The Staff Of Moses # (L47)

The RisÄ_x005F_x0081_le-i NÅ«r Corpus ("The Book of Light Corpus" or "The Epistles of Light") is a thematic exegesis of the Qur'Ä_x005F_x0081_n and, in many parts, it treats a great diversity of momentous issues pertaining to our contemporary world., The Book of Light mirrors the style of the Holy Qur’Ä_x005F_x0081_n and runs parallel to it in its themes as well as the distinctive manner in which it treats them. The idiosyncratic, original, wide-ranging and often delightful nature of The RisÄ_x005F_x0081_le-i NÅ«r Corpus has attracted literally millions of readers in Turkey and around the world, thanks to its unique style, which addresses modern minds in the most direct manner possible, whilst making the terminology and major questions of the classical Islamic sciences disarmingly accessible to all.

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The Holy Qur'Ä_x005F_x0081_n has four major themes and so does The RisÄ_x005F_x0081_le-i NÅ«r as its tafsÄ«r (exegesis). These themes are tawḥīd (the existence and oneness of God), nubuwwah (the prophetic mission), al-hasḥr (the resurrection and the afterlife), 'ibÄ_x005F_x0081_dah and ‘adÄ_x005F_x0081_lah (worship and justice).

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This book in your hand, The Staff of Moses, is a translation of the “‘Asâ-yi Mûsâ Mecmû’asiâ€_x005F_x009d_ originally penned in Ottoman Turkish. The author compiled this book from amongst his various epistles of his corpus.

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The Staff of Moses is comprised of three major parts.

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The first part is called The Fruit Epistle which has eleven sub-sections each of which are titled as "an issue" (mas'ala). The second part is Hujjatu'llÄ_x005F_x0081_hi'l-BÄ_x005F_x0081_ligha (The Conclusive Proof) which has eleven sub-sections each of which is named as "the proof of faith (al-hujjatu'l- Ä«mÄ_x005F_x0081_niyyah)." The last part of the book is comprised of five additional epistles two of which are on Sincerity (IkhlÄ_x005F_x0081_á¹£). The others are on Frugality (Iqtiá¹£Ä_x005F_x0081_d) and Gratitude (Shukr). The next epistle is another significant part of the book known as KhulÄ_x005F_x0081_á¹£atu'l-KhulÄ_x005F_x0081_á¹£ah (The Essence of the Essence). It is the summary of The Supreme Sign (Al- Ä€yatu'l-KubrÄ_x005F_x0081_) which is itself a type of summary of The Book of Light.

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The book ends with "The Letters of the Qur'Ä_x005F_x0081_nic and ĪmÄ_x005F_x0081_nic Service", the written exchanges between the author and his disciples regarding the epistles of The Book of Light, its virtues, its author and his service to IslÄ_x005F_x0081_m as well as other topics related to the Qur'Ä_x005F_x0081_n and how to serve it.

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The epistles that make up this book were written in various years from 1927 to 1945 and in different locations like Isparta, Afyon, and Denizli provinces of Turkey. Some of them were written while the author was in prison and some others were written in exile.