In his Risale-i Nur collection, Said Nursi described how the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to earth as an AN INDIVIDUAL in the End Times in which we are living now, incapacitate the corruption of the dajjal and rid Christianity of the corrupted ideas and beliefs that have entered it, and how the moral values of Islam will prevail the world by Christianity merging with Islam. Nowhere in the Risale-i Nur does it say that the Prophet Jesus (as) will come as a collective personality. The Master was someone who was well able to express himself in Ottoman, Arabic and Turkish. Had he thought that the Prophet Jesus (as) would serve as a collective personality in the End Times, then he would have stated as such, very clearly and explicitly. However, in agreement with the Qur’an and the hadiths, Bediüzzaman said that the Prophet Jesus (as) would return to Earth in person in this century. The Prophet Jesus (as) will return in this century, and he will also have a collective personality made up of his followers and the Prophet jesus (as) will personally be at the head of that collective personality.
By using the adjectives AN INDIVIDUAL, A HUMAN BEING, A PERSON for the Prophet Jesus (as), Said Nursi stated many times, clearly, distinctly and in a manner permitting no doubt, that he will be an individual human being and not a collective personality:
- ... it would not be far from His wisdom –TO ONCE AGAIN CLOTHE THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) IN HIS BODY AND SEND HIM TO THE WORLD,THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WHO IS ALIVEwith his (human) bodyin the skies of the world, even if he was not alive , and had truly died and departed for the furthest corner of the Hereafter-, ... for such a momentous result. Indeed He promised it because His wisdom required it to be thus, and since He promised it, He will most certainly send him. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters, p. 80)
- ...Although defeated before the atheistic current while separate, Christianity and Islam will have the capability to defeat and rout it as a result of their union. Then THE PERSON OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS), WHO IS PRESENT WITH HIS HUMAN BODY IN THE WORLD OF THE HEAVENS, WILL COME TO LEAD THE CURRENT OF TRUE RELIGION, as, relying on the promise of the One Powerful Over All Things (Allah Who is all powerful), the Bringer of Sure News (one of the names of our Prophet (saas)) has said. Since He has told of it, then it is true, and SINCE THE ONE POWERFUL OVER ALL THINGS (ALLAH WHO IS ALL POWERFUL) HAS PROMISED IT, THEN HE WILL CERTAINLY BRING IT ABOUT…(Bediuzzaman Said Nursi,Letters, Fifteenth Letter, p. 79)
- ...It could only be a majorly accepted and wondrousPERSONwith the power of miracles (possessing miracles)... AND THAT PERSONwill be the Prophet Jesus (as), who is the Prophet of the majority of mankind, and whom most people follow. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Rays / The Fifth Ray - Second Station, p. 109)
- Yes, with the words of that hadith, THE DESCENT FROM THE HEAVENS OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS)is certain... (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Kastamonu Addendum, pp. 80-82)
- ... In fact, EVEN THE DESCENT OF THE PROPHET JESUS (AS)and THAT HE HIMSELF IS THE PROPHET JESUS (AS), can only be known by the light of faith; not everyone will know. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Rays / The Fifth Ray, p. 99)
- ...WHEN THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) COMES, it is not necessary that everyone should know him TO BE THE TRUE JESUS. His elect and those close (his close followers with deep faith) to him will RECOGNIZE HIMthrough the light of belief. It will not be self-evident so that everyone will recognize him. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters, p. 80)
- ... spiritual community of the ones who struggle in Allah's cause WHO WILL RECOGNIZE THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) AND FOLLOW HIM… (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Rays, p. 495)
- Our Prophet (saas) has indicated this great secret: THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL COME, AND BE OF MY COMMUNITYand act with my law. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Sunuhat-Tuluat-Isharat, p. 59)
- Christians," ... will kill and rout that society of the antichrist UNDER THE LEADERSHIPof the Prophet Jesus (as) ... (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters / Twenty - Ninth Letter - Seventh Section, p. 516)
- “THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL COMEand will perform the obligatory prayers behind Hazrat Mahdi (as) and FOLLOW HIM,” alludes to this union, and to the sovereignty of the Qur’an and its being followed. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Rays / The Fifth Ray - Second Station, p. 109)
