Zülfikar

Beloved, faithful brothers; Asâ-yi Mûsâ and Zülfikar, and the collections of Mu’cizât-ı Ahmediye and Kur’âniye, when you deem it appropriate, send them to the scholars around Ravza-i Mutahharan, and write to them: "The Nur Epistles' Medresetü'z-Zehra is a spiritually needy and humble student, a disciple who has been subjected to the attacks of fierce enemies, and a small circle and branch of your great medrese, which always turns towards the Islamic world. Therefore, we expect from those great teachers, compassionate fathers, and noble guides, full spiritual help for this poor child. The two books presented to our great teachers are like a student's evening submission to his teacher and father, to show how much he has understood his lessons. These two lessons of ours have been presented to those compassionate scholars for their kind and forgiving consideration. Please convey my greetings and respect, and my kiss upon their hands." The author of these epistles, Said Nursî, has been in seclusion for twenty-two years. Because of his complete isolation, he cannot meet with people. He can only speak briefly with others when absolutely necessary. He has no books with him. All his writings say, "The source and basis of these one hundred and thirty pieces of epistles is only the Qur’an." We also confirm this with all our strength. He is ill, in exile, and in a distressed condition. He asked us to request that you, like other scholars, look at his writings with kind and forgiving eyes, because sometimes mistakes may be found in the epistles he writes very quickly. We convey his request and kiss your hands. From the disciples of Nur, Tahirî, Hayri, Mustafa, Sadık, Osman, Hüsrev, Tahir • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 183 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

The treatise of Asâ-yı Mûsâ and Zülfikar presented to the blessed assembly of scholars around Ravza-i Mutahhara, upon whom be the best of prayers and peace, is both an intercessory means and sent to the author's behalf to visit those blessed places and hands to benefit from their auspicious prayers at the sacred site. This paragraph was written specifically for the Islamic communities of Cairo, Damascus, and India for those going to Ravza-i Mutahhara, the Mosque of al-Azhar, and the Islamic communities of Damascus and India. Exactly four Zülfikar and four Asâ-yı Mûsâ were written at the beginning, two copies each were sent to the scholars of Cairo's al-Azhar Mosque, the scholars of Damascus, and the group in India who requested Qur'ans in exchange for two million pounds.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 182 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Firstly: The services of the noble hero Nazif and his truly noble-hearted and sincere friends, in serving Nur with machines and other means, are in a position that will genuinely make this country grateful. May Allah grant them success. Ameen. Especially because the products of their machines are beautiful, clear, and healthy (Footnote 1), this is a great success. May Allah give Nazif many more Salahaddins and Ibrahims. My brother Nazif has asked me to write a short piece in my own handwriting at the beginning of Zülfikar. He sent four pages with oil, but due to my current health condition, I could not personally write them with my own handwriting, so I will dictate the text and have my permanent scribe write it. Some words will be written by me. I have received three types of material donations from my dear brother Nazif, on behalf of the Istanbul and İnebolu Nur followers, as Eid and New Year offerings. I accepted them in general on their behalf, contrary to my usual practice. May Allah be pleased with them, Ameen. For their sake, I broke my rule. And also, the Nur Zülfikar, which is both spiritual and heavenly, and the second Salahaddin, the young Ibrahim, who has written the majority of the Words in a very beautiful manner, and my dear brother Mustafa Osman, who is sincere and connected to Nazif, we also received two collections sent on behalf of the general Safranbolu Nur followers. May Allah write good deeds in their account books according to the number of letters in Zülfikar and those two collections, and for each letter, grant them a hundred mercies. Ameen. Indeed, Mustafa Osman has found two important and very hardworking individuals. Just as Nazif found Salahaddin and Ibrahim, he has found teacher Ahmed Fuad and Mustafa Oruç from the Darülfunun. With those two, may Allah have them do much work for Nur. In fact, the transition of such individuals as Mustafa Oruç and teacher Ahmed Fuad to Nur service in such an influential way is alleviating the pain of the death of Denizli hero Hasan Feyzi to some extent. Small Ibrahim, becoming a second Salahaddin for Nazif, is working very seriously for Nur and the machine, along with his wife and children, his brother, and his companion.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 141 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Dear, sincere brother Refet Bey; for the honor of the Holy Qur’an, for the sake of your love for the Qur’an, and for the honor of your twenty years of service to faith with the Lights, give up and refrain from quarreling with each other and from causing enmity, which is like lighting fire to gunpowder, and which is a great help to the hidden hypocrites who are secretly trying to destroy us, and who are small in appearance but very dangerous and cruel in their nature. Otherwise, it is very likely that even a small personal right will cause great damage to us, to the service of the Qur’an, and to faith. I assure you with my soul that even if one of you were to insult me greatly and completely trample on my dignity, yet if he does not abandon the service of the Qur’an, of faith, and of the Lights, I would forgive him, reconcile with him, and try not to be angry. Since you know that our enemies are trying to take advantage of a petty quarrel, quickly make peace. Give up senseless and very harmful enmity. Otherwise, some of us, like Semsi, Shefik, and Tevfik, may be drawn to the adversaries and cause great damage and a serious defect to our service of faith. Since the Divine Providence has so far given much more than the loss in that system, I hope Allah will again come to our aid. Said Nursî • • • Dear, sincere brothers; the Director has greatly appreciated the "Ayat al-Kabir" and the "Guide." Now he wants the "Asa al-Musa" and the "Zulfiqar." I have also promised, "I will bring it to you." If they are available here in Afyon, order one "Asa al-Musa," one large and bound "Zulfiqar," one "Guide," and one "Ayat al-Kabir." Said Nursî • • •

