Inference and Induction in the Risale-i Nur: The Main Features of Its Method

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This research study focuses on the methodology of evidence followed in the Risale-i Nur. The Risale-i Nur for its reader is practical passages that induce activation of one’s mental abilities. the Risale takes its readers to new unexpected horizons. Nursi's argument in the Risale is distinctive in its level of evidence. It reflects the personality of its writer as a resistor who basis his statements on giving proofs. At the same, the writings show Nursi's personality a believing ecologist who adores induction and prefers keeping a relationship with environment around him. Nursi, through the Qur'an and relying on its discourse, refutes allegations of chaotic philosophers in a way that induces intelligent argument, reasoning and derivation. Thus, the Risale-i Nur is a methodological and practical discourse that induces hearts and minds of its readers in order to openly understand the message of Qur’an and its divine meanings. This approach is a shortcut to detect the possibility of breaking into thorny problems, and challenges and resolve them.