The Belief in Angels in the Islamic Faith According to Said Nursî’s Study in Risale-i Nur

Said Nursî (1877-1960) is considered one of the most influential Turkish Muslim theolo­gians of the twentieth century. In the collection of his works called Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light), among many other theological topics, he discusses angels as a problem of Islamic theology concerning the unse...

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Main Author: Salih, Jusuf (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter, Versita 2016
In: The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15
Further subjects:B Heaven
B Ḥadīth
B Kirāmen Kātibīn
B Prophet Muhammad
B Iblīs
B Universe
B Faith
B Jibrīl
B Qur’ān
B Isrāfīl
B Adam
B Nakir
B ’Azrāil
B Mīkāīl
B Angels
B Munkar
B Paradise
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