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God and Tawhid in Classical Islamic Theology and Said Nursi's Risale-I GOD AND TAWHID IN CLASSICAL ISLAMIC THEOLOGY AND SAID NURSI’S RISALE-I NUR Submitted by Mehmet Ozalp A thesis submitted in total fulfilment requirements of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Studies in Religion School of Letters, Art and Media Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Sydney 2016 DEDICATION To my daughters Humeyra and Meryem TABLE OF CONTENTS COPYRIGHT .............................................................................................................. iv DECLARATION ......................................................................................................... v PUBLICATION DURING CANDIDATURE ............................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. viii ARABIC romanisation ................................................................................................ ix INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 Background .............................................................................................................. 1 Literature on Nursi and Epistles of Light ................................................................. 7 Research Question and the Main Argument .......................................................... 12 Methodology and Approach ................................................................................... 14 Chapter Outline ...................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER 1: ISLAMIC THEOLOGY AND THE THEOLOGIAN’S TENSION ......................................................................................................... 22 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 22 1.2 Islamic Theology and the Theologian’s Tension ......................................... 23 1.3 Theology in the Qur’an and Sunnah ............................................................ 29 1.4 Political Polarisation and Emergence of Creedal Works ............................. 33 1.5 The Acceptance of Kalām as a Fundamental Islamic Discipline ................ 42 1.6 Maturation of Islamic Theology as a Discipline .......................................... 54 1.7 Mystical Contribution to Theology and Conservative Reaction .................. 63 1.8 Challenge of Materialistic Philosophy and the Modern Era ........................ 73 1.9 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 77 CHAPTER 2: THEOLOGICAL REVIVALISM OF NURSI ................................... 80 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 80 2.2 Islamic Revivalism and the Revivalist Dilemma ......................................... 81 2.3 Old Said: Egressing as a Saintly Scholar ..................................................... 89 2.4 Transition from Old Said to New Said ...................................................... 103 2.5 New Said: Facing the Revivalist Dilemma ................................................ 116 2.6 Earmarks of Nursi’s Theological Revivalism ............................................ 127 i 2.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 140 CHAPTER 3: ISLAMIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND NURSI’S THOUGHT ............ 142 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 142 3.2 Theoretical Framework for Islamic Theology ........................................... 143 3.3 Epistemology in Classical Islamic Theology ............................................. 147 3.4 Qur’an, Sunnah and Reason in Nursi’s Epistemology ............................... 158 3.5 The Role of Universe in Nursi’s Epistemology ......................................... 163 3.6 Significance of Intellectual Perspective in Nursi’s Epistemology ............. 168 3.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 174 CHAPTER 4: EXISTENCE OF GOD ..................................................................... 178 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 178 4.2 Proofs of God in Classical Islamic Theology ............................................ 180 4.3 Nursi on the Notion of Proof and Classical Proofs of God ........................ 190 4.4 Default Proof – Impossibility of God’s Non-existence God ..................... 195 4.5 Argument from Universal Governance – Rubūbiyyah .............................. 204 4.6 Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad as Proofs of God’s Existence ................ 213 4.7 Other Proofs of God’s Existence ............................................................... 216 4.8 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 220 CHAPTER 5: TAWHID – THE UNITY OF GOD ................................................. 224 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 224 5.2 Definition of Tawḥīd and Nursi’s Contribution ........................................ 225 5.3 Proofs of God’s Unity in Classical Islamic Theology ............................... 230 5.4 Proofs of Tawḥīd in Risale-i Nur .............................................................. 235 5.5 Implications of Tawḥīd on Causality ........................................................ 245 5.6 Nursi’s Perspective on Causality ............................................................... 253 5.7 How can One God Create and Govern the Universe? ............................... 261 5.8 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 265 CHAPTER 6: MA’RIFAT ALLAH – KNOWING AND RELATING TO GOD ................................................................................................................ 269 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 269 6.2 Knowledge of God in Classical Islamic Theology .................................... 271 6.3 Ma’rifa – Knowing God through Spiritual Experience ............................. 277 6.4 Transcendence-Imminence Paradox and Three Ways of Relating to God ............................................................................................................. 284 6.5 Detecting Divine Names and Attributes through Human Nature .............. 289 ii 6.6 Divine Names, Attributes and Wahdāniyya–Ahadiyya Manifestations ............................................................................................ 298 6.7 Illustrations of God’s Names Manifesting in the Universe ....................... 306 6.8 Nursi’s Critique of Waḥdat al-Wujūd – Unity of Existence ...................... 314 6.9 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 326 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................ 330 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................... 348 iii COPYRIGHT © Mehmet Özalp (2016). This material has been authored by Mehmet Ozalp and is subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1968. No part of this material is to be altered, copied, reproduced or distributed without the written consent of Mehmet Ozalp. iv DECLARATION This thesis is an original work and contains no material accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any university or equivalent institution. To the best of my belief and knowledge, this thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the text of the thesis. v PUBLICATION DURING CANDIDATURE Mehmet Ozalp, “Transcendence-Imminence of God: How Humans Relate to God in the Theological Discourse of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi,” in God, Man and Mortality: The Perspective of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, ed. Hasan Horkuc (New Jersey: Tughra Books, 2015). vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Undertaking major research and writing a long thesis are no easy tasks, especially with a busy academic and family life. Completion would not have been possible without the encouragement, contribution and support of the people associated with the researcher. In this respect, I owe considerable thanks and gratitude to those who have assisted and supported me throughout my candidature. I thank my principal supervisor Prof Garry Trompf, from the Department of Studies of Religion University of Sydney, who continued to supervise my thesis even though he retired during my candidature. I also thank my co-supervisor Dr Chris Hartney, from the Department of Studies of Religion University of Sydney, particularly for discussions that enabled me to reflect on the key ideas and approaches during the writing process. Equally useful were the advice and external supervision of Associate Prof Salih Yucel, from the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation at Charles Sturt University, and Prof Ismail Albayrak, from the Faculty of Divinity
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