Contentment as a dimension of human character: with special reference to Bediuzzaman Sa’id Nursi’s Risale-I Nur
This paper looks at contentment (qana'ah) in Risale-i Nur of Sa’id Nursi. Nursi described the virtue of contentment by highlighting its opposite which is greed (hirs). He advances the thesis that greed is the source of destruction, whereas contentment is the means to mercy and beneficence. Nurs...
Main Author: | Ali, Mohammed Farid |
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Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/5/45328-new.pdf |
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