My brothers; Now it has become clear that the intention behind summoning me to the police station and involving me with the government on unnecessary excuses was to accuse me of betrayal and to make me appear insignificant in the eyes of the people and to put me in a position of suspicion. I can no longer tolerate this. It is necessary that they do not summon me there as much as possible. Please meet with the criminal judge. Find me a man in the style of a defense lawyer; if necessary, let someone go in my place to the police station. For twenty-five years, a secluded man like me to meet with such traitorous people is a cruel torment. For eight years in Kastamonu, I went only once at the insistence of the governor and twice to the police station. Here, it has exceeded ten times without any reason. I cannot go anymore. Also, get a medical report from the doctor. Otherwise, it will be a physical and mental harm to this city.
The four earthquakes mentioned in Hüseyin's defense of me, which were confirmed by the four intense earthquakes that occurred tonight, show that this is an absolute act of sabotage against me, the Nurlar, and this country. I called my servant within the government and betrayed me treacherously and without hesitation, saying "Go and tell him," and gave orders to the police and gendarmes under the command of the district governor, saying "Bring him here even if he is ill," relying on the police chief of Afyon's hidden high-ranking official. At the same time as the encouragement of the Nur disciples, the writing of the Nurlar here, and the significant pressure placed on me, the occurrence of this intense earthquake, which is not seen here, shows that the Risale-i Nur is a means to ward off calamity; as soon as one takes a break, calamity finds an opportunity and comes.
The very humble and sincere letter written by Mustafa Osman, who has done much service to the Nurlar in a short time, fully proves his pure loyalty and sincerity and shows that he has stood shoulder to shoulder with them for fifteen years. Indeed, the collection of his writings, Asâ-yı Mûsâ, is a strong piece of evidence. Right now, as I write this, a slight earthquake has begun again.
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 116
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Against him, they said in the presence of forty to fifty deputies, "It is the highest after faith. One who does not pray is a sinner, and the punishment of the sinner is death," while that terrifying commander gave him a kind of theatrical treatment and calmed his anger. There was no record of even a single article against him by the police of six provinces or the government regarding any disturbance of public order. There was no incident observed among hundreds of thousands of Nur disciples, no crime committed by any of them, except for a small incident by a single student in a justified defense. He reformed the prisoners wherever he was imprisoned. While distributing a hundred thousand copies of the Risale-i Nur throughout the country, he caused no harm to anyone except for personal interests. This was proven by the testimony of twenty-three years of his life, the acquittals by three governments and courts, and the verbal and practical affirmations of a hundred thousand disciples who know the value of Nur. He was a man who was isolated, solitary, strange, old, poor, and saw himself at the door of the grave. With all his strength and conviction, he abandoned worldly things, seeking atonement for his past sins and a connection to eternal life. He cared nothing for the ranks of this world. Out of his intense compassion, he did not curse those who oppressed and persecuted him, fearing that innocent and elderly people might be harmed. Those who said, "This old hermit disrupts public order and violates security. His intention is worldly intrigue, and his correspondence is for this world. Therefore, he is guilty," and condemned him under very severe circumstances, are certainly guilty from the earth to the sky and will have to account for it in the great court!
With a single speech, he brought the eight rebellious regiments back into obedience. Forty years ago, with a single article, he won thousands of followers. He did not fear the three aforementioned terrifying commanders, did not act as a coward, and in the courts, he declared, "If I had as many heads as the hairs on my head and one was cut each day, I would not surrender to heresy and misguidance, nor betray my homeland, my people, or Islam. I will not bow my head, which is dedicated to the truth of the Qur'an, to tyrants." In Emirdağ, he had five or ten brothers in the hereafter and three or four servants, and no one else.
Şualar
·On Dorduncu Sua
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It is the defense of Ceylân.
To the Afyon Heavy Penal Court:
While the court has proudly accepted my master and my service to the Risale-i Nur, depicting me as a great diplomat and a scheming man, and giving me a large share in the alleged crime against the Nurlar, I say in return:
I am closely related to my master Bediüzzaman, from whose religious, faith-based, and moral works I have benefited to such an extent that I would unhesitatingly sacrifice my life for them. However, this relationship is not, as the court claims, harmful to the country and the nation, nor is it encouraging the people against the state. Rather, it is an unbreakable and unbreakable bond aimed at saving my faith and the faith of my religious brothers who, in this dangerous time, need to save their faith, correct their morals, and become useful members of the country and the nation. Even if no one else can save themselves from the eternal punishment of the grave, I am related to him in this way.
I am one of his close ones. For about four years, I have occasionally served him with sincerity. During this period, I have witnessed nothing else but his virtues. I never heard even a single word from his mouth regarding his Mahdihood or his renewal. The hundreds of thousands of Nur copies and the hundreds of thousands of pure Nur disciples who have saved their faith by reading them are witnesses to the fact that he is in the highest degree of humility.
Şualar
·On Dorduncu Sua
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The sacred masters, scholars, and mujtahids who have reached the truth through the teachings and guidance of the great prophet, who have advanced in perfection, and who have led each a group from the Islamic community within the circle of their instruction and guidance—just as they have assigned this individual to inherit their respective professions and sciences—Hazrat Said Nursi, this wonder of the age, who has appeared in our time adorned with all the virtues and excellences of the divine, has thus, by the permission of God, performed the duties and comprehensive services that a community, a high council, or perhaps a great army could accomplish. Through the spiritual force and connection derived from the light of Islam and the brotherhood of faith, the Nur disciples formed by him have stood against the attacks of the people of deviation, becoming the point of support for the believers and the Quranic barrier against the red danger's invasion of this homeland, once again becoming the mediator of love, affection, and unity for the heroic Turkish nation of the Islamic world.
Yes, Said Nursi is a person of very comprehensive talents. He has advanced greatