One of the greatest writers in history. Imaginative freedom-loving seeker of the
peace. The owner of Iyad modern times. He loved the news of the East
, its history and stories, and mastered its language. In his youth he fought Muslims in the ranks of
the Russian army. In his old age he praised Islam, its Prophet and the first Companions.
who is he? How did he become the greatest writer of Russia? What is his story with the Messenger of God
and his will to be buried in the manner of Muslims? And why describe his marriage
worst marriage in history"? Miserable childhood. In Paulina's estate in the county he
Russian Tula novels. The child Leo Tolstoy was born in the year one thousand eight hundred
Twenty-eight. Which would later become one of the giants of Russian literature.
opened his eyes in the care of an aristocratic family, his father a count and his mother
a princess descended from the dynasty of the first ruler in the history of Russia, but he did not enjoy
many men in this family. As soon as he completed his second year, his mother passed away.
She helps his father and a female relative take care of Leo and his siblings. After
seven years, the father died. To grant the law guardianship of children,
to their aunt. Who also died, they moved to take care of their second aunt.
childhood affected his life and his studies as well. He failed
to complete his undergraduate studies at Kazan University. After he moved between the most of
to a program. He decided to leave the university and help to his parents' house. To take over
over supervision of family-owned farmland. But he failed in
that either. He decided to join the Russian army in its units in Ukraine.
a spiritual crisis. He liked to go deep and think and did not accept everything he heard
, or he is called. This is what caused him a spiritual crisis. It developed into depression.
, he is always searching for the meaning of life and the value of man. And he kept questions about
The secret of existence. With the days, it caused him to enter into a spiritual crisis. And
his courage in a book of confession that expresses his concern about priests, monks and
Debt. But even reached his courage to criticize his religion and the Orthodox Church.
as criticizing the control of the clergy on the minds of people in Russia until
A decision to expel him from the church. And put under the eyes of her secret men. Fight
the emergence of the East and love it. His intellectual anxiety and his constant search for the truth. And his escape from all
, an imposed reality or a given. All this always pushed him out of the ordinary.
he loved the news and history of the Middle East since his studies at the College of Studies
East. Who mastered Arabic and Turkish. But nevertheless
that his love for the East did not prevent him from joining the Russian army in the Crimean War. ” He
His brother persuaded him to travel with him to his military unit in the Caucasus Mountains.
then went to Sevastopol in Ukraine to participate in the Crimean War.
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. During which he admired his courage and chivalry
Caucasus and Islamic peoples. He expressed his admiration for this in his
that he wrote during the war. A unique world of literature. The philosopher created
writer, a literary world unique to himself. He left an unforgettable imprint on the
Russian and world literature. Novels, stories and biographies where no one has ever. Despite
the Tsarist Russia's hostility to Islam and Muslims. The writer loved the enemies of
these state and attracted to their culture and personality since his early age, both
of verbally or politely. As he read many Arabic novels in his childhood and mentioned them in
his works, such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and the story of Qamar al-Zaman Ibn
King Shahrman. Which he said influenced him a lot in his childhood. He read them because the unstable
was before he was fourteen years old. And while he was in the army, he was taken advantage
periods of peace. He wrote his autobiography, which he called
childhood effects. And he published it in the magazine, "The Continental Prairie", the most famous and most "
popular at the time. It was the author's first published book. which
thousand after his novel The Cossacks. In which he narrated his diaries in the Russian army.
and expressed his vocal views on the war. Within a series called Karenina Tales .
Sebastopol. And as soon as the war ended and he returned to his country, he discovered that his popularity
become big in the corridors of literature in Petersburg. Which he continued to reject in
novels, books and magazines. Traveling from Germany to France to finally return
to Russia. Which published his literary masterpiece War and Peace. Which
, she was described for her literary magnificence as the Iliad of the modern age. Pictures in
Tolstoy Russia and Russian society. Criticizing the laws of history, rejecting them by
mocked them. The impact of the legendary novel War and Peace was not
is over. So he read a novel that caused another earthquake. She is me,
Which was a mixture between fantasy and realistic portrayal of the life of the
writer. Especially his relationship with his wife during the courtship. Despite
great physical and moral for his novels and literature. It was
great returns and his fortune was increasing. But he was living a crisis
Spiritual and emotional. Spiritual through about existence, religion and life. and sentimental
because of his relationship with his wife Sophia Andreevna Beers. Which described his marriage
one of the worst marriages in history. He had married her in the year a thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two. He had thirteen children, five of whom died,
during childhood. His problems with his wife were great. Which caught after
his declarations of his desire to give up his wealth. To demand the wife to obtain the
entitled to the proceeds of publishing his books. This is what he agreed to
the writer after that. For the wife to control all the returns of the writer's work.
his story with Islam and his Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The meaning of life and
message of humanity and morals. Criteria that Tolstoy focused on have
his life. And after his departure from the Church and his alienation from it, Islam assumed its place in the
is eminent among the beliefs that he resolved to study and delve into. He had a
Many correspondences with Sheikh Muhammad Abdo. Even with some of the simple A
from the general Muslims in the Arab world. He also communicated with many of
, the Islamic figures in Russia, and his private library included many references to
about Islam. He was known for his great interest in the meanings of the Noble Qur’an.
and the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, occupied a large part of his
his thinking and research booklet. He frankly declared that in Islam and the hadiths of the Prophet
Lots of ideas he believes in. And he practically expressed this in
his publication was stopped under the title The Judgment of Muhammad, in which he selected hadiths of the Messenger of God and translated them
to Russia. In the introduction to his book, he mentioned his admiration for Islam and its beliefs
saying, the essence of this religion is that there is no god but God, and he is one of
one. It is not permissible to worship many lords. And God is merciful and just.
And the final fate of man depends on man alone. As well as Tolstoy
morals of the Companions and the first generation of Muslims. All this made some
they tend to suggest that Tolstoy may have converted to Islam before his death. In
late in his life the ascetic writer escaped from the life of luxury and hustle and returned
his hometown and his parents' farm in the estate of Yasnaya Baliana. In which he spent the
his last days. Until he died in the year nine hundred and ten for eighty-two
years. He was buried in the Islamic way in his garden. Yet
is that the Orthodox priests refused to bury him according to the rituals of the church. It was said that he is
to the one who recommended his burial in the Islamic way. So researchers confirm
Russians. There is a high probability that he died on the religion of Islam. Especially
with no presence on his grave. What may confirm these gossip in the Imam’s speech
Muhammad Abduh for him in one of his correspondences, saying, “May God guide you to a secret knowledge
instinct that people instinctively. And I bless you for the goal that guided mankind
them. So I realized that man came to this existence to grow with knowledge,
It works and bears fruit. I looked at religion torn traditions. I got
to the truth of unification.