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

I received a letter stating that on behalf of our dear brothers from İnebolu, Nazif Çelebi sent Eid greetings, and that Zülfikar continued his service with great attention, importance, and caution, and completed the "Mu'cizât-ı Kur'âniye" and also completed a part of its copies. Additionally, it stated that Abdurrahman Salâhaddin, who taught the "Asâ-yı Mûsâ" and "Mu'cizât-ı Ahmediye" to American missionaries for four or five months, gifted and sent these works to the Câmiü'l-Ezher on our behalf through a reliable means. It also mentioned that an important Nur student, Ahmed Kureyşî, gave one hundred banknotes at the expense of their machine. To our brave brother Nazif, and to the very serious and persevering and fully committed İnebolu Nur adherents, and to Ahmed-i Kureyşî and his companions, we heartily and sincerely congratulate them on their Eid, their continuous service, their great loyalty, Zülfikar's printing and success, and Salâhaddin's efforts to establish relations with Câmiü'l-Ezher and Medresetü'z-Zehra. May Allah make them successful. Ameen. And may He accept their services completely. Ameen. • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 136 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In the Twenty-Ninth Letter of Risale-i Nur, the wisdom behind the mixed presence of writings such as "Hücumat-ı Sitte" and its Zeyli, "İşârât-ı Seb'a", and "Telvîhat-ı Tis'a" with the Kur'anic symbols and the Nuri similarities, was to serve as a means for the courts and the learned people to remain silent and not hold us responsible for them. As if those symbols, those deep and subtle matters, said to them in a language of gestures: "Be reasonable, do not associate with those who have worked so deeply into the mysteries of the Qur'an." Now, however, that mixed situation is no longer appropriate. Because only one out of twenty of them needs and understands those symbols and similarities, while nineteen out of twenty can need and understand the other writings within. The Nur disciples here are saying: "Our Denizli brothers looked at our miraculous Qur'an for three years. If they allow it, we will look at it for three months. And from here we will communicate with Istanbul and take photographs to work on the printing of the Nur Party, the Qur'anic Party, etc." Tell our friend and brother who asked through the American Ambassador in Istanbul to send Zülfikar and an Asa-i Musa to the Muslim delegation in America that the ambassador's mind is occupied with politics and since Risale-i Nur has no connection with politics, a political mind cannot quickly appreciate it. Moreover, Risale-i Nur does not seek customers; rather, customers should seek it and implore it. America, which eagerly follows even the smallest events here, will certainly seek out Risale-i Nur, the greatest event here. From now on, in every matter, the command will be from the devoted disciples of Risale-i Nur who represent its spiritual person and from you. I also have my own opinion now. Greetings to all my brothers, and I pray for their safety and ask for their prayers. Your brother who sends thousands of greetings and prays for their well-being... • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 167 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Again, when Ahmed Feyzi attributes a part of the excellence of Risale-i Nur to his own teacher and says that this time is a means of guidance, he is taking responsibility for it. However, everyone praises and eulogizes a person they love in an exaggerated and excessive manner, which is not wrong even by custom, tradition, or knowledge, yet it has no relation at all. Error 57: In this way, strange claims may lead to a state of suspicion about one's prophethood. Response: I say by God that this is an accusation, attribution, and error. These attributions, which no one would ever think of and which cannot deceive anyone who knows us, certainly have no meaning outside of law, politics, and administration, and they are nothing more than the false accusations that even Satan could not make anyone believe. Error 58: In the "Elderly" treatise, some writings such as "The Seventh Request" were seen as actions and in nature encouraging the people against the state, and a verdict of guilt was given in the Eskişehir Court. Response: This is also an obvious mistake. The Seventh Request and the Elderly treatise did not cause the accusation and breach of security; rather, they may have saved me from oppression in many ways. The light punishment given in Eskişehir was based on a conscientious opinion and was related to an issue in the Treatise on Modesty. Such errors occur due to the negligence and superficiality of the accusers. Error 59: Hüseyin Altınbaşak wrote periodicals such as Asâ-yı Mûsâ and Zülfikar using Arabic letters, which is contrary to the Turkish Alphabet Law. Response: So far, the Arabic script and calligraphy have been considered the old script of the Turkish nation. Therefore, blaming Hüseyin Altınbaşak, who wrote Asâ-yı Mûsâ using the Arabic script while calling Latin letters Turkish letters, is wrong in several ways, and people of fairness understand this.

