medrese-i Nuriye

To our esteemed, blessed, revered, compassionate, and virtuous Master, Hazret-i Efendim! Firstly: "For every calamity: Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return." The passing of our beloved elder, Hasan Feyzi, who has now joined the spiritual company of the martyrs and heroes of Risale-i Nur, has deeply affected us. First and foremost, I express my condolences to you, our Master, and to all the students of Risale-i Nur, to the members of his family, both physical and spiritual, to the Nuriye Madrasa, and to the people of Denizli. While I humbly present my spiritual gifts at the Divine threshold, I also humbly request the outpouring of His mercy. "Indeed, every soul shall taste death." And those who believe and do righteous deeds, We shall surely place them among the gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will dwell eternally. How excellent is the reward for the workers of good deeds. I pray that the blessed reward indicated by this verse of Subhan Allah may be bestowed upon many Hasan Feyzis through the grace and favor of the Divine. Respected Sir, regarding my letter, in Denizli, seventy to eighty years ago, a great saint named Hasan Feyzi once told his students one day, "Today, a saint has been born in Kurdistan," thus indicating the coming of a great figure. Later, when I visited Denizli under different circumstances, I believed it was to honor and gladden the soul of that very person. Soon after, the late Hasan Feyzi, who bore the same name, honored the first Hasan Feyzi with respect and reverence for Risale-i Nur, and was drawn to the Nurlar with great affection, which greatly strengthened my belief. Now I think: After the first Hasan Feyzi passed away, Said emerged. Then, the second Hasan Feyzi, who followed in the footsteps of the name, fulfilled his duty and, being immersed in the Nurlar, also called many Hasan Feyzis to the task and left this life. I pray to the Most Merciful of the merciful that the Risale-i Nur and my Master...

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 147 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

The beautiful and sincere composition of the valuable student of the Medrese-i Nuriye, Marangoz Ahmed, pleased us and was included in the Lâhika. Especially the words from the chair of Risale-i Nur, that the innocent ones do not descend from it, and "He who sits on that luminous chair is saved from fires and upheavals," are said to be the words of a true student of Medresetü'z-Zehra, who has come to our time from the past, giving us comfort and announcing the increase of innocent students. At the beginning of the composition of Risale-i Nur, the chief scribe, Şamlı Hâfız Tevfik, had in his harem the late Zehra. When I was in Barla, Şamlı Hâfız tried to write Risale-i Nur, and she, the late Zehra, carried wood on her back and brought it for Hâfız, and took care of his affairs so that he could write the Nurlar. We also include her, since that time, among the deceased devoted students of Risale-i Nur, in our prayers, and we will pray for her. • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 153 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Dear, faithful brothers; I am replying to your repeated letters this time only with a single letter, out of necessity. First: The hero of the Epistles of Light, Husrev, sincerely and earnestly wants to die in my place and to suffer illness in my stead. I say: It is not the time for authorship, but the time for publication. If you write, the benefit your writings bring to the service of Light will be as much as the benefit your writings exceed mine, and your life will be as beneficial to the service of Light as my painful life is. Second: The bright ode and the fourth epic written by Hasan Feyzi, the true heir of the late martyr Hafız Ali, on behalf of Denizli and our serious brothers there; and the activities and efforts of the disciples in the service of Light, have been a balm to my poisoned and severe illness. Praise be to the Most Merciful, He who is the Most Compassionate, and thanks be to Him, Denizli is becoming a second Isparta and a great Islamic village. Yes, the just leader, Muharrem and Feyzi and Hafız Mustafa, in one or two years, have done twenty years' worth of service to Light; they have made the disciples of Light eternally grateful. May God be forever pleased with them and with those who have served Light alongside them. Amen. Third: The sincere and sorrowful letter of condolence written by Marangoz Ahmed, the true heir of the heroes of the Nuriye Madrasa, namely Barlalı Marangoz Mustafa Çavuş and Hafız Mehmed, in the name of the Nuriye Madrasa, made me weep with joy. I say: Since there are many Saids, both young and old, in that blessed madrasa; if an old, helpless, and duty-completed Said is missing, it does not matter. Since we are together in eternal life; even if there is a temporary separation, it should not distress you. Fourth: Among the most sincere workers for true justice and the freedom of the Epistles of Light after the just leader, and my dear brother and first student, Molla Mehmed, his name is always with me in my prayers and spiritual gains. Fifth: At this time, Konyalı Sabri also, like Halil İbrahim and Hasan Feyzi, has written a short but meaningful will.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 84 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings forever, always, in His name, exalted is He. Our beloved, sincere, and selfless brother Hacı Ali; we have received your precious and especially joy-bringing letter to the esteemed Master. Our Master says: "The Epistles of Light are sufficient for this time. Those who studied for ten years in a madrasa have witnessed that they can achieve the same benefit in one year with the Epistles of Light; there are thousands of learned people. Since Hacı Kılıç Ali has spent one and a half years acquiring all the volumes of the Epistles of Light and has read them partially, in our view, he is a twenty-year student of Light. Every morning, while making my spiritual gains and recording them in my journal of good deeds, I consider him a partner. Therefore, he is also obliged to dedicate his entire life to the Epistles of Light. "It seems that his not having been able to go to Al-Azhar University so far is for a significant wisdom, for the Lights are sufficient for him. Now, we strongly hope that a Nuriye Madrasa will be established in Urfa, near Damascus and Aleppo, in the future. Kılıç Ali, along with the very precious student of the late Said, Molla Abdülmecid in Damascus, should communicate with Seyyid Salih, one of the students of Light in Urfa, and with a selfless student of Light who has gone to him. I send many greetings to Molla Abdülmecid, to Hacı Ali, and to those connected with the Epistles of Light in Damascus. And I ask for their prayers and request them to pray for me in that blessed position," he said. Yes, our brave brother Hacı Ali, the esteemed Master always declares your selflessness. We also congratulate you with praise. The Everlasting is the One who remains. The faulty ones serving the Master, Sungur, Zübeyir, Ziya • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 20 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

