Kastamonu Lâhikası

2 And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him with His praise, in His name. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, as many as the letters and meanings of the epistles of light, which are represented in the air and in the minds until the Day of Resurrection. Beloved, sincere, and faithful brothers; this time, the letters from many of you who care so much made me so happy and pleased me so much in terms of the Risale-i Nur that it was as if I had found my brave companions again, and the joy of tears wiped away my sorrows. Yes, I would like to write four replies to these four letters, and it is your right; but due to your sincere unity, one reply was sufficient. I am explaining separately five or six small issues. First: From the beginning, we said, "It is time to save faith," and we repeatedly emphasized the great proofs related to the pillars of faith before my old age, and time has shown that this was very right and necessary. A month ago, in a spiritual conversation, I wrote to you about a divine response to the great emphasis of the Risale-i Nur. Some people added that idea to the end of the Âyetü’l-Kübrâ treatise. Second: My brother Tevfik from Sham, your letter deeply moved and greatly pleased me. I felt that there are some good developments in you. To the relatives of the late Hâfız Ahmed, from my side, with condolences, I say: A month or two ago, while praying suddenly, I felt that Hâfız Ahmed entered the circle of my dearest relatives and purest students and said, "I also have a right to be in this circle." I left him in that dear circle so that he could always be a sharer in my spiritual gains, and may he remain so, insha'Allah. And I understood that both of you, from the beginning, are serving the Risale-i Nur together. Greetings to all friends in Barla... Third: My brother Sabri, I greatly appreciated the letter from the precious Hulûsi, as it shows the importance and value of both Hulûsi and the Fifth Light. Yes, the Fifth Light is correcting and saving the faith of the general public and especially the scholars. Both you and Hüseyn, you are talking about Halil İbrahim. That person is one of the supporters of the Risale-i Nur.

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 27 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

The answers to the questions asked by the disciples of Risale-i Nur. Question: Last year we asked you that for fifty days you had not looked at or inquired about worldly events, and you gave us an answer at that time. Although that answer was true and sufficient, it was necessary to consider the spread and service of Risale-i Nur and the benefit of the Islamic world. Now, thirteen months have passed, and the same situation continues. You are not showing any concern or asking anything. Answer: 1 Indeed, the human is most unjust. The greatest manifestation of this is the current people who are struggling. It is not permissible to support them, to be curious and follow these events, to listen to their false and deceptive propaganda, or to watch their affected struggles with sympathy. Perhaps even looking at those strange injustices is not allowed. Because agreeing to injustice is itself injustice; if one becomes a supporter, they become an oppressor. 2 Also, you will be affected by the verse: "And do not incline toward those who are unjust, lest the Fire should touch you." Yes, there is an absolute proof that this is not for the sake of truth, truthfulness, religion, or justice, but rather for stubbornness, nationalistic pride, racial interests, and the arrogance of the self. It is a cruel injustice without parallel in the world. For example, bombing a place where there are a thousand innocent women, children, and the elderly, merely because a few enemy soldiers are present. Also, forming alliances with anarchists, who are the most oppressive of the bourgeoisie and the most radical of socialists and Bolsheviks. Furthermore, spilling the blood of thousands and millions of innocent people and rejecting wars that are harmful to all humanity and peace. Thus, since these struggles do not conform to any law of justice, humanity, or any principle of truth and law, the Islamic world and the Qur'an certainly reject them. They do not descend to or support them. Because in them, there is such a terrifying Pharaoh-like and tyrannical rule. They do not extend their hands for the sake of the Qur'an or Islam, but perhaps to make themselves subjects and tools. Supporting the swords of such oppressors, the truth of the Qur'an certainly does not descend to them.

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 129 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved brothers; while you have the right to receive long letters from me every day, for three years I have been writing a letter to send to you, which has been waiting until now, lying in the old coat pocket. It seems that the Risale-i Nur has caused great fear to the worldly non-believers, for even though I have not interfered in their worlds, they are exerting this pressure. Anyway... I send many greetings and prayers to my steadfast, serious brothers whom I can never forget, especially to the faithful and sincere people of Barla, my second homeland. I think of you with thousands of longing and yearning, and every twenty-four hours, perhaps a hundred times, I turn to you in prayer and need your prayers. Said Nursî • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 24 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

