Existence and levels of existence in Risale-i Nur

This study is composed of an introduction section, three subsequent main sections and a final section. The introductory section contains an overview of the sources, subject, method and purpose of the study. Besides, in this section we gave general information about the life and works of the Risâle-i Nûr author. In the first main section, comes after the introduction, we have dealt with the concepts of existence and levels of existence. We have tried to show how concepts, such as non-existence, necessary existence and contingency of existence, are treated in Sufism and Risâle-i Nûr. We also gave information on the development of the notion of existence in the framework of Oneness-concept. In the second section we have discussed some of the important rules that bear the base view of Risâle-i Nûr about existence, as the preparation of the next section. In the third section, which is the most important part of the study, by splitting into the subtitles in the necessary places, we tried to identify the divine manifestation in Risâle-i Nûr, to identify the levels of existence in this parallel and to discuss them in detail confront with the Sufism approach to levels and manifestation. Finally, in the conclusion section, we extracted the conclusions reached at the end of the study.