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere brothers; First: With all our soul and life, we congratulate you on the Night of Bara'at. Second: It is very good and very beautiful that an important commander and publisher of Nur, Re'fet Bey, is going to Istanbul for the service of Nur. Indeed, someone like him is needed there. May Allah make it successful. Amen. Third: I have prepared three Asas al-Musa and three Zülfikar, two of which are for the scholars of Al-Azhar Mosque, two for the scholars around the sacred garden of the Holy Medina, and two for the esteemed religious authority of Damascus. A letter addressed to you previously for the scholars of Al-Azhar is included at the beginning. We will send them as soon as possible, insha'Allah. Fourth: I have a strong need for your spiritual services and prayers, and for your support in the spiritual gains that I cannot achieve in my place. First reason: I have never felt the current weakness and the increasing frailty throughout my life. Despite many difficulties, I can manage my affairs, even if they are somewhat incomplete. However, I need to work a hundred times more during these blessed days and nights. While I should contribute to your spiritual company and join your prayers with a thousand times more sincerity, my lack of strength can only offer a very small help to that spiritual company. The solution is that, just as your duties in the Nur Service have been entrusted to you, I ask for divine mercy to work according to your good opinion of this weak brother, relying on your spiritual support and going far beyond my capacity and ability in that company. Second reason: Some people, both from you and from others, mistakenly attribute the extraordinary states and results that emerge from the essence of the Risale-i Nur and the spiritual character of its disciples to this poor brother of mine. Therefore, a great power and endurance are needed to face those great results. My very limited and personal efforts, along with this illness and weakness, certainly make me very dependent on your spiritual help. I also urge you to bring your spiritual support to me.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 181 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

With boundless gratitude and praise, I thank you that your letters have dispelled my many anxious concerns regarding both Husrev and his friends and machines, and Nazif and his assistants and machine, and their ability to continue in this sacred new service. Praise be to Allah a thousand times. Even the day before I received your letters, I had gone out for a drive in the car. Suddenly, it seemed as if the bird of Solomon, praised in the Qur'an, wished to bring me a message. For about fifteen minutes, it followed our path, flying left and right, then landing and flying again, in a strange manner I had never seen before. I was convinced that I would receive good news the next day. I told this to Nuraddin, who was driving me. He, too, was amazed by the bird's strange behavior. Suddenly, as if we had uncovered its secret, the bird vanished. The next day, I received both the consoling letter from Nazif and the new product of his machine, and the letter of concern from Abdurrahman Salahaddin, and the resignation of the governor of Ankara, Nevzat, who had caused me trouble for a hat, along with his own punishment and the fact that no attack had occurred against Zülfikar and that the service continued. I also received letters from the brave men of Medresetü'z-Zehra, who calmly continued their support for Zülfikar and explained the true situation. I received letters of congratulations from my dear friends Atabey, from Lütfi's heirs, and from the capable friends of the late Hafız Ali, who were entrusted with his affairs and service to Nur. I also received a letter from Imam Ali of Ali Village, who had behaved very bravely in this new attack and had given noble and truthful answers to the government's questions, worthy of the disciples of Nur. I said, "Indeed, the bird's message has proven true." Just as the treatise "Asa-yi Musa" rescues those who are lost in nature and is necessary and essential for everyone, especially those who fall into doubt and disbelief in this age, so too is Zülfikar essential for the people of faith, the people of knowledge, and especially for the memorizers of the Qur'an. Every memorizer of the Qur'an has a strong need for this collection in this time. This work, which explains the forty ways of the recitation of the Qur'an, is essential for every hafiz.