At this time, the honor of the students of knowledge was revived. A great service to the religion was performed in the East. For a while, in Diyarbakır, a lawsuit was opened against an active student of Nur who was serving the faith and the Qur’an with the Light, and it ended with acquittal, causing joy and gratitude among the believers. The court case in Afyon also ended. On 1956, the Religious Affairs Consultative Council, after examining the Risale-i Nur, announced in a report the nature of the Risale-i Nur in serving faith and moral development. Based on this report, the Afyon Court decided on the acquittal and freedom of the Risale-i Nur works, and the ruling became final. After the acquittal decision of the Afyon Court, the Isparta Inquiry Court also issued a decision to stop the investigation. Thus, the Risale-i Nur, having passed through many judicial filters, was granted general and complete freedom and acceptance. Spreading the Nurlar: While service to the Nurlar continued in many parts of Anatolia, especially in the Nur Madrasas of Ankara, Istanbul, Diyarbakır, and Urfa, they served the religious cause not only in their immediate environment but also in a much broader area. These services were not performed by a single individual or a single center, nor only by certain known individuals, but because they were services to the Qur’an, they were carried out by many different people and in many different ways. Many sincere students and faithful believers, whose names are unknown, worked in this sacred service and strived for the spread of the light of Muhammad. In Ankara, university students and respected benefactors worked to print and distribute the Risale-i Nur collections in the printing houses, and especially to get them into the hands of the public waiting to use the new alphabet. The fact that the general publication of the Risale-i Nur was carried out by the youth and students, and that they showed great sacrifices in this matter, was a great blessing for this nation and homeland. Because their actions, carried out without seeking any personal interest and solely for the pleasure of God, showed that they were the true children of this noble nation. • • •

Tarihçe-i Hayat ·Isparta Hayati ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

