Contentment as a dimension of human character: with special reference to Bediuzzaman Sa’id Nursi’s Risale-I Nur

• Main Author: Ali, Mohammed Farid
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: BJ1188 Religious ethics; BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue; BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics; BL Religion; HM661 Social control; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/5/45328-new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/; http://www.iais.org.my/e/index.php/events-sp-1744003054/past-events/398-international-conference-on-the-role-of-science-and-art-in-islamic-civilisational-renewal.html
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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...