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

It is a defense of Tahirî. I am being brought to the Afyon Ağırceza Court, accused together with my master Bediüzzaman Said Nursî and other friends, based on the article "inciting the people to actions that will disrupt the state's security by using religious feelings as a tool," which was notified to me by the Afyon Chief Prosecution Office. I have answered all the questions asked in both the Isparta Peace Court and the Afyon Inquiry Office truthfully. The Denizli Court, which acquitted us, returned all our books to us. It did not punish us for reading and writing the Risales of my master Bediüzzaman or for corresponding with my fellow students who are his disciples. Indeed, six years ago, without my master's permission, I had 500 copies of Bediüzzaman's Yedinci Şuâ book printed in Istanbul using my own old handwriting and funds. The Denizli Court, with its decision dated 20.7.1945, fully trusted me and delivered them to me, and they were distributed to the Nur students at the cost of printing. Therefore, relying on the ruling of this high court, which was confirmed by the High Court of Cassation, two years ago I brought a printing press and paper from Istanbul to Isparta. Two of the three collections you have in your possession were written by my brother Hüsnü Altınbaşak, and one was written by me. First, we printed the collection Zülfikar: Mu'cizât-ı Kur'âniye ve Ahmediye. We sold it partially. With the money we earned, I bought and brought the paper for the collection Asâ-yı Mûsâ. Then we printed the Asâ-yı Mûsâ collection and sold it as well.

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

With the principle of freedom of thought and freedom of conscience, some disciples of the Risale-i Nur, without interfering with the administration, if they do not accept your system and method scientifically and act contrary to it, even if they show enmity towards the owner of the regime, they are not subject to legal action. We have said that such writings are secret and have prohibited their publication. Indeed, the writing that caused this incident was brought to me once or twice in eight years in Kastamonu, in a single copy. We lost it the same day. Now you are forcing to display it publicly and have announced it. It is well known that if there is a fault in a letter, only the faulty words are censored, and the rest is allowed. After four months of investigation in the Eskişehir Court, they found only fifteen words in the hundred Nur writings that could be criticized, and now in only two pages of the four-hundred-page Zülfikar, there is a thirty-year-old interpretation of inheritance and modesty verses that does not conform to the current civil law. This definitely proves that his target is not the world. Everyone needs him. That four-hundred-page Zülfikar, which is beneficial to everyone, cannot be confiscated for just two pages. Remove those two pages, return our collection to us; and its return is our right. If you consider atheism as a kind of politics, and as some say in this incident, you say, "You are spoiling our civilization and our pleasures with your writings," I say, "An atheistic nation cannot live," which is a general principle in the world. And especially if it is absolute disbelief, it causes a punishment in this world even more severe than Hell, which the Risale-i Nur's Guide for Youth has proven very definitely. That writing is now officially banned. A Muslim, God forbid, if he apostatizes, falls into absolute disbelief; he does not remain in a moderate disbelief. He does not become like foreign atheists. And in terms of the pleasure of life, he is a hundred degrees lower than an animal without past or future. Because the deaths and eternal separations of past and future beings, due to his error, continuously pour countless sorrows and pains into his heart.

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Indeed, it is a great blessing for those regions that Mustafa Osman, who served much in a short time like the late Hasan Feyzi and who had a deep concern for the Nurlar, found as evidence of the acceptance of his service, Hasan Feyzi and two teachers, Ahmed Fuad and Mustafa Sungur, who were like two teachers in spirit and sincerity, and two high-level students, Mustafa Oruç and Rahmi, and that the Risale-i Nur was served by those strong hands. Moreover, some of the revised letters that we have included in our addendum, written jointly by Mustafa Osman and teacher Mustafa Sungur, show that a symbol like the late Hasan Feyzi has begun to develop there; may God allow them to save the faith of many poor souls. Especially in their nature and similar to the innocent heroes of Isparta, the fact that a boy named Rahmi, a fourteen-year-old student, regards the lessons of the Nurlar as the purpose of his life truly gladdens us and the Nur followers. It is a good deed for the salvation of the youth in those regions. We congratulate our brother Hafiz Mustafa, who was entrusted with all the Risale-i Nur books by the late martyr Hafiz Ali, who wrote them in the most excellent style and was a hardworking colleague and a loyal heir in the Nur factory, and Ahmed Fuad, who ensured that all the books reached his hands, and our brother Hafiz Mustafa, who delivered the trust to him, and the people of Safranbolu and our brothers there with our soul and heart. May God allow each banknote given to Zülfikar to bring a thousand profits and contribute to thousands of good deeds. We greet him, his brother Hafiz Ibrahim, the new devoted teacher Mustafa Sungur, the young Selahaddin Rahmi, and all our brothers there, especially Mustafa Osman and Hifzi. • • •