We express our condolences to you and to the followers of the Risale-i Nur in general, and especially to the students of the Nuriye Medrese, and especially to the relatives of the deceased, on the occasion of the passing of the blessed teacher of the Nuriye Medrese, Hacı Hafız Mehmed. We have firmly resolved that as long as we remain in this world, we will pray for him with all our soul and spirit, and we will always include him in our spiritual gains, especially in the presence of Hafız Ali and Hasan Feyzi. That very important and successful servant of the Nur movement, who completed his perfect duty and departed, leaving behind numerous spiritual children and a worthy successor, and who withdrew to the realm of mercy and rest, at the same time, when I was giving my spiritual gains to the circle of my great teachers, Hafız Ali, Hafız Mehmed, Mehmed Zühtü, Savlı Ahmed, and Hasan Feyzi, I had seen for ten days without any hesitation that Hacı Hafız Mehmed, while still alive, was among them. I used to feel distressed, thinking, "Let him be among those who have passed away." I did not make any connection. I was amazed both that he was among the living and that he was in the circle of the teachers. Now, from your letter, it is understood that he was aware of his death as a miracle of his pure and sacred service. He was indicating, "I have a position between Hafız Ali and Hasan Feyzi." May Allah Almighty bestow mercy upon his soul and light upon his grave in the measure of the letters of the Risale-i Nur read and written at the Sava Nuriye Medrese, and may He inscribe them in his book of good deeds. Ameen. And may He enable the worthy successor Hafız Mehmed and his guardian Ahmed Zeki to continue his duty successfully, in the same system. Ameen. And may He bestow upon all of them graceful patience. Ameen. • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 150 ·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)

We have accepted the greetings written with the blessed pens of the esteemed mothers of the innocent, hardworking children, Yılmaz, aged seven, and Hüsnü, aged thirteen, who live in the house of our dear brother Hıfzı in Safranbolu, which is a small Nuriye madrasa, on behalf of all Safranbolu and the Eflâni madrasa-i Nuriyesi as a blessed offering for this Ramadan. Yılmaz's dream has come true exactly as he imagined. A part of the beautiful and sincere letter from Mustafa Sungur, one of the truly small heroes of Eflâni, will be included in the Lâhika. Indeed, Mustafa Osman finding two companions, Mustafa Oruç and Mustafa Sungur, and having very serious friends in the service of Nur, is a miracle of his sincerity and success. Especially we send our greetings and prayers to Ahmed Fuad, who is the Hasan Feyzi of Safranbolu, and to the others whose names appear in those letters, and we congratulate them on their extraordinary efforts. We send our greetings to all our brothers and sisters in thousands.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 186 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

THE SIXTEENTH PETITION Once, in my old age, I served a one-year sentence at Eskişehir prison and was then sent to Kastamonu. I was kept as a guest at the police station for two or three months. A man who is tired of meeting his loyal friends and who cannot tolerate changing his clothes, suffers so much in such places, it is understandable. While I was in this state of despair, suddenly, the Divine Mercy came to my aid in my old age. The commissioner at that police station, along with the police officers, became like loyal friends to me. They never once asked me to wear a hat, and like my servants, they took me around the city whenever I wished. Later, opposite that police station, I entered the Nuriye Medrese of Kastamonu and began composing the Nuri books. The brave disciples of Nur, such as Feyzi, Emin, Hilmi, Sadık, Nazif, and Salahaddin, continued the dissemination and publication of the Nuri books at that medrese. They vividly demonstrated the precious intellectual discussions I had with my former students in my youth. Then, our secret enemies, some officials and a number of envious teachers and sheikhs, spread false rumors against us. They caused us to be sent to the Denizli prison and brought together Nur students from five or six provinces at the Yusufiye Medrese. The details of this Sixteenth Petition are in the short letters I secretly sent to my brothers in Kastamonu and later in the Denizli prison, as well as in the Defense Pamphlet from my trial, which clearly reveals the truth of this Petition. I will briefly mention the details, referring them to the postscript and the defense. I had hidden important and secret manuscripts, especially those concerning Sufiana and the miracles of Nur, under the coal and firewood, waiting until after my death or until those in charge listened to the truth and changed their minds. But suddenly, the secret police and the assistant of the prosecutor raided my place. They took out those secret and important pamphlets from under the firewood. They arrested me and sent me to Isparta Prison in a very poor state of health.

