RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Said Nursî

1877 - 1960

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Said Nursi (1877 – 23 March 1960) was a Kurdish scholar of Islam who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceeding six thousand pages. Believing that modern science and logic was the way of the future, he advocated teaching religious sciences in secular schools and modern sciences in religious schools. He is commonly known with the honorifics Bediüzzaman (بدیع‌الزمان; lit. 'wonder of the age') and Üstad (استاد; lit. 'teacher') among his followers. Nursi inspired a religious movement that has played a vital role in the revival of Islam in Turkey and now numbers several millions of followers worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Said Nursî is the 937th most popular religious figure (down from 692nd in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Said Nursî is most famous for his work in the field of comparative religion. He believed that all religions have a common origin, and that all religions are valid paths to God.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Said Nursî ranks 937 out of 3,187. Before him are Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Reginald Lee, Al-Qurtubi, Anastasius of Persia, Antipope Gregory VIII, and Pierre Cauchon. After him are Yijing, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Nadezhda von Meck, Odile of Alsace, Nectarios of Aegina, and Raymond Leo Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Said Nursî ranks 34. Before him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Karl Abraham, Emil Abderhalden, Plutarco Elías Calles, Oswald Avery, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Arthur Cecil Pigou, André Maginot, Alben W. Barkley, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Rudolf Hilferding, and Rosika Schwimmer. Among people deceased in 1960, Said Nursî ranks 31. Before him are August Kopff, Henri Guisan, Victor Sjöström, Héctor Castro, Inejiro Asanuma, and Felix Kersten. After him are Friedrich Adler, Soghomon Tehlirian, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, John B. Kelly Sr., I. I. Chundrigar, and Frank Lloyd.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Said Nursî ranks 422 out of 1,347. Before him are Demetrios Palaiologos (1407), Charalambos (87), John IV of Trebizond (1403), Lucian of Antioch (240), Constance of Antioch (1127), and Mimnermus (-670). After him are Bardas (816), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), Publilius Syrus (-100), Qara Yusuf (1357), Vardan Mamikonian (388), and Rhesus of Thrace (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Said Nursî ranks 71. Before him are Mammes of Caesarea (259), Paul of Samosata (200), Antipas of Pergamum (100), Onesimus (1), Charalambos (87), and Lucian of Antioch (240). After him are Nectarios of Aegina (1846), Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Athanasius the Athonite (920), John IV of Constantinople (600), Melito of Sardis (140), and Agathius (300).

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