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

Beloved, faithful brothers; First of all: With all our soul and spirit, we ask for the mercy of the Almighty that we may congratulate you on the blessed and fruitful and miraculous and rainy Mirac-ı Şerif and be honored with its examples. And this year, just as last year, the rain coming in an unprecedented manner before and during the Mirac night and continuing throughout the Mirac night and day, is not only a sign that the universe and the elements are applauding this blessed night, but also our conviction is firm that it is an indication of the conquests of Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ—especially in official circles. And the sudden disappearance of a severe discomfort and pain, which was to some extent an obstacle to work, up to the middle of this blessed night, convinced me that the prayers of my brothers for my health and well-being were accepted and that for a part of that night, each hour was as meritorious as ten hours. I took this as a kind of spiritual message and thanked Allah. I said, "Mercy upon the merciful, infinite thanks." Secondly: There is no doubt that our brother Re'fet Bey, a commander of the Light, has rendered a great service to the Lights in a short time through his journey to Ankara. God willing, its results will soon be seen. Especially the fact that the officials of the Presidency of Religious Affairs generally appreciate and praise the Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ collections, and promise not to criticize but perhaps to support and defend them, is a very important event and a bright announcement for Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - I ·Mektup 177 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Rabian: I had given the introduction of Taşköprülü Sadık Bey to Sabri for publication. If it has been written, the revised piece will be sent to him. Please send me a newly written copy. I also have a copy of Sadık's poem; if you don't have one, I will send it to you. Said Nursî • • • Dear, sincere brothers; Firstly: I congratulate you and your imprisoned friends on your holiday. I consider those who greet you as if they have greeted me. Know and inform that I have personally visited you for the holiday. Secondly: The news we received about the iron stove breaking without cause, and we too, taking full precautions and caution based on that sign, the storm passed, the gunpowder did not ignite. Now again, the fact that my matara has been shattered into tiny pieces without cause in an extraordinary way, is informing us that we must once again take full caution, prudence, and precaution. I received a spiritual warning, and hidden hypocrites are trying to use prayerless, immoral people and apostate communists against the pious; indeed, they have even extended their fingers here. A Small Note: Yesterday, there was a sense of joy and happiness in my heart. Suddenly, I looked and saw that my brother in Nurs had sent me the honey of Nurs in a matara eight months ago to Emirdağ. Yesterday, it also arrived from Emirdağ. "Quickly bring it to me," I said. I waited, but it did not come. That joy turned into anger. Because of the precious matara of honey that I had kept with me for about a hundred mataras, being given to wild hands and sent to the market, that matara suddenly broke. For forty-eight years, I had not tasted the honey of my village Nurs, which is a symbol of my family's honor. I sent a small amount so that each of my brothers could taste a piece of that sweet honey as a holiday treat. Said Nursî • • •

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

The following note should be written at the beginning of the volumes published with the machine: After two years of investigation by both the Ankara and Denizli courts and the experts, it was decided that we are acquitted and that the general books of the Risale-i Nur should be handed over to me. Therefore, there is no obstacle to the publication of these works. One of the books of the Risale-i Nur given to me is the volumes of this collection. The religious activities carried out in schools and mosques in Isparta can be considered as spiritual conquests of Zülfikar. God willing, just as Isparta has become a school of Lights, it will also serve as an example to other provinces; God willing, it will also become a model of the finest examples and the best embodiment in Islamic matters. FOOTNOTE • • •

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

And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him. In His name, exalted is He. Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you forever, always. Beloved, sincere brothers; First: I saw the Tahirî on behalf of all of you, and I have also sent to our own account, to all of you, a complete Said and a living letter. And today, from Sandıklı, Ethem Hoca and Mustafa Hoca have arrived, and they have gone to the Nurlu duties. Second: Our brother Hulusi Bey is requesting Zülfikar and Siracü'n-Nur, and then the Sikke-i Gaybiye. Let the Nur center communicate with Sabri and try to send it. Third: The Risale-i Nur is spreading and opening new horizons by itself, both internally and externally. We are hearing that even the most hardened atheists are being compelled to surrender. However, we believe that a certain degree of caution is necessary at this time, especially the Sirâcü'n-Nur within the Beşinci Şuâ should not be given into unworthy hands. Imam Ali (r.a.) by naming the Risale-i Nur as Sirâcü'n-Nur and by secretly calling it tenevveret, is indicating that Sirâcü'n-Nur will be more of a hidden transformation. We believe that there is a hidden sign indicating that Sirâcü'n-Nur will bring about more transformation behind the curtain. We greet all of you. The Everlasting is He who remains. Your brother Said Nursî • • •

Barla Lâhikası ·Mektup 290 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

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.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 35 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