My dear brother Husrev; may Allah, the Almighty, forgive the deceased. And may He grant you and his children beautiful patience. I also sincerely share in your grief. I have joined you in your weeping and in your weeping letter. Yes, you too, like me, are now cut off from this world in two ways. And rightly so. A true devotee of the Risale-i Nur should not have any attachment to this world and should not form any such attachments. If someone is attached, they need extraordinary perseverance and devotion, yet they may still be shaken by some incidents and unable to achieve complete self-sacrifice. The heroes of that world are exceptions by Allah's will. Their attachments do not shake them. But some, like Husrev, Said, Atif, and others like them, must be completely free of all attachments. This deceased person, until now, has always been a devoted student of the Risale-i Nur, praying almost a hundred times every day and once by name at dawn for ten years, contributing to our spiritual gains. Now, after her passing, she is again being mentioned many times daily by name in special prayers, just as she was before. Dear brother Husrev, I wish to speak with you at length. But at this moment, I am so pressed for time that I even became unnecessarily angry with four or five friends who came to visit me, telling them not to disturb me. Anyway... I send many greetings to our brothers there and pray for their well-being. The brothers here also express their condolences to you and send greetings of respect to your brothers there. • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 146 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

It is of great importance. Beloved, sincere brothers; recently, due to a small blow received by one of our very faithful and careful brothers because of his carelessness, and because for these four months, despite being concerned with the affairs of the world, politics, and war, I have not received, sought, or felt the slightest interest in any news, and due to the astonishment and inquiries of my dear brothers like Feyzi and Emin, I have had to speak a little about this matter again, as I have stated many times before. Here is the point: The religious truths must be the first priority in this age, and all other matters must be considered secondary, third, or fourth. Serving them through the Risale-i Nur must be the first duty and the sole concern and purpose. However, the current state of the world, especially worldly life, particularly social life, and especially political life, and especially the wrath of God, which is a punishment for the ignorance and corruption of civilization, in the form of the World War, has so deeply affected the nerves and veins, reaching the innermost heart, that it has planted harmful, destructive desires even to the degree of the precious gems of religious truths. This cursed century has pierced and continues to pierce so deeply and is so infected and continues to be infected that scholars outside the circle of the Risale-i Nur, perhaps even the awliya (saints), due to their connections with that political and social life, have relegated the authority of religious truths to a secondary or third place, and by following the rulings of those currents, they love the hypocrites who share their views. They criticize and despise the people of truth, perhaps even the people of wilaya (sainthood), and even make religious feelings subject to those currents. Indeed, in order to counter this strange danger of the age, the service and concern of the Risale-i Nur have so completely disregarded the current politics and trends in my view that I have not cared about or inquired about this World War for these four months. Moreover, even the devoted students of the Risale-i Nur, while fulfilling their sacred duties in the service of the precious gems of religious truths, do not waste their sacred duties or allow their thoughts to be contaminated by watching the chess games of the oppressors.

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 81 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In the Name of Him, the Sublime, 1 Dear brothers; This time instead of a letter, we are sending this fruit. A fruit from Montenegro An individual from the totality of the meaning of a verse, since the time of Freedom until now. On the thirtieth day of the second Tishrin, in 1358, I was going alone to the top of Montenegro. The thought came to me: "Since when did this chain of human and especially Muslim destructions and sufferings begin, and until when will they continue?" Suddenly, the Surah of the Qur'an, which solves all my difficulties, brought before me the Surah of Al-Asr. It said: "Look." I looked. Just as it addresses every age, this verse especially addresses our age. In the verse "By time, indeed, man is in loss," the word "indeed, man is in loss" (with the count of shadda and tenvin) has a numerical value of 1324. This shows the truth of the verse in this age, with the same historical date, and demonstrates the actuality of the verse's permission. 3 "Except those who believe and do good deeds," the last part of the verse, the letters ه and ت are counted. If the shadda is counted, the numerical value of this year and the next year, 1358 and 1359, shows the same date. This demonstrates that the only solution to escape from these sufferings, especially the spiritual sufferings, is faith and good deeds. Conversely, the only cause of these sufferings is disbelief and denial, ingratitude, that is, unbelief, rejection, and ignorance. We thanked the Almighty for confirming the greatness and holiness of Surah Al-Asr, and that despite its brevity, it is a treasure of very broad and long truths. Yes, the reason for the Islamic world's escape from this terrible Second World War, the greatest suffering of this age, was the faith and good deeds derived from the Qur'an.

