We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures. (Al-Anbiya 107)

The Quran is both mentioning Allah and thought; it is both wisdom and knowledge; it is both truth and shari'ah; it is both a cure for hearts and guidance and mercy for believers. (From Risale-i Nur Collection, Masnawi an-Nuriyya)

The most virtuous prayer after fard prayers is tahajjud prayer, which is performed in the middle of the night. The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is fasting in the month of Muharram, the month of Allah. (Hadith - Jamiu's Saghir 1274)

It is as easy for Him to create the spring as to create a flower. He is One for Whose power it is as easy to create all animals as to create a fly. (The Words)

All the beauty in the universe comes from the beauty of the beauteous one the constantly changing and renewed universe describes and defines through all its creatures and the tongues of their mirror-like beings. (Risale-i Nur Collection - The Rays)

They consider the snow to be very cold and uninviting, but under that cold and unpleasing veil there are aims so warm and results so sweet that they defy description. (The Words)

Abdurrahman bin Awf (r.a.) narrates: Allah definitely rendered it fard to fast in Ramadan. I rendered tarawih prayer sunnah for you. If a person performs fasting during the day and performs prayers at night by believing and expecting the reward from Allah, He will eliminate his previous sins. (Hadith - Jamiu's Saghir)

Now hath come unto you an messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful. (Surah at-Taubah 128)

That is to say, it is as if ‘He is One’ is saying to man: “God is One. Do not wear yourself out having recourse to other things; do not demean yourself and feel indebted to them; do not flatter them and fawn on them and humiliate yourself; do not follow them and make things difficult for yourself; do not fear them and tremble before them; because the Monarch of the universe is One, the key to all things is with Him, the reins of all things are in His hand, everything will be resolved by His command. If you find Him, you will be saved from endless indebtedness, countless fears.” (The Twentieth Letter)

Prepare yourselves; you will go to another and permanent realm, a realm such that this one will appear as a dungeon by comparison. (The Words)

Since there is death and we shall enter the grave, and this life departs and an eternal life comes. (The Letters)

The heavens and the earth become incensed. And through this allusion it says: "One Whose commands the skies and the earth obey like two obedient soldiers may not be rebelled against", restraining in a most awesome fashion. (The Words)

Leave off your pride, understand your impotence, recognize your Owner, know your duties, learn why you came to this world! (The Flashes)

And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance. And We have provided therein means of subsistence― for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible. And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures. Surah al-Hijr 15/19-21

So do not be frightened of death, anxious at the grave, and avert your head. Look manfully at the grave, and listen to what it seeks. Laugh in death's face like a man, and see what it wants. (The Words)

Want only One; the rest are not worth wanting. Call One; the others will not come to your assistance. Seek One; the rest are not worth it. See One; the others are not seen all the time; they hide themselves behind the veil of ephemerality. Know One; knowledge other than that which assists knowledge of Him is without benefit. Say One; words not concerning Him may be considered meaningless. (The Words)

Now hath come unto you an messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful. (Surah At-Taubah 128)

That is to say, ownership is altogether His.

As for you, you are both His property, you are owned by Him, and you work in His property. This phrase announces the following joyful and healing news:

“O mankind! Do not suppose that you own yourself, for you have no control over any of the things that concern you; such a load would be heavy. Also, you are unable to protect yourself, to avoid disasters, or to do those things that you must. In which case, do not suffer pain and torment without reason, the ownership is another’s. The Owner is both All-Powerful and All-Merciful; rely on His power and do not cast aspersions on His mercy! Put grief behind you, be joyful! Discard your troubles and find serenity!” (Twentieth Letter, The Fourth Phrase)

Pre-Eternal Power, which does not leave ants without a prince, or bees without a queen, certainly does not leave mankind without prophets. (Risale-i Nur Collection - The Letters)

While during Ramadan, each word bears not ten fruits but a thousand, and verses like Ayat al-Kursi thousands for each word, and on Fridays in Ramadan it is even more. And on the Night of Power, each word is counted as thirty thousand merits. Indeed, the All-Wise Qur’an, each of whose words yield thirty thousand eternal fruits, is like a luminous Tree of Tuba that gains for believers in Ramadan millions of those eternal fruits. (The Letters)

A sane person will not be happy when he earns a worldly thing and will not be sorry when he loses a worldly thing. For the world does not stop; it is moving. Man is moving together with it. You are also a traveler. (Masnawi an-Nuriyya)

From absolute goodness comes forth goodness, and from the Possessor of Absolute Beauty comes forth beauty. Nothing devoid of purpose can emerge from the Possessor of Absolute Wisdom. (The Words)

The worship you have gained during your youth is the undying fruit of that transient state. (The Words)

Then contemplate (O man!) the tokens of Allah's Mercy! how He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the Same will give life to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things. (ar-Rum: 50)