Lem'alar ·Yirmi Altinci Lema ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere, blessed brothers; In Sabri's words, the Hizbü’l-Ekber-i Nurî, which is the Zülfikar of the Risale-i Nur, by the grace of God, has been written in a very bright, beautiful, careful, healthy, and almost error-free manner by our master. Hâfız Ali, Tâhirî, and Hâfız Mustafa have worked diligently in this task. They gave the Risale-i Nur a diamond sword. Brothers; At the same time that this sacred gift of yours entered this city, even before we received the news, when our country's students began a book, as a perfect example, five students of the Risale-i Nur, in different villages, without any knowledge from us or them via post, each individually prepared a small feast made of taam, as if it were the opening of this sacred book. Without any reason, all five coincided completely in a manner entirely contrary to the custom. We five—myself, Emin, Feyzi, Hilmi, and Tevfik—unanimously decided that this was absolutely not by chance. Therefore, this opening of the Nuriye Madrasa is a Nuriye miracle by the grace of God. Also, for thirty days and from Inebolu, they came one or two times a week, yet none of them had come suddenly, without reason. But a special student, on foot, arrived in three days with the Hizbü’l-Ekber. On the second day, as if sent for him, he took part of the printed Hizbü’l-Ekber-i Nuriye and took it away. • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 143 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him, glorifying His name, exalted is He. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Dear, sincere brothers; My Abdurrahman and little Ceylan, who took the name Husrev, fulfilled his duty in two or three places, and has now come. I am now sending him to Ankara as my representative, like Sungur, for a greater task. Second: I have sent some letters from certain individuals to you with the information. Third: Please inform me how much debt I may owe you for the copies of my Collected Sayings and the new letter from İnebolu, the History of Life, and the old letter from Cevşen that will be sent to me. The Everlasting is the Everlasting. Your brother Said Nursî • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 38 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

The Master's Return to Barla The Master had left Barla more than twenty years ago and had not returned since. He was more attached to Barla than to his own village of Nurs, for it was here that the Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light) began to be composed. From here, the "Words," "Letters," and "Nuri Lights," representing the guiding lights of the Holy Qur'an, spread outwards. In this respect, Barla was the first center of the Risale-i Nur school. Although his life in Barla was painful, spent in seclusion and under the shadow of hardship; yet, because it was the place where the truths of the Risale-i Nur were composed, it can be said that the sweetest and most beloved period of the Master's life was his time in Barla. This time, he was returning not in exile, not in imprisonment, but of his own will and freely. He arrived in Barla on a beautiful spring day. A significant portion of his students from Barla came to greet him. As the Master approached the Nuriye Madrasa, his eight-year residence, he could not hold back his emotions and tears flowed from his blessed eyes. The majestic plane tree seemed almost to greet him. Once before, after living in Barla for eight years, he had been transferred to Isparta. At that time, the blessed plane tree had symbolically mourned his departure, its branches with their grand wings expressing their devotion to God as they bid him farewell. Now, after a long separation, the joy of reuniting with the Master was expressed in prostration of gratitude to the Merciful Creator. The Master embraced the blessed plane tree and told the students and villagers nearby not to leave him alone, for he could not hold back his tears. Then he entered the room of the Nur school and stayed there for about two hours. His sorrowful weeping could be heard from outside. Yes, indeed, he was experiencing the boundless manifestations of Divine mercy. Once he had been driven from Eastern Anatolia to the outskirts of Isparta... From Isparta, he had been exiled to the mountainous region of Barla. And it was here that he would die and depart.

Tarihçe-i Hayat ·Isparta Hayati ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere, loyal, pure, and devoted brothers; I have a few brief words to say about my four or five brothers. First: We have seen the third offering of my dear brother Hacı Hâfız, the guide, founder, and administrator of the Medrese-i Nuriye. Even when he was in Barla, the miraculous and abundant sweetness of the morsels, and the two and a half kilograms of honey that sweetened the Risale-i Nuriye in Isparta, caused a wonderful incident. This third time as well, he has sent a gift representing a thousand blessed and innocent memories and compliments, a gift that cannot be broken. For the sake of those thousand memories, I have broken the rule of a sixty-year-old principle of life. Second: After he passed away, I had the chance to see the extraordinary and fortunate Mu’cizat-ı Kur’âniye written by Âtıf Hasan. If it were in my power, I would have paid a lira for each page. Insha'Allah, with that copy, thousands of people will benefit and it will become a source of life for his eternal life. It is the third of Hüseyn, and the brave Tahir. Third: The sincere and wise dream and consistent interpretation of Kâtip Osman, an old, important, and hardworking student of the Risale-i Nur, made them joyful and us as well. In his letter, he mentions that he is thinking of Hüseyn, Rushd, Hâfız Ali, Zühdü Bedevî, Nuri and Nur factory owner, the Tahir family, the blessed group, the Medrese-i Nuriye, the elderly and innocent children, and everyone. We also greet them one by one and pray for their success and safety. In this climate as well, perhaps in many places, your activities have inspired enthusiasm and caused the Risale-i Nur to be considered more, making the people of this world think and attract attention. Some small misunderstandings also arise from this. As always, caution is necessary. The fact that Hazrat Imam Ali (Radıyallahü Anh) said "secretly illuminated" twice indicates that the Risale-i Nur is secretly illuminating and transforming under the veil. Do not pay attention to or look at temporary winds as much as possible. After all, sincere unity and