It is a footnote to the defense. In this sense, you can write to the just Democrats. I am ill. Do as you see fit. In the letter we received from our lawyer a day before, in a style not conforming to any law, within thousands of words, a treatise, taking only one word as an excuse, making it a subject of accusation, and trying to prevent the spread of the Risale-i Nur by not giving that treatise, in the decision that the Court of Cassation completely overturned, we proved with absolute certainty that the decisions they cited against us were not actually against us, and that we proved the eighty-one errors and the bias in the error-and-fault table against the public prosecutor's indictment, yet now, with the same bias and the four-hundred-page Zülfikar treatise, a few lines of asceticism and inheritance rights, and based on the fact that a hundred thousand interpretations say the same meaning, they are making sentences written thirty or forty years ago into a subject of accusation, confiscating that collection and not giving it to us. Which law in the world allows this? Moreover, in Afyon's court, except for two pieces on the repetition of the Qur'an and on angels, all works were acquitted by both Denizli and Ankara High Criminal Courts for two years, as they found no subject of accusation and decided to return them to us. The same works were completely taken by Isparta's government for a while through confiscation, yet they were entirely returned to their owners. Later, Zülfikar and Asa-yi Musa were confiscated for four years on the excuse of being published without a license and in old script, yet in one hundred and seventy copies of the collection, they found no subject of accusation and returned them completely to us. And the most important accusation against us, which they presented, was our objection to some leaders of the old party on the grounds of truth. Now, religious publications and official journals have made the same objection a hundred times more, yet the Risale-i Nur, a secret part of which has proven a truth that determines the present time in the context of interpretation, said, "It is a dead sect." This is the truth.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 58 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful - and with His help. 1 The third part of a single lesson of the Third Yusufi Madrasa Introduction As in the second part, which was written with the spiritual command of the Fatiha in prayer and the grace of "I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah," so too the tashahhud in prayer is also written with the words of "And I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," with a spiritual invocation, and at the end of Surah Al-Fath "He is the One who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religions, and Allah is sufficient as a witness. - Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, compassionate among themselves." etc. 4 I was compelled to write the third part of the lesson with the light of the great verse that reveals five hidden miracles, for three reasons which I cannot now explain. I refer the detailed explanation, clarification, and documented evidence to the works "Zülfikar" on the Prophethood of Muhammad, "Mu'jizat-ı Ahmediye," and "Ayetü'l-Kubra" of the Arabi Nurci Order. I will only give a very brief, very short three indications, a summary of the summary of the Arabi Nurci Order, and as a constant recitation of the word of unity that I repeated in the glorification, as a brief treatise written here, as a kind of translation of the parts related to the testimony "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," to be written in the Second and Third Indications.

Şualar ·On Besinci Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Beloved, sincere brothers; First: Infinite thanks be to the Almighty, we received with great joy five copies of Asa from the Musa treatise and the Sikke-i Gaybiye treatise, which had been detained in the court for three years. May the Almighty be forever pleased with you. Amen. Second: The errors corrected in the Zülfikar copy given by the court have not been corrected in this copy. In the fourth zeyl of the Mu'cizat al-Kur'aniyya, on the one hundred and first page, the eighth line, "hem lâm" is an error. It should be "hem lâ". Because in the Qur'an, lâm occurs thirty thousand times, and lâ occurs nineteen thousand times. Third: A person with the new script is asking a question in a letter written to the Isparta Sümerbank Factory. On my behalf, you may recommend the Kader treatise to him. I am both unwell and unable to write personal letters. Also, Zubeyir has gone to Ankara. Moreover, I do not know the new script either. I have sent you the information. Fourth: I have also sent fifty pounds for my expenses with the driver Abdurrahman. The books you sent me and the remaining debt of the Collected Sayings should be deducted from my debt. It was very urgent. I send many greetings to all. • • •

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Our beloved and highly esteemed heroic brother Sungur; First of all: We send thousands of greetings, and may Allah grant you success and prosperity in your service to the Nur. Secondly: We are informing you about a very important and confidential matter. According to the information we have received, "one hundred and seventy volumes of the Asâ-yı Mûsâ and Zülfikar collections, which were seized by the Isparta judiciary—those collections were confirmed by the current Minister of Justice to be released and returned, and were previously given to our Master in Denizli—have been decided to be destroyed. We have no doubt that this terrible decision, which will anger the heavens and the earth and make the living weep, is a plan devised by the fragmented devils of the Democratic Party against the People's Party. Because the devils have realized that the Nur students protect the Democrats and that the Democrats are a strong support for them. They are trying to make the Nur students hate the Democrats and to destroy the government. In order for this plan to be prevented, our collections to be saved, and our books in Afyon to be fully returned, our Master entrusts you with working with great importance and effort. Ziya, Zübeyir • • •

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Holy See Chancery Office Head of the Chancery No: 232247 Vatican, February 22, 1951 Dear Sir, The beautiful work written in the calligraphic style named Zülfikar has been presented to His Holiness the Pope through the Vatican representative office in Istanbul. I am instructed to convey to you that His Holiness is very pleased with your kind gesture and wishes to pray for the blessings of God upon you. On this occasion, I extend my regards to you, dear sir. Signature Head of Vatican Chancery • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 59 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

