The Successor of Imam Nursi, Husrev Efendi

The Successor of Imām Nursī, Husrev Efendi’s Services

After the demise of Bedī‘uzzamān Sa‘īd Nursī, Husrev Efendi (Ahmed Husrev Altınbaşak) faithfully fulfilled his duty of direction and leadership, without compromising the principles of The Risāle-i Nūr service. In this period, he undertook many important services, including his endeavours to continue spreading The Risāle-i Nūr, ensuring that the notion of service to the Qur’ān and īmān became deeply rooted all throughout Turkey, and his many projects to facilitate the education of students. He was also able to finalise the copy of the Qur’ān that he wrote under the instructions of Bedī‘uzzamān Sa‘īd Nursī. This copy is known as Tevâfuklu Kur’ân-ı Kerîm “The Qur’ān in Congruous Alignment”. (In this Qur’ān, excluding very few exceptions, all of the names of Allāh, Rabb and Qur’ān, as well as words of the same root, are aligned with one another, either on the same page beneath one another, or side by side on corresponding pages, or back to back across two pages. This special characteristic of the Qur’ān was recognised by Bedī‘uzzamān Sa‘īd Nursī - a wondrous miracle of the Qur’ān pertaining to the eyes for an empirically-minded people “in this age who say ‘we don’t believe what we cannot see’”.

In order to publish The Qur’ān in Congruous Alignment and continue his educational activities, Husrev Efendi founded The Hayrat Foundation in 1974. Since this date, all the services and activities that Husrev Efendi inherited from Bedī‘uzzamān Sa‘īd Nursī have been undertaken under the umbrella of The Hayrat Foundation.

Husrev Efendi, who dedicated his entire life to the service of īmān and the Qur’ān, passed away in 1977. Since then, The Hayrat Foundation has been fulfilling the mission of The Risāle-i Nūr service.