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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ali, Mohammed Farid
Format:	Proceeding Paper
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/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45328/5/45328-new.pdf

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