JESUS (AS) IN THE RISALE-I NUR COLLECTION
In the Risale-i Nur collection, a Qur'anic commentary
written by Bediuzzaman, one of the greatest Islamic scholars
of the 20th century, there is extensive reference to the end
of time and the second coming of Jesus (as).
It is a fact that today Muslim communities embrace
different thoughts. However, a great number of Muslims from
various cultures agree that Bediuzzaman was one of the greatest
scholars of the 13th century (Muslim Calendar). That is why
the detailed descriptions of the end of time by Bediuzzaman
are of great importance for all Muslims.
In his explanations regarding the end of time,
Bediuzzaman states that two philosophical movements, described
as serious endeavours to establish disbelief, would cause
disorder on earth. The first one will be a covert threat to
Islam while the second class of movements will openly reject
the existence of Allah. The second current is materialist
and naturalist understandings that affirm that matter is an
absolute being, which has existed since eternity and which
will exist until eternity. The two movements further hold
that living beings accidentally came into existence from non-living
matter. (Naturalism is known as the philosophical adaptation
of Darwin's theory of evolution.)
This definition surely provides the basis of
all ideologies denying the existence of Allah. Since early
times, materialists opposed all religions revealed by Allah,
fought against their supporters, oppressed people, waged wars
and opened the way to every sort of degeneration in society.
Jesus (as), too, in his second coming to earth,
will struggle against these materialist and naturalist movements
and, by the will of Allah, will gain victory over them. Bediuzzaman
draws attention in his books to the materialist movement:
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Second Current: A tyrannical current born
of Naturalist and Materialist philosophy
will gradually become strong and spread
at the end of time by means of materialist
philosophy, reaching such a degree that
it denies God.
(Said-i
Nursi, The Letters, The Fifteenth Letter)
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Bediuzzaman heralds that Jesus (as) will come
to earth at such a period when disbelief will dominate the
earth. As stated in the words of Bediuzzaman, in his second
coming to earth, Jesus (as) will rule with the Qur'an and
eliminate all bigotry in Christianity. Uniting against disbelief,
Christians who have embraced Islam and Muslims will prevail
over the disbelieving ideologies by the guidance of the Qur'an.
The related section in the Risale-i Nur follows:
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At
that point when the current appears to be
very strong, the religion of true Christianity,
which comprises the collective personality
of Jesus (Upon whom be peace), will emerge.
That is, it will descend from the skies
of Divine Mercy. Present Christianity will
be purified in the face of that reality;
it will cast off superstition and distortion,
and unite with the truths of Islam. Christianity
will in effect be transformed into a sort
of Islam. Following the Qur'an, the collective
personality of Christianity will be in the
rank of follower, and Islam, in that of
leader. True religion will become a mighty
force as a result of its joining it. Although
defeated before the atheistic current while
separate, Christianity and Islam will have
the capability to defeat and rout it as
a result of their union. Then the person
of Jesus (Upon whom be peace), who is present
with his human body in the world of the
heavens, will come to lead the current of
true religion, as, relying on the promise
of One Powerful Over All Things, the Bringer
of Sure News has said. Since he has told
of it, it is true, and since the One Powerful
Over All Things has promised it, He will
certainly bring it about.
(Said-i Nursi,
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In all his descriptions of the second coming,
Bediuzzaman indicates that Jesus (as) will remove all the
systems of disbelievers in that period. He further adds that
he will receive great support from Muslims. Jesus (as) will
act as a Muslim and pray behind the imam of the Muslims, and
work together with the right-acting people from the Islamic
world, and will assume leadership in spreading the Qur'an
and its teachings, and remove the ongoing violence of the
system of the disbelievers:
It will be the truly pious followers of Jesus
who will kill the gigantic collective personality of materialism
and irreligion which the Dajjal will form -for the Dajjal
will be killed by Jesus' (PUH) sword- and destroy his ideas
and disbelief, which are atheistic. Those truly pious Christians
will blend the essence of true Christianity with the essence
of Islam and rout the Dajjal with their combined strength,
in effect killing him. The narration: "Jesus (Peace be upon
him) will come and will perform the obligatory prayers behind
the Mahdi and follow him," alludes to this union, and to the
sovereignty of the Qur'an and its being followed) (Said-i
Nursi, The Rays, The Fifth Ray)
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