Beloved, faithful brothers; First of all: I congratulate you. And this time, Husrev's letter written to the ministers is a very excellent historical document. However, a day or two ago, in a telegram we received from Sungur, an order was given to return 185 works. We could not understand this strange sentence. We asked the manager at the telegraph office. The clerk had received it incorrectly. I heard it myself from the machine, it said, "And the return of all the works." We remembered that perhaps some of the 130 treatises were combined into individual treatises, making a total of 185, and we thought that might be the case. But we still could not understand.
Also, as the newspaper Yeni Sabah wrote, the Medresetü'z-Zehra, now called the Eastern University, is being established as a major Islamic Institute, and the President said, "They will strive to accomplish all the difficulties." We have heard that they will try to do so. God willing, an important goal we have pursued for forty years will be achieved for the benefit of the homeland and the nation.
Secondly: From the ones you sent, I sent a few important ones to important places from the three who were in prison like us, Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ. In particular, the mosque imam of Cezire, Vastanlı Abdurrahim, is one of my former students who came here. I gave him ten important books. However, I remembered that in Zülfikar's Mu'cizât-ı Kur'âniye Dördüncü Zeylin, in two places—one in the eighth line and one in the twelfth line—"lâ" was written instead of "lâm." Whereas "lâm" occurs thirty thousand times in the Qur'an, and "lâ" occurs nineteen thousand times. This error has been partially corrected in other copies. However, it has not been corrected in the Zülfikar copies that remained with your court. I also forgot to mention it here. You can write to the imam Abdurrahim through the mufti of Cezire to correct this error in the manuscript. So that the Medresetü'z-Zehra's members can have a connection with Cezire through this means, I entrust this to you.
Also, this time I realized that Husrev mistakenly sent the envelope that Zubeyir was supposed to send to Nazif in his letter. Husrev also made a small mistake. Because it was not the Twenty-Fourth Letter, but a short letter regarding the Tenth Original of the Twenty-Fourth Statement to Nazif. The copy is here.
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Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings forever and ever 1
An important news for the Nur followers: First of all: For forty years I have been following and Sultan Reshad, with the signatures of 163 deputies in the National Assembly, allocated 150 thousand banknotes for the construction of a grand Islamic university and a great university called Medresetü'z-Zehra, which is as important for the Islamic world, the East, and this nation as the Al-Azhar Mosque. The leader of the new government has also understood the necessity of this important matter in the great affairs of the country, and has sent the following news to you as a piece of good news. Even if it is not implemented, understanding this meaning is a great good deed.
Indeed, during the important matters in the Assembly, the President of the Republic, in his important speech, mentioned this coming idea. Celal Bayar, who stated that the Ministry of Education has started an investigation for the establishment of the Eastern University in the vicinity of Van, said: "All the difficulties should be addressed for the establishment of such an intellectual institution in Van, which is one of our eastern provinces, and the work should begin in the coming budget year." Thus, the young university students who presented the "History of Life" have, to some extent, impressed the President with the value of the Risale-i Nur.
Secondly: This very important statement by the President of the Republic is a proof that the important services of the Risale-i Nur in this country and among its people are understood. And all the hardships endured by the Nur followers and the suppression of Nur should be grateful, not mournful, as they have led to this great result.
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Beloved, faithful brothers; First: We are very pleased with the great news and the full freedom of the Risale-i Nur, as a preface to it. The Isparta judiciary had kept it for three years, and for the price of three hundred liras for that period, you will send fifty copies of the new written Tarihçe-i Hayat at the price of two liras each from the five hundred liras left to me, matching that price of three hundred liras. Since the blessed collections of Asâ-yı Mûsâ and Zülfikar, which have been imprisoned for four years, are of great value in my eyes, please send me fifty liras. I am sending you fifty liras now.
Second: To Nazif, a thousand baraka and a thousand mashallah! A second Husrev; Inebolu proves to be a second Isparta. Since the most important matter of the Tarihçe-i Hayat is the Medresetü'z-Zehra, we believe that Nazif's publication is an opportunity for the President of the Republic to work seriously on the Medresetü'z-Zehra meaning and the East University, the Cairo Al-Azhar of the East.
Third: Write a letter in response to the important letter from the imam of Baraklı in Dinar, Suleyman, that it is certain that the Prophet spoke about the Turks. He has mentioned the Turks in a few places with importance; there is a hadith. However, since I do not have the hadith books with me, I do not know the true form of this hadith. But the meaning is true, and it is a fact that the Turkish nation has been blessed with the Prophet's praise. An example of this is the hadith about Sultan Fatih.
The meaningful and beautiful letter from Hulusi Bey, one of Nur's first students, encouraging his friends in Ankara to enter the Risale-i Nur circle, also shows that he has been serving Nur for twenty-five years without any hesitation. My greetings to all my brothers and sisters.
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