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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was one of the most important thinkers and servants of the Qur'an to emerge in the Islamic world in recent times. Drawing largely on Bediuzzaman's own works and the accounts of those who either knew or met him, this biography describes his life, works, and struggle in the cause of Islam. Also giving outlines of historical events, the work sets his ideas and activities in a historical context. It describes the enterprising and scholarly endeavours of his youth in the cause of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in the areas of education, constitutionalism, and Islamic unity. In the Second Part, it traces both Bediuzzaman's silent struggle through his collection of written works, the Qur'anic commentary known as the Risale-i Nur, against the irreligion of the times, and the growth of the Risale-i Nur movment. This scrupulous biography, which considers all these subjects in detail, will contribute significantly to making better known to readers of English this major figure of modern Islam and the movement he founded for the renewal of belief