2 And indeed, nothing exists but praises Him, 1 in His name, exalted is He. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. 3 (This is a footnote to the appeal and defense to the Supreme Court.) Beloved, sincere brothers; In this context, you can write to the just Democrats. I am ill; do as you see fit. In a letter we received a day earlier from our lawyer, he informed us that "They are trying to distinguish between the parts of our books that are and are not related to the alleged offense." Again, in the same manner as they have done until now, without adhering to any law, they are trying to take a single word from thousands of words in a treatise and make it the subject of an offense, and by not giving that treatise, they are trying to prevent the spread of the Nurlar in a biased manner. In that decision, which the Court of Cassation completely overturned, they indicated the subject of the offense, even though there was no such offense against us. Despite the fact that we proved with absolute certainty the eighty-one errors and the biased nature of the public prosecutor's indictment, now they are again, with the same biased intent, trying to make a few sentences written thirty or forty years ago in the Zülfikar treatise, which consists of four hundred pages, the subject of an offense, and by confiscating that great collection and not giving it to us, which law in the world would allow this? Moreover, except for two small parts in the Afyon Court regarding the repetition of the Qur'anic verses and the subject of angels, all the works were held for two years, and both the Denizli and the Ankara High Criminal Court decided on our acquittal, finding no subject of offense and deciding to return them to us. The same works were completely taken by the Isparta government for a while through confiscation, but were entirely returned to their owners. Later, the Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ were confiscated for four years on the pretext of being published without a license and in old script, yet in one hundred and seventy copies of the collection, they found no subject of offense and returned them to us completely. The objection we made to some leaders of the old party on the grounds of truth, which they presented as our most important offense.

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 37 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings forever, always, by His glory. Beloved, sincere brothers; First: Our miraculous and gilded Quran, written in a style that even visually demonstrates the kind of miracle in the lettering of the Quran, was previously sent to Germany for binding, and although efforts were made in Istanbul, it was abandoned due to the excessive cost of binding it in three colors. This time, a sample was sent to Italy, which has advanced significantly in printing, for binding. If possible in Istanbul, another attempt will be made for binding. For now, it will be bound with one color ink while maintaining the same quality, and this will be done elsewhere. After that, insha'Allah, it will be bound fully gilded and in three colors in a place like Egypt, Germany, or Italy. Second: An Arabic commentary of the Quran and the Arabic version of the Risale-i Nur, which is a noble poem and is of the size of a Zülfikar and worthy of being written in gold, will also be compiled and completed insha'Allah. These works, composed forty years ago and which are very extraordinary, very important, and highly elaborate, with each topic being a separate book and a separate treatise, were fully praised and appreciated by the true, famous, and great scholars and religious leaders of that time. And regarding one of those treatises, they said, "This is not a drop, but an ocean," expressing its excellence, yet they realized they could not fully comprehend it. We announce these two very important works of Risale-i Nur. We await your prayers for success. We send many greetings to you all and wish you success. The Everlasting is the Everlasting. Your brothers, Ceylân, Zübeyir • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 96 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

It is a petition sent to the Council of Representatives. I have a very important request to make to the Council of Representatives. In the compilation of the Risale-i Nur, there is a part called Siracü'n-Nur, which consists of more than three hundred pages. There is also the Fifth Şuâ, which is about fifteen pages long, written many years ago, and which was the reason for the compilation of that collection by the Council of Representatives. This Fifth Şuâ has brought many benefits to everyone, especially to those who have suffered calamities, the elderly, and those who have fallen into doubts about faith. We request the Council of Representatives to remove and prohibit the harmful part that was suspected to be harmful from Siracü'n-Nur, and to allow the publication of the remaining three hundred pages, so that all those who need comfort, the elderly, and those in need of the truths of faith can fully benefit from it. Also, in our four-hundred-page Zülfikar, there are two verses about heredity and modesty, written thirty years ago in response to European philosophers, and their interpretation is two pages long. Also, in the thirty-year-old book İşârâtü'l-İ'câz, there is a line about the verse 1 "Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury," which was written about banks. Also, thirty years ago, when I was at Dârü'l-Hikmet, there was a line written in response to six questions about Islamic leadership asked by the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of England. These writings have been confiscated on the grounds of two pages and one line not being compatible with the current civil law. However, our Zülfikar compilation, which has been greatly praised in the Islamic world and has actually been seen to have great benefits, and which marvelously proves the three pillars of faith, should be returned to us, and it is our right.