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 89 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him. In His name, the Most High. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Beloved, sincere brothers; We congratulate you on your blessed Ramadan. May the Most Merciful of the merciful, out of respect for this blessed Ramadan, assist His ummah with His mercy. Amen. May He protect you from the calamities and deceptions, which are the manifestations of divine wrath. Amen. And may He make the students of the Risale-i Nur successful in spreading the lights of the Qur'an. Amen. We eagerly await the coming of the great party of the Qur'an. Secondly: In Hâfız Ali's letter, we announce the coming of the brave Süleyman Rüştü. We also greet him with "You have come through thousands of trials," and we congratulate him and his innocent ones in three respects. Also, the long letter that Hasan Âtıf wrote to our desert brother, whom he named Demirci Mehmet, has a significant effect on our brothers here in terms of sincerity. His effort to establish the secrets and principles of the Book of Sincerity made us very happy. May Allah increase such sincere brothers. And in Âtıf's letter, the precious connection of one or two distinguished elders from the Nuri School to the Risale-i Nur made us weep with joy. This time, as a repetition of the previous warning sent to you, we are sending a paragraph in the form of a warning to the young people in this dangerous situation; so that the direction, chastity, and following of the Sunnah of the young students of the Risale-i Nur, and how precious they are in terms of youth, and that true and joyful youth is the youth of those fortunate ones, can be proven once again, and to show who the true young Turks are. We greet and pray for all our brothers and sisters. And we ask for their blessed prayers during this blessed Ramadan and in these blessed days and nights that bring a thousandfold reward. 4 The Everlasting is the Everlasting Your brother Said Nursî • • •

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 109 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Through the letter of the village teacher of Alamescid, Ibrahim Edhem, it is clear that the six innocent young students of the blessed teacher, who fully participated in his lessons and entered the circle of Nur, thought deeply on their own and told their teacher, and wrote six letters with their own hands, that the old and sick Said received from each of these innocent ones a part of their lives, is indeed a truly amazing and admirable Nurian event. I too have accepted these blessed gifts from the innocent ones and, in turn, I give them to these little Saids as a gift, granting them to work in my place. May Allah make them successful. These little Saids are: Ibrahim, nine years old; Mustafa, eleven years old; Halil Ibrahim, twelve years old; Emin Yılmaz, fourteen years old; Mehmed, eleven years old; and Abdullah, twelve years old. There are many events that confirm the truth of the statement in the letter written by Hafiz Mehmed, the disciple and heir of the late Hacı Hâfız, the blessed master of the heroes of the Nuriye Madrasa, on behalf of all the students of that madrasa: "Engaging with Nur is a remedy not only for all kinds of calamities and diseases, but also for the terrifying death, showing the door to Paradise and exciting the hearts of the believers with eagerness." The innocent disciple also began his hafiz training and, insha'Allah, will be successful, continuing the blessed title of hafiz from his grandfather and father. In the short but meaningful and valuable letter of Mustafa Yıldız, one of the heroes of the Nuriye Madrasa with an emerald pen, the fact that the writing of the Sikke-i Gaybiye on oily paper is applauded in the spiritual sense by three or four boundaries shows that, insha'Allah, the Sikke-i Gaybiye will emerge in a brilliant style in the Nuriye Madrasa and will achieve beautiful openings. The short prayer sent by the hero Tahirî is healthy. But only the translation of the beginning part is available. Now, I cannot allow a full translation; it should be written exactly as it is. This short prayer shows that the egoistic tendencies and emotional inclinations of life had not yet taken control at the time of the composition of the Risale-i Nur, and with Nur

