The Impacts, Fruits, Prerequisites, and Duties Towards Divine Mercy from the Perspective of the Risale-i Nur

Abstract

                       This study aims to emphasize the Risale-i Nur’s interest in divine mercy, as it aims to clarify, explain, and collect the scattered issues related to the Risale-i Nur’s vision of divine mercy; the Risale-i Nur has an extensive discussion of the manifestations of God’s mercy and its effects on souls and horizons, as well as its fruits (material and moral) in this world and its unlimited extension in the afterlife. The Risale-i Nur did not neglect to point out the means of attaining the gifts of divine mercy and achieving them, as well as pointing out the duty towards God’s vast mercy. The researcher followed the analytical inductive approach and reached many results, including: The effects and manifestations of divine mercy that the Risale-i Nur explained in detail: the delight of that mercy for beings and its stirring of the latent mercy and compassion within them, and the driving of these beings towards man and subjugating them to him. In fact, the Risale-i Nur drew attention to the divine mercy hidden in the folds of calamities and the folds of trials. One of the most important results is that the Risale-i Nur took divine mercy as evidence of the existence of God and the Last Day. One of the results is that the Risale-i Nur considered the light of faith as a means of attaining God’s mercy, as well as following the guidance of the Qur’an and the Prophetic Sunnah, in addition to supplication and seeking forgiveness. The Risale-i Nur also drew attention to the effectiveness of (helplessness and poverty) to draw from God’s vast mercy and absolute power. The Risale-i Nur have a broad call to the necessity of meeting God’s kindness and blessings, which are a pure reminder issued from the treasury of divine mercy, with gratitude, love and appreciation.  The study recommends conducting more scientific research on the Risale-i Nur vision of divine mercy, as it has occupied a vast space and received great attention in the Risale-i Nur.