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

In the Name of Allah, the Sublime, 1 First: May Allah grant you health and well-being through your lips and hands, and I ask from the Lord of the Universe for your needs and eagerly await your prayers, my master. Second: There is nothing left to be anxious about. The anxiety of March 5 found relief on April 18. The police office became the Nur office. The prosecutor of Tarsus investigated and said at that time, "Return these books." The commissioner told me, "Go, get the ones in Mersin, come back, and give them all together," so he sent me to Mersin. The Mersin police said, "We sent your books to Ankara; if they arrive, we will give them to you, if not, there are no books here." I returned and went back to the Tarsus commissioner. The commissioner, bowing his head, replied, "Teacher, we are just following orders. Do not be upset, do not take it to heart. We cannot give your books without an order." On April 18, they said, "Your books have arrived. Go and get them." I went immediately. I understood that the books Zülfikar, Sikke-i Tasdik, Tılsım, Afyon Müdafaanız, and finally these five books had arrived from Ankara, from the wrapped paper outside. In the end, they handed us the books with a document saying, "There is nothing preventing the sale." I gave the commissioner a Tılsım collection, to the police officer Ethem Bey a Hülâsa and a new alphabet version of Tarihçe-i Hayat. They were very pleased. They also became Nur followers. My master, you said, "This side's duty is yours." I promised, and when I left from Isparta, I said I would return in March. Because I could not reach Gaziantep and Maraş, my soul says, "You did not fully fulfill your duty." My master, a year before going to Eskisehir, three or four months after our first meeting, I had a dream in which my master came to our house. You said to me, "If I send you somewhere, would you go?" I said, "Yes, master." You said, "I will send you somewhere for three months." I immediately started walking. You gave me an order to "stop," so I stopped. You said, "Have I given you the order to go now?" I immediately woke up. Since then, I have been wondering. "Has this year's order come? And will a three-month journey be granted to us?"

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 62 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

To the Ministry of State: We are revealing to you a very important and devilishly planned scheme against the Democrats, arranged in a way that even the devil would find difficult to imagine, regarding the fate of the homeland and the nation. Namely: The members of the Nur students' community, which was founded by Bediüzzaman Said Nursî, who for twenty-seven years fought with extraordinary self-sacrifice against atheism, absolute despotism, and extreme oppression through secret publications, have been protecting the Democratic Party. The fragmented factions of the People's Party have realized this, and at one time, even a certain İsmet was sent to investigate and examine the regions where a large number of Nur students were secretly present. Indeed, we have learned of a ruling that would anger both the earth and the heavens and bring sorrow to all beings, such as the decision by the Isparta judiciary to burn the collections of Zülfikar and Asâ-yı Mûsâ, which were placed with reverence on the Prophet's sacred tomb and on the Black Stone of the Kaaba, and which are greatly respected and appreciated in Arabia and Egypt. These collections guide and inspire hundreds of thousands of believers and some educated youth, and they are the life's work of those who have sacrificed their spiritual and worldly lives for the service of the nation's faith and Islam, contributing to the destruction of the foundations and roots of tyrannical rule. However, these great collections, which are part of the Risale-i Nur Collection consisting of 191 parts, were unanimously acquitted in 1944 by the Denizli Heavy Penalty Court, and the decision was confirmed by the High Court of Appeals. The case was closed, and all works were returned to their respected author and owners. In the final Afyon Court, the communist lawyer of the People's Party government issued a lenient ruling under special orders, but the brave Democratic Party's legal representative, drawing from the fair principles of the former High Court of Appeals, overturned this ruling. Finally,

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

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. • • •

Emirdağ Lâhikası - II ·Mektup 33 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Postscript In the final investigation decision of the inquiry court, it was stated behind the scenes: "I saw written that the legal body had decided four months ago to officially prohibit the distribution and collection of the book 'Mu'jizat-ı Kur'aniye,' which includes only the essay 'Yirmi Beşinci Söz,' on the grounds that the interpretation of three verses regarding civilization does not conform to the current civil law." In response: "Mu'jizat-ı Kur'aniye" is now in Zulfikar. In Zulfikar, which has nearly four hundred pages, only two pages contain the interpretation of three verses from my three old essays, which were written thirty years ago in an unquestionable style to respond to the criticisms of civilization against the Qur'an. One is the verse about women's modesty, the second is about inheritance, 1 "So the mother's share is one sixth," and the third is again about inheritance, 2 "And for the male is the equivalent of the share of two females." I explained the wisdom behind these truths in a way that would obligate philosophers, and I wrote these two pages twenty years ago and other essays thirty years ago. Therefore, it is our legal right to have these two pages removed from Zulfikar and our book returned to us, rather than banning the entire four-hundred-page Zulfikar as if it were written today. Just as if a couple of harmful words are found in a letter, those words are removed and permission is given to publish the rest. From this perspective, we request our right from your fair court. Since one month ago, when I was given the forty-page indictment, no one could come to me and read it to me, today, on June 11, they read the new indictment to me. I listened and saw that my objection letter written two months ago, and also my objection letter and postscript written about a month ago, had been submitted both to the six authorities in Ankara and to your court. This objection letter completely cuts through and rejects that indictment. I see no need to write another objection letter against the indictment. I only mention a couple of points to remind the court of the indictment:

Şualar ·On Dorduncu Sua ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)