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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...

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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
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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

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