Risale Roundtable

17/05/2024

Salam alaykum. Our latest halaqa at Melbourne Uni. In this session, we consider Bediuzzaman’s analysis of the following verse of the Quran: “Say, "If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." (3:31). We see why a failure to adhere to the sunnah is tantamount to a lack of love for Allah.

In this session, we consider Bediuzzaman’s analysis of the following verse of the Quran: “Say, "If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." (3:31). We see why a failure to adhere to the sunnah is tantamount to a lack of ...

09/05/2024

Our lastest halaqa at Melbourne Uni: In this session, we revisit Bediuzzaman's discussion of the Basmala in his First Word. We also discuss an extremely valuable supplication for forgiveness known as the Sayyidul Istighfar (Master of Repentance):

In this session, we revisit Bediuzzaman's discussion of the Basmala in his First Word. We also discuss an extremely valuable supplication for forgiveness known as the Sayyidul Istighfar (Master of Repentance).

26/04/2024

Our latest halaqa at Melbourne Uni - on question regarding sin.

In this session, we consider some questions regarding the human propensity to sin. Is it possible to entirely avoid sin? Does this mean we are forced to sin?

20/04/2024

Our latest halaqa at Melbourne Uni: Why have the people of guidance so often been defeated by the people of misguidance? Why, for example, does Allah allow us believers to suffer at the hands of non-believers in present-day conflicts throughout the world? We consider these issues with the benefit of readings from Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Thirteenth Flash, Ninth Indication.

Why have the people of guidance so often been defeated by the people of misguidance? Why, for example, does Allah allow us believers to suffer at the hands of non-believers in present-day conflicts throughout the world? We consider these issues with the benefit of readings from Bediuzzaman Said Nurs...

18/04/2024

Salam alaykum. Risale Roundtable weekly halaqas are back for Semester 1 of 2024. Our first session will, inshaAllah, take place tomorrow (Friday 19th April), shortly after 5.30pm, in Room 409 of the Kwong Lee Dow building (234 Queensberry Street, Carlton).

For our topic of discussion tomorrow, we will consider a section of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s ‘Thirteenth Flash’, where he asks: Why is it that the people of guidance are so often defeated by the people of misguidance?

22/10/2023

Salam alaykum. Here's a recording of our halaqa last week on questions relating to marriage and qadar (Divine Determining), conducted with the benefit of readings from the Risale-i Nur.

A discussion of questions relating to marriage and qadar (Divine Determining), with the benefit of readings from the Risale-i Nur.

22/10/2023

Salam alaykum. Here's a recording of our recent halaqa at the University of Melbourne: Risale Roundtable Podcast Episode 73 - A discussion of the Divine Name of al-'Adl (The Absolutely Just) and how this Name manifests in both the physical world and in our own lives. We consider, in particular, how Divine justice manifests in matters such as our bodily or physical appearance.

A discussion of the Divine Name of al-'Adl (The Absolutely Just) and how this Name manifests in both the physical world and in our own lives. We consider, in particular, how Divine justice manifests in matters such as our bodily or physical appearance.

10/10/2023

Salam alaykum. Here's a recording of a recent halaqa we had at Melbourne Uni on salah (the prescribed prayers), the irrationality of neglecting them and related issues.

A discussion of the irrationality of neglecting salah (the prescribed prayers) or failing to give salah its due. We also consider how the performance of salah can, with the right intention, convert all our mundane, everyday actions into acts of worship. Based on readings from Bediuzzaman Said Nursi'...

12/09/2023

Salam alaykum. Here's a clip from my talk in Indonesia last week: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxywvqaOP1r6UWhuCBXj7Xcz-rsP3c3fGP?si=sVvLmP0msOsxEw1O

Full version of the talk is available from the 1 hour mark of this video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/11n7Yg0W1Ss?si=EdF4a294QllPb4B0

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02/09/2023

Salam alaykum. Our recent halaqa at Melbourne Uni on Divine Unity: Risale Roundtable Podcast Episode 71 - A discussion of one of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's key arguments for Divine Unity and Oneness. Based on readings from the Twenty-Second Word of the Risale-i Nur.

A discussion of one of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's key arguments for Divine Unity and Oneness. Based on readings from the Twenty-Second Word of the Risale-i Nur.

26/08/2023

Salam alaykum. Here's a recording of our recent halaqa at the University of Melbourne: Risale Roundtable Podcast Episode 70 - A discussion on the issue of discord among believers, and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's prescription for how we can personally address it.

A discussion on the issue of discord among believers, and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's prescription for how we can personally address it.