Friday, March 18, 2011

Convention on the Damascus Sermon

Convention on the Damascus Sermon in Damascus,Syria. This year is the 100th anniversary of the Damascus Sermon which was given by Said Nursi. 70 people will gather around the tables group by group to discuss on the topics ;

I. Hope (Amal)
II. Truthfulness (Sidk)
III. Love (Muhabbat)
IV. Brotherhood (Uhuvvat)
V. Freedom (Hurriyat)
VI. Devotion (Hamiyyat)

The Damascus Sermon is specifically about curing  the sicknesses of Muslims. The method Said Nursi uses in his sermon goes like this : At first he is locating the sicknesses and the second he is looking for the medicines for those sicknesses from the Qur'an.

Click here to see the details (Turkish)