Sçükran Vahide is Resident Scholar at the Istanbul Culture and Science Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey. Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi> is Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Hartford Seminary. He edited and wrote the introduction for Islam at the Crossroads: On the Life and Thought of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, also published by SUNY Press.

• Author’s Note on the Sources Note on Spelling and Punctuation Maps Introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘ Part I. The Old Said 1. Childhood and Youth 2. Istanbul 3. Bediuzzaman and the Thirty-first of March Incident 4. The Future Shall be Islam’s 5. The Medresetü’z-Zehra 6. War and Captivity 7. The Armistice Years (1): Appointment to the Darü’l-Hikmeti’l-Islamiye and Opposition to the British 8. The Armistice Years (2): The Birth of the New Said, and Departure for Ankara Part II. The New Said 9. Van 10. Barla 11. Eskis*ehir 12. Kastamonu 13. Denizli 14. Emirdag 15. Afyon Part III. The Third Said 16. Consolidation of the Nur Movement and "Jihad of the Word" 17. The Last Months ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"…a timely contribution to the study of one of the most prominent Islamic thinkers of the twentieth century." — American Journal of Islamic Studies"This book is vitally important. Nursi was an authentic Muslim, which even the most conservative of Muslims would recognize. One finds in his writings a warmth and generosity of spirit that is worth celebrating and should be better known." — Ian S. Markham, author of A Theology of Engagement