A Muslim response to evil : Said Nursi on the theodicy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ozkan, Tubanur Yesilhark (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
Series:	Contemporary thought in the Islamic world.
Subjects:	Nursi, Said, > 1873-1960. Good and evil > Religious aspects > Islam. Theodicy.

Table of Contents:

Sharr in the Qurʼan and in general Muslim thought:
The perspective of the Qurʼān on sharr
Mainstream Muslim thought
Avicenna, Averroes and al-Ghazālī on sharr
As we approach the topic: oneness (tawhīd), being (wujūd) and non-being (ʻadam), life after death
The nature of sharr:
The nature and definition of sharr according to the Risale-i nur
Why God creates sharr
Human being's function in regards to sharr
The moral aspect of sharr
The notion of the "divine trust" (amānah)
Free will (juzʻ ikhtiyār) and divine determining (qadar)
Existential theodicy in Nursi.