By the Turkish Islamic scholar Said Nursi, who lived during the decline of the ottoman empire, as well as the kemalist era, and the period of adnan menderes's rule?
he wrote a commentary on islam and the Qur'an exceeding 5 thousand pages explaining the neccesity of a creator from a rationalist yet conservative Islamic perspective, the need for a combination of faith and logic, religion and science, and touches on many aspects of spirituality. Even if you don't intend to look for a religion, I highly recommend you read it so you can understand Islam from sources most people don't know about, as well as understand religion itself from places most people don't know about. as a matter of fact, you don't even have to buy it. the risale i nur is available for free as an app on google play and other app stores ( i think the latter), and is also available online for free.
he wrote a commentary on islam and the Qur'an exceeding 5 thousand pages explaining the neccesity of a creator from a rationalist yet conservative Islamic perspective, the need for a combination of faith and logic, religion and science, and touches on many aspects of spirituality. Even if you don't intend to look for a religion, I highly recommend you read it so you can understand Islam from sources most people don't know about, as well as understand religion itself from places most people don't know about. as a matter of fact, you don't even have to buy it. the risale i nur is available for free as an app on google play and other app stores ( i think the latter), and is also available online for free.