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 126 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Dear sincere brothers; I heartily congratulate you on your holiday with all my soul and life. And the precious letters sent this time by the blessed innocent children and the respected elderly and teachers have been beautifully bound and arranged in five volumes. God willing, much benefit will be derived from them. We feel that the innocent and pure writings of these blessed innocent children and the respected elderly have added a virtue to the excellence of the Risale-i Nur and are more effective than the finest writings. Indeed, when Feyzi brought the beautifully bound collection of the children's fortunate writings, my tooth was hurting a lot. I said, "Oh, my brother, hold my tooth, it's hurting a lot." Suddenly we opened that collection; I looked, and suddenly such a relief came that we forgot about my tooth. Then we laughed and were amazed. We will list both the names and ages of those who wrote those letters at the beginning of the five volumes, as a source of inspiration and to pray for them. On behalf of myself, I ask you to congratulate them and especially their teachers and their fathers and mothers for their service and for the holiday. Also, because they have proven my great hopes regarding Isparta and because they have given me great comfort, please convey my gratitude to them and to the blessed group, the Nuriye Madrasa, and the owners of the Nur and Gül factories until I die. According to the secret of the prayer beads, just as it is recommended to imagine and intend to enter a vast Muhammadan (a.s.m.) circle of praise and glorification as wide as the earth's surface, with prayer beads and remembrance and praise after prayer, so too, I and we, by feeling part of the vast circle and circle of lessons of the Risale-i Nur, and by praying and working with the thousands of innocent tongues and blessed elderly, and by saying "Amen" to their prayers and good deeds, we imagine and intend to be shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee with them in spirit, and thus we consider ourselves as supremely fortunate.

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 80 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, faithful, blessed brothers, my companions of joy in this world and my intercessors in the hereafter, insha'Allah; I heartily congratulate and bless you on both your Laylat al-Qadr and your festival. Dear brothers: I am informing you that I have miraculously recovered from a terrible illness in an unprecedented way, as a result of the prayers of the devoted students of the Risale-i Nur, in a manner that can only be described as a miracle. I am sending you, for your edification, the following account from Emin and Feyzi, who witnessed this event, about this extraordinary illness. I send greetings and prayers to all my brothers one by one, and I also miss Hüseyn. 1. The Everlasting is the Everlasting. Said Nursî • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 66 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In His Name, the Sublime, Peace be upon you 1 Dear generous brothers; I will speak with you for four or five words. First: Inspired by the enthusiasm and joy your recent letters have given me, I say: After seeing your complete sincerity, zeal, perseverance, and courage in the service of the Qur'an, I accept death and the inevitable with a complete peace of heart, and I am ready to bid farewell to this world joyfully, saying, "You are enough behind me." Second: Here, the first revision of the Âyetü'l-Kübrâ, exactly one year after the first revision there, has a correspondence in the name of the Âyetü'l-Kübrâ. The coincidence of these two correspondences is an impossible coincidence, and the pen of the Almighty, like the sword Zülfikar, truly reflects and confirms the hidden signature in the correspondence of the thirty-three words of tawhid. Fourth: For three years now, I have been completely isolated from everything. Because of the unbearable pressure I have been under, I could not communicate with you. Here, an unprecedented misconception prevails. As much as possible, do not say that "Eşrâtü's-Sâat" was sent from here; perhaps say, "It is one of His works, which has come to us from another place." • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 25 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere, and precious brothers, and my diligent and serious companions in the service of the Qur’an; I received your letter, which is a new source of honor, grace, and joy. And it demonstrated a favor and divine care belonging to the Risâletü’n-Nur. Namely: A few days ago, my place was inspected with great intensity. Despite searching everywhere, they could not find anything that would disturb us, thanks to divine protection. They found only six or seven treatises such as Economy, Patients, and Istiâze harmless. Then, they returned them intact, completely contrary to the confiscation rules, like the case of Hüsnü's call to prayer. I was worried about this incident and, while returning from the mountain, I wanted to talk with Abdülmecid, Sabri, Hüsnü, and Hâfız Ali, and ask, "Do you also have any problems?" And I came shouting with my voice. Suddenly, Emin opened the door and gave you all the blessed letters. Both of us witnessed the honor and grace of divine protection in this favor and inspection, and at the same time, we recognized the divine care in Hüsnü's exceptional success and the excellent results of his work against the usual practice. We both said, "The Risâletü'n-Nur is always a recipient of divine care" and expressed our gratitude. Beloved brothers; the composition of the remaining index was entrusted to you. It would be good if you prepare it in the style of dividing the tasks. Praise be to God, blessings be upon God, while your pens continue to produce excellent works, they are overlapping and especially increasing rapidly in Saf. A thousand blessings be upon Hajı Hâfız and his village; it greatly pleased us. And Hüsnü's successful writings, especially the gilded copy of the Mu'jizat-ı Ahmediye (a.s.m.) and the treatises of the Great and Small Alis are here, sweet and full of many discoveries. God willing, these blessed pens will have even more discoveries and we will see them. • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 10 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)