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 171 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Both very old and very faithful, and very capable, the brave Nuriye Medrese student Marangoz Ahmed, and in the beautiful and sorrowful letter about the blessed and miraculous death of the late master of the medrese, Hacı Hâfız, it is mentioned that the Nuriye Medrese students showed a pious attitude toward their late teacher. The rain stopped so as not to trouble them, not to wet them, and not to make them shiver, and it began only after the ceremony was over, which is a sign of great mercy descending upon the soul of that late person. May Allah, the Almighty, bestow mercy upon him and them in the measure of those drops of mercy. Ameen. • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 158 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Various Stages of Life in Isparta 1 Court Stages: Before the books were released, in relation to the Malatya incident, investigations were carried out in several provinces and towns, and courts were opened. In short: Cases were opened against the Nurlar and Nur followers in Mersin, Rize, and Diyarbakır; however, the courts ultimately acquitted them. In many provinces, investigations and searches were conducted, and the Isparta Public Prosecutor's Office initiated a general case against the Nur followers. An indictment was prepared against eighty accused Nur students and the file was submitted to the investigative judge. Many secret members of the police began to move among the Nur students, monitoring their every move. Investigations and interrogations were conducted in places such as Ankara, Istanbul, Adapazarı, Safranbolu, Karabük, Dinar, İnebolu, and Van. As a result of all these investigations and searches, no actions against the country or the nation were found; on the contrary, it was understood that they were engaged in scientific, religious, and patriotic services and moral efforts that filled every citizen with pride. It was also understood that their only goal and purpose was to read, teach, and publish the Risale-i Nur. A general opinion was reached that "we cannot find any crime in the Nur followers; no responsible or suspicious activities or actions have been observed." These investigations led to the understanding of the truth of the Risale-i Nur. In the end, the Nurlar were acquitted. Active Nur students in Urfa and Diyarbakır established a Nuriye madrasa each. They began to offer scientific lessons by reading the Risale-i Nur to the community, especially to students and youth from all social classes.

Tarihçe-i Hayat ·Isparta Hayati ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In the Name of the Sublime One 1 Beloved, sincere brothers; since the appointed time is not determined, and because my severe illness may come at any time, the wills I had written before this will, as well as this will, are written due to a severe and internal illness. I declare: After my death, the capital of the Risale-i Nur that I have in my custody is the capital preserved in Eskisehir for the purpose of printing our miraculous Qur'an. That capital is for the printing of the Qur'an with lithography and photographs. 2 The capital we have with us is the capital of the Risale-i Nur. Thanks be to the Most Merciful and Most Compassionate, seventy years ago, contrary to the customs of that time, I, despite my poverty, appointed them as beneficiaries, considering it a kindness and divine grace. Fifty to sixty years after that time, the Most Merciful and Most Compassionate, contrary to the customary tradition, adopted my principle. Spiritually and broadly, the Medresetü'z-Zehra, which could not fully provide for its expenses and whose students spent their time on the Risale-i Nur, now have the capital we have with us as their appointments, as a result of the divine kindness of that time. And for many years, just as I have done, I bequeath that my spiritual children and my debtors should do the same. God willing, when the complete Risale-i Nur begins to spread, that capital will be sufficient for many more self-sacrificing students who dedicate themselves to the Risale-i Nur. The spiritual Medresetü'z-Zehra and the Nuriye Medrese will open in many places. I ask my spiritual children, my beloved and self-sacrificing servants, and my brave and well-known brothers who have dedicated themselves to the Light, to help in the implementation of this will. Since I have no need for anything in terms of the Risale-i Nur, going to the world of purity is a comfort for me. Do not be distressed. Perhaps you should congratulate me, for I am going from hardship to mercy. Very ill Said Nursî Yes, we are witnesses to our Master's will. Emirdaglî Calışkan, Mustafa Acet, Safranbolulu Hüsnü, Ermenekli Zübeyir, Çoğollu Bayram • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 145 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere brother Osman Nuri; since the Almighty has gathered the most important young Said's in Ankara around you, because of your sacred intention and sincerity. Since you consider my presence in Ankara necessary. I am now sending the copies I have funded to my small Nuriya madrasa in my name. As many Said's as the number of these copies will become your neighbors. Also, these generous young men, with their loyalty and devotion, have served so far, each as a young Said, like five or ten Abdurrahman's. I am leaving young and hardworking Said's such as Sungur, Ceylân, Tillolu Said, Salih, Abdullah, Ahmed, Ziya to your side, both as my representative and your students, to my small Nuriya madrasa, as a kind of supervision and a sort of school, to your judgment. 1 The Everlasting is the Everlasting. Your brother Said Nursi • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 39 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

