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Third Station (How does one's love for Prophets and saints become fruitless?) |
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Life's Basic Questions -
Divine Unity and Oneness
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Written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
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Question: How does one's love
for Prophets and saints become fruitless?
Answer: Love
for Prophets and saints such as that found among Christians who believe in
the Trinity and the Rafidites (a Shi'a sect) who cherish enmity toward
almost all Companions due to their love of 'Ali is fruitless. [Such love is
rooted in love for the person loved. As it is not in God's name it leads to
unforgivable excesses in belief. Due to such excesses. Christians deified
Jesus and the Rafidites broke from the majority Muslim community.] Any love
in God's name and in the Qur'anic manner yields good results in both this
world and the Hereafter. I briefly mention its worldly results below:
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 January 2006 )
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