ABSTRACT
This study has shown that Nursi defines sharr most commonly as disbelief (kufr) and the association of partners with God (shirk). This is in line with the Qur’anic definition of the term sharr. Thus, according to Nursi, the worst of human misfortune is that which effects religion. 1 Nursi in fact believes that any other misfortunes that do not affect religion, in reality are not misfortunes, in other words, cannot be named sharr. 2