THE SIXTEENTH PETITION Once, in my old age, I served a one-year sentence at Eskişehir prison and was then sent to Kastamonu. I was kept as a guest at the police station for two or three months. A man who is tired of meeting his loyal friends and who cannot tolerate changing his clothes, suffers so much in such places, it is understandable. While I was in this state of despair, suddenly, the Divine Mercy came to my aid in my old age. The commissioner at that police station, along with the police officers, became like loyal friends to me. They never once asked me to wear a hat, and like my servants, they took me around the city whenever I wished. Later, opposite that police station, I entered the Nuriye Medrese of Kastamonu and began composing the Nuri books. The brave disciples of Nur, such as Feyzi, Emin, Hilmi, Sadık, Nazif, and Salahaddin, continued the dissemination and publication of the Nuri books at that medrese. They vividly demonstrated the precious intellectual discussions I had with my former students in my youth. Then, our secret enemies, some officials and a number of envious teachers and sheikhs, spread false rumors against us. They caused us to be sent to the Denizli prison and brought together Nur students from five or six provinces at the Yusufiye Medrese. The details of this Sixteenth Petition are in the short letters I secretly sent to my brothers in Kastamonu and later in the Denizli prison, as well as in the Defense Pamphlet from my trial, which clearly reveals the truth of this Petition. I will briefly mention the details, referring them to the postscript and the defense. I had hidden important and secret manuscripts, especially those concerning Sufiana and the miracles of Nur, under the coal and firewood, waiting until after my death or until those in charge listened to the truth and changed their minds. But suddenly, the secret police and the assistant prosecutor of the case raided my place. They took out those secret and important manuscripts from under the firewood. They arrested me and sent me to the Isparta Prison in a very poor state of health.

Lem'alar ·Yirmi Altinci Lema ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

2 And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him, 1 by His name, exalted is He. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, as many as the words and letters of the Qur'an 3. My beloved, sincere, and blessed brothers, and my strong, active, and persevering companions in the service of the Kur'an; Recently, six of us, led by the Carpenter Ahmed and ending with me, have been moved by spiritual considerations to address individual matters. First: In a letter from the active and genuinely hardworking student of the Risale-i Nur and the Nuriye Madrasa, the Carpenter Ahmed, it is mentioned that a ten-year-old innocent boy named Eşref, leaving his village and property behind, traveled from a distance of two days, and without having ever written anything before, managed to write the Risale-i Nur in ten days. This is said to be a miracle of the Risale-i Nur and a wonderful flower of the Nuriye Madrasa. Indeed, we too say: Just as the opening of beautiful flowers in a material winter is a wondrous power, in this spiritual and terrible winter of this age, the village of Sava, or the Sava tree, blooming with a thousand beautiful flowers and paradise fruits, and the garden of Isparta blooming with thousands of flowers of Muhammad (peace be upon him), is certainly a wondrous miracle of mercy, and an extraordinary act of divine care for this land, and an extraordinary favor from Allah for the students of the Risale-i Nur. We sincerely thank the Almighty for this. In the letter from the Carpenter Ahmed, the selfless students of the village of Dârıviran, who resemble the hardworking students of olden times, and the Nuriye Madrasa students who deeply miss us and the students of olden times, brought us great joy. The female students of the Nuriye Madrasa provide great spiritual support to the diligent pens through their Qur'anic prayers and writings. This is a perfect example for the women in this region. May Allah be eternally pleased with them, and with all the students and teachers of that Madrasa. Ahmed's dream is very blessed and beautiful. Hearing the strong voice of the Prophet Isa (peace be upon him) may indicate a strong support from the Isawiyya to the Hizbullah-i Kur'ân. The second man and his matter:

Kastamonu Lâhikası ·Mektup 91 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)