tughra Books, Turkey.
Back in Stock Jan 2020
Description :
Humanity goes through different phases of growth, just like individuals
do, and progresses toward maturity. This progression, which started with
savagery and continued with slavery, has settled in this age on
individual rights and freedoms that put the individual at the centre
stage of justice.
The prominent feature of this modern age of liberty is
that freedom is the rule and any prohibition is the exception.
Governments have been restructured to establish true justice and to
uphold individual rights and freedoms in the broadest possible way, and
the political systems have been transformed into democracies in which
the public opinion, which is a reflection of the public will, dominates.
This book is an attempt to analyze the contribution of Bediuzzaman Said
Nursi to the understanding of modern concepts and notions like freedom,
democracy, and social change from an Islamic perspective. It shows how
Said Nursi responded to the rising notions of political reform and
individual rights in the early 1900's and effectively showed that
Islamic piety doesn't demand rejection of modernity.
Professor Cengel
argues that the progression of humanity has settled in this age on
individual rights and freedoms that put the individual at the center
stage of justice. Governments have been restructured to establish true
justice and to uphold individual rights and freedoms in the broadest
possible way, and the political systems have been transformed into
democracies in which the public opinion, which is a reflection of the
public will, dominates.
Change has always met with resistance, often led by conservative and religious entities. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, a scholar of Islam and a philanthropic opinion leader, on the other hand, has been at the forefront of change in accordance with the rising values and realities of his time, instead of being in opposition. While his contemporaries opposed even positive reforms in the name of religion, Nursi applauded such reforms in the name of the very same religion, Islam, and showed that piety and some modern values did not contradict.
*Dimensions : 22.9 x 15.1cm.
