Dear, sincere brothers; This time I received three important letters from the heir Abdullah of Hâfız Ali, Halil İbrahim, and Lütfü. Hâfız Ali is informing me about his impressions of the mistakes in the Hizb-i Kur’ânî and Hizb-i Nurî. He must certainly know that, thanks to his efforts and those of Tâhirî, Hâfız Mustafa, and his friends, those two groups have been subdued and are now a very bright and victorious Nurian triumph in this time and under these circumstances. Their records of deeds are widely circulated everywhere. Whoever reads them will find their share. Their mistakes are much fewer than we had imagined. Praise be to God, we easily corrected them. They have now fallen into worthy hands.
Halil İbrahim’s sweet, beautiful, and harmonious representation and description of the Risale-i Nur, which emanates from his sincere devotion and conviction, has, in our view, turned out to be very bright and refined. We will include his part about the Risale-i Nur in the Lâhika. Indeed, there is no doubt that he is a significant, persistent, and enduring pillar of the Risale-i Nur. Please convey to him and his companions our special prayers and blessings every day, and especially that we hope Ince Mehmed will become a shareholder and that our greetings reach them.
The letter from Abdullah, a serious and genuine heir of the late Lütfü, brought me great joy to receive the greetings of our brothers, especially Tâhirî and his father, Ali and Vehbi, Şükrü, Mustafa, Mehmed, Hüseyin, Mehmed, Hakkı, and especially Büyük Zühtü, who once held a position in the Risale-i Nur. I also send greetings, prayers, and hopes for their well-being to those brothers. However, at this moment my mind is preoccupied elsewhere, so I cannot look into the questions he raised in his letter...
Third matter: One of our brothers, unaware of his fault, is the subject of a subtle issue written to warn him. We wrote it because it might be beneficial for you.
At one time, I observed the intense inner struggles and the resistance to the commanding self (nafs-i emmâre) from a few individuals who had freed themselves from the tyranny of the self and the tyranny of the commanding self. I was greatly amazed. After some time, I noticed that the commanding self, apart from its own deceptions, is even more stubborn, even more defiant, and even more inclined to commit evil deeds.
Kastamonu Lâhikası
·Mektup 148
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Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. In the name of the Sublime.
Beloved, sincere, fortunate, faithful, active, and persevering brothers; First of all, we congratulate you again on your Sacred Month of Rajab and your Night of Regaib, and in return for the congratulations of our brothers from Safranbolu, we also congratulate them on their blessed months and their four blessed nights and their very serious connection with the Lights. And in the congratulatory letter written on behalf of their disciples, I wanted to convert the titles and praises given to my very faulty self, like some of the letters of Khalil Ibrahım, into the Risale-i Nur with some modifications and include them in the Addendum; but since the subject was made very clearly about myself, I could not find it suitable, so for now it remains postponed.
Brothers, know for certain: I am afraid of and avoid glory, honor, vanity, self-confidence, and the desire to be liked. I do not like praises about myself. Only for the sake of showing loyalty and conviction towards the Risale-i Nur, I partially accept and remain silent about some expressions, either out of memory or to avoid hurting their good intentions. However, the two Lem’as of sincerity and the principles of our profession—“hıllet” (purity), “ihlâs” (sincerity), and “uhuvvet” (selflessness)—do not allow such praises. Moreover, in this age of self-centeredness and fame-seekers, such things could harm the purity and authenticity of the Nurlar (Lights).
Secondly, the writings of Hıfzı’s two innocent ones, Asâ-yı Mûsâ, Rehber, and Küçük Sözler have made us very happy. A hundred times alhamdulillah! Such thousands of innocent Nurcu (followers of the Light) will illuminate the future.
Said Nursî
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 108
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Beloved, sincere brothers and companions on the path of truth; this time, do not be upset that I have responded to your five or six blessed letters with only one brief letter.
First: I had to reject the letter from Halil Ibrahim because it attributed extraordinary merits to me, which is contrary to our profession. However, two meaningful coincidences occurred: one made me accept it, and it was included in the Lâhika. Yet, I sometimes crossed out the part about myself and wrote the words "Risale-i Nur" on some of them; this answered the questions in the text.
First coincidence: While a captain was committing five illegal acts of insult and betrayal against me to undermine the general goodwill towards me, at the same time, perhaps even the same hour, one of my brothers, who is considered far more important than a hundred such captains in the eyes of the seekers of truth and is one of the core members of the Risale-i Nur, wrote this new letter with a hundred degrees more respect than my station and dismissed such betrayals as nothing. Moreover, four important members of the circle of apprentices signed the same issue. Because of this strange coincidence, I accepted the letter, which was contrary to my profession, revised it, and included it in the Lâhika, and I also sent you its draft.
Second coincidence: In the night, I thought of those who are writing the "Asâ-yı Mûsâ" treatise and searched for a topic in the new letters. In this heavy winter, and at times when some hypocrites might try to contact me, there is a possibility of giving them encouragement. These writers need a whip of encouragement. Just as I looked for an encouraging opportunity because the two commendations written by Hasan Feyzi and Halil Ibrahim greatly encouraged many to write, suddenly, in the morning, I received a letter that took my death as a subject, frightened the apprentices, and urged them to hasten their efforts and writings. I said: Ibrahim Halil's sincerity has reached the level of a miracle.
Secondly: The letters from Feyzi and Emin eased my many concerns. Yes, the sincerity and services of these two brothers, and their companionship with the Risale-i Nur, are of great importance. And Hilmi, Sadık, İhsan, and one named Beşkardeş, who rendered valuable service for nine years in prison, serving for nine months with their pens for the Risale-i Nur.
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 83
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