“3 Temmuz 1922 Perşembe günü Kurban Bayramı arefesinde Bediüzzaman, Ensari’ye: ‘Ensari! Yarın Said’in başını kesecekler’ der.

Bizim memlekette eskide arefe gününde bin İhlâs-ı Şerif okurduk. Ben, şimdi bir gün evvel beş yüz ve arefede dahi beş yüz okuyabilirim. Kendine güvenen, birden okuyabilir.

A heavy and prime responsibility on the part of a leader is to spell out the vision of his organization or community. Setting out the vision in clear and unambiguous terms would give followers the idea of where to start and where to end their journey; it would help them develop appropriate approaches and means. Imam Bediuzzaman clearly spelled out the vision of Risale Nur Movement as follows: ‘… as for our occupation in this Sacred Islamic Society consist of the followings: Conveying of the truths of Iman contained in the Glorious Qur’an to the students of truth and Iman in the most correct and fairer ways in order to save us and them from permanent death penalty and eternal solitary confinement in the hell-fire…’ (Excerpt from the author’s book, ‘The Positive Warrior’- Thrilling Leadership Lessons from the Life of Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi)

Bu üçlüyü ‘arzu’yla birleştirdiğimizde ise, arzunun dört hali ve ‘istediğimiz’i ‘yapabilir’ hale gelmenin dört basamağı çıkmaktadır karşımıza..

Surely millions of heads have been sacrificed for the sacred truth and let our heads too be sacrificed; even if you ignite the entire world with fire on our heads, that have been sacrificed to the truth of the Qur’an, they shall not bow down nor submit to the atheists’ (Excerpt from the author’s book, ‘The Positive Warrior’- Thrilling Leadership Lessons from the Life of Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi)