How the word "magfiret" (forgiveness) reflects this beautiful meaning is also connected with the sentence at the beginning of the chapter: "So that Allah may forgive your past and future sins." The beginning of the chapter does not refer to forgiveness from real sins, because there is no sin, only a name. Perhaps it is a meaning worthy of the station of prophethood, that the Prophet is given the glad tidings of forgiveness, and later the Companions are also given the glad tidings of forgiveness, thus adding another grace to that meaning.
Indeed, in the last three verses of the chapter of Feth (Victory), we have only mentioned seven of the many aspects of the miraculous nature of these verses. At the end of the 26th Statement, regarding the subject of free will and predestination, an important miraculous aspect of the lettering in the last verse is mentioned.
This last verse, while looking at the Companions with its words, also looks at the Companions' conditions through their records. And just as the words describe the qualities of the Companions, so too, through their lettering and the numerical repetition of the letters in that verse, it points to certain individuals in the famous groups of the Companions such as the Companions of Badr, Uhud, Hunayn, Suffa, and Rida. Moreover, through the repetition of letters and the use of abjad (numerical) calculations, it reveals more secrets, akin to a form of numerology and a key to it.
Glory to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, You are the All-Knowing, the Wise.
Lem'alar
·Yedinci Lema
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Here, O my brothers and companions in the service of the Qur'an! How would it be an injustice and a mistake to give all the honor and all the spoils of victory to the corporal of a detachment that has captured a fortress?
Similarly, you cannot give the share in the spiritual conquests achieved by your spiritual strength and your pens to a poor and helpless person like me. Indeed, in such a blessed community, there is a stronger spiritual sign than the hidden blessings, and I see it, but I cannot show it to everyone or to the general public.
THIRD SIGN
The treatises of the Risale-i Nur, which prove all the important religious and Qur'anic truths, even in a clear and evident manner, are a strong spiritual sign and a divine care.
Because among these truths there are some that even the great genius Ibn Sina, who was considered the greatest of intellects, admitted his helplessness in understanding and said, "The mind cannot find a way to them." The treatise "Tenth Word" conveys those truths, which even that genius could not grasp, to the common people and even to children.
For example, in solving the mystery of destiny and the nature of free will, the great scholar Sa'd al-Taftazani, in his famous book "Mukaddemât-ı Isna Aşer," which he composed in forty to fifty pages, could only explain these matters and could only convey them to the learned. In the same subject, the treatise "Twenty-Sixth Word," in just two pages of the Second Chapter, fully explains these same issues in a manner that can be conveyed to everyone. Is this not a work of divine care?
Moreover, that mystery of the world's hidden secrets and the enigma of the universe, which is called the secret of the world's hiddenness and the wonder of the cosmos, which cannot be discovered by any philosophy and which leaves all schools of thought in wonder, and which was revealed only through the power of the Glorious Qur'an—this difficult enigma and this astonishing mystery was revealed in the allusive point at the end of the Twenty-Fourth Letter and the Twenty-Ninth Word, and in the six wisdoms of the Thirty-First Word concerning the subtle atoms.
Mektubat
·Yirmi Sekizinci Mektup
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Second Letter
2 And nothing is there but exalts Him with praise, 1 in His name, the Most High.
Peace be upon you and upon your companions 3
Dear brothers; you asked me a question that night; I did not answer it. Because, it is not permissible to discuss matters of faith in the form of debate. You raised it in the form of debate. For now, I am writing a very brief answer to your three questions. The details can be found in the Sayings where Eczacı Efendi has written the names. However, the Twenty-Sixth Saying regarding destiny and free will had not come to my mind, so I did not tell you. Please also look at that, but do not read it like a newspaper.
The secret of my referring you to read Eczacı Efendi's Sayings is this: The doubts in such matters arise from the weakness of the pillars of faith. Those Sayings completely prove the pillars of faith.
YOUR FIRST QUESTION: What is the wisdom behind the expulsion of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) from Paradise and the entry of some of the descendants of Adam into Hell?
The answer: The wisdom is guidance. They were sent with a duty of such a task that the development and perfection of all human spiritual progress and all human potential, and the fact that the nature of humanity becomes a comprehensive symbol of the divine names, are the results of that duty.
Mektubat
·On Ikinci Mektup
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You have entered the courts not as a criminal or a prisoner, but perhaps as a teacher, a mentor, and a guide. In every court of justice, you displayed your greatest fear and reverence in a brilliant and dazzling manner. You purified them with the water of faith and the Qur'an.
"O my master, a servant and interpreter of the Risale-i Nur! O my master, the servant of Allah and the spiritual son of Imam Ali (r.a.), and the disciple of the great Gavs (k.s.)! Bring me into the presence of your sublime spiritual station. Here is a monthly ration and provisions, weighing about a kilo, wrapped in paper and hanging on a nail. In that state of poverty, he attains an inexhaustible existence. He fears receiving gifts and presents. If he had accepted alms and charity, and acts of voluntary giving, he would now be a millionaire."
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Among the nine reasons for the title Risale-i Nur, only one is attributed to them. They said, "We do not see any of the beloved disciples named Nur." As the footnote replies, now Nuri Benli and Küreli Saatçi Nuri are outstanding in the service of Nur. Thus, they cannot criticize, and are forced to rely on partial excuses.
The secret of naming the compilation of thirty-three Sayings, thirty-three Letters, thirty-one Lem'as, and thirteen Şuâs in the Twenty-Sixth Saying as Risale-i Nur is as follows:
Throughout my life, the word Nur has appeared everywhere to me. In particular, my hometown is Nurs, the name of my late mother is Nuriye, my Nakshbandi master is Sayyid Nur Muhammad, my Kadiri masters include Nureddin, my Qur'anic teachers include Nurî, and among my students, those with the most connection to me are those named Nur. (Interestingly, among the important disciples of Nur, no one is named Nurî.) Footnote: Furthermore, it is the Nur figures who most often explain and illuminate my books. Moreover, the majority of my difficulties in divine truths are resolved through the beautiful name of Nur from the ninety-nine names of Allah. Moreover, because of my intense longing and exclusive service to the Qur'an, my special imam is Osman-ı Zinnûreyndir (r.a.).
Şualar
·On Dorduncu Sua
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It is Sabri's joke.
O Lord of the Sublime, O Master of the Supreme, this time with His graceful and elegant coincidences, He extended His spiritual hand to the luminous travelers and with His index finger said, "We are not just aimless, haphazard things. Rather, we are unique stars of the inimitable celestial book of the Qur'an, which has developed and manifested through perfect balance, true coincidences, and an absolute analogy." Thus, the coincidences and harmonies of the sacred Book, observed as if greeting and responding to each other with spiritual companions on all sides, were also observed in the Tenth Word. The meaningful and wise coincidences and arrangements of this Word seem like the meetings of a few sincere and serious brothers and friends, who are drawn to each other with the utmost sincerity and earnestness. Each verse and word of the Glorious Qur'an, which has taken words and expressions under its control, illuminates them like the stars, which are the boundless electricities of the heavens, and with these subtleties, it leaves the conscious human being, fully included in the description of humanity, amazed and enchanted.
Indeed, it is also a matter of wonder that this blessed Tenth Word, whose subject is the important issue of resurrection, which is connected to and destined for the end of the universe, also demonstrates its final coincidence within the Risale-i Nur, which is itself a coincidence. The Qur'anic rivers, which are the rivers of paradise, surge and flow with various voices, so that the suns of the Qur'an, which rose rapidly and illuminated the needs of the peoples in the age of ignorance and the era of corruption, revived the slumber of the human race, and explained and illuminated it with an eternal and perpetual light. In this age of deviation and despair and the era of innovation and excess, may they be a balm for the wounded souls of the people of faith and unity.
Yes, for the past six or seven years, the blessed community, who have smelled the exquisite and unparalleled flower of Muhammad, and who have seen this beautiful and pleasant scene from the Sura of Kavser, have received their spiritual and mental rewards, by the grace of God and with gratitude. And at this point, my soul was certain that for a long time, the people of faith and unity, like the eternal and unsetting sun of Islam,
Barla Lâhikası
·Mektup 129
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In your letter, you mentioned the path of the Twenty-Sixth Word's Zeyl, which I have tried to follow according to the strength of my ability, and which is the way of humility, poverty, compassion, and contemplation. It is a short, Quranic, and luminous path that my beloved and esteemed teacher described, advised, and guided me to. May God willing, I will not deviate from this path. I hope that the duties and tasks entrusted to me under the name of service, which have never ceased, will decrease somewhat this year with your prayers and blessings, so that I can devote myself more to true service. And success comes from God.
Hulusi
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Barla Lâhikası
·Mektup 128
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