Tughra Books: 74 books
by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
This book summarizes all the topics in the Risale-i Nur, the author's great multivolume commentary on the Qur'an, and provides an outline for the later, more famous and massive treatise. Now available in English, it offers an overview of the material treated in the Risale-i Nur and an opportunity...
Rumi and Confucius
Messages for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
Despite the fact that Confucius and Rumi were born in different periods and places, both were born at a time of social upheaval and political turmoil. Consequently, both thinkers tried to provide the means for their people to overcome the times of difficulty, first by understanding, cultivating, and...
by Ali Unal
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Written in prose but with a verse-like flavor, this book is a collection of maxims by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Very concisely articulated, these maxims expound on the key discussions of the Risale-I Nur collection; thus it is considered in a sense an index to the collection, which was written years later than this book.
by Hakan Kosova
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Dedicated to the memory of Islam's Prophet Muhammad on the occasion of his birthday, this book includes articles that discuss various aspects of the Prophet and Islam's fundamental concepts. Presented in this reference is the arguement that it is time for both Muslims and non-Muslims to restore the...
by Ali Unal, Harun Gultekin
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
This well-researched and comprehensive book by Ali Ünal details the numerous prophecies about the advent of the Prophet Muhammad in various world scriptures. Unal argues that numerous prophecies of the coming of the Prophet Muhammad are found in the New and Old Testaments, the Zoroastrian, Hindu...
Insights from the Risale-i Nur
Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This collection of essays written by Thomas Michel offers an insightful and comparative analysis into the life, thoughts and major writings of Said Nursi. It provides insight into a deep conversation taking place between a Catholic priest and a Muslim theologian. This sincere and humble collection...
No Room for Doubt
Selective Essays for Youth
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Who created God? Is punishment by eternal hellfire justifiable when the human lifespan is so short? Does God need our prayers? Why did God create Satan? Questions such as these inhabit the homes and lives of every one of us today. Abdullah Aymaz, a journalist and author, has been tutoring and guiding...
by Enes Ergene
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Addressing the sociological, cultural, and religious aspects of the Glen movement, this insider’s look also explores the failure experienced by many other Islamic movements that attempted to combine traditional values with the modern world. The influence Fethullah Glen has had on secularist Turkey is also examined.
by Hakan Oztunc
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Praying for health is a significant Islamic custom alongside seeking medical treatment, and has become a vital part of Muslim culture. There are two areas of focus in this book: the methodology and criteria of praying for health, and the results of a study on the effect of prayer on Muslim patients'...
The Opening (Al-Fatiha)
A Commentary on the First Chapter of the Quran
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
The principles of Islamic faith are not some abstract ideas. They are vital values to be known, reflected upon, believed and internalized, and with which one should achieve the true submission to God the Almighty. These values will be deepened with reflection and remembrance and nourished by worship...
The Art of Coexistence
Pioneering Role of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The global threat of war, terrorism, the increased gap between poor and rich, famine, malnutrition, global warming and pollution, and many other social and cultural problems, pose a real challenge for present citizens of the globe. Intellectuals and politicians take these challenges as their primary...
A Map of the Divine Subtle Faculty
The Concept of the Heart in the Works of Ghazali, Said Nursi, and Fethullah Gulen
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The heart in the Islamic understanding is the expression of a human being's spiritual existence. It is a Divine gift and Divine subtle faculty bestowed upon humanity. It is a polished mirror reflecting God. Like a general, the heart commands all other bodily organs and faculties, which are its troops,...
Embracing the World
Fethullah Gulen's Thought and Its Relationship with Jelaluddin Rumi and Others
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
This book is not a comprehensive study of Rumi and Gülen, but it seeks to explore the places where the thought of the one is echoed in the thinking of the other, either overtly or indirectly—and to note ways in which the opposite is true: that Gülen diverges from Rumi. The book is also seeking...
Educating Globally
Case Study of a Gulen-Inspired School in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
The purpose of this case study is to describe the characteristics of a Gulen-inspired School (GIS) in the United States. The study identifies the dynamics of a US based GIS in terms of the school's curriculum, history, educational success, hiring practices, admission processes and networking. In order...