GOOD DEEDS AS POSITIVE ACTIONS IN NURSI'S WORK: HUMAN COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE
In various parts of the Resale-i Nur Collection, Said Nursi elaborates on the issue of good deeds, addressed from a number of angles. More precisely, the objective of the present paper is the analysis of Qur'anic verses dealing with human communication elements of the taqwa concepts (al-Baqarah (2): 1-5, 177; Ali Imran (3): 134; al-Dzaryat (51): 15-17; al-Anbiya’ (21): 48-49), emphasizing the horizontal aspects of human interactions. The questions we want to answer are: How does Nursi enunciate both concepts? What are the arguments of Nursi on the meaning of good deeds, the benefits of good deeds and the need to perform good deeds, among others? In order to answer these, seven specific factors associated with good deeds will be examined from the above Collection: caring for others; commitments; patience; forgiving others and controlling one’s emotions; realizing and avoiding previous mistakes; and persistence to excel. This paper contends that through his writings, Said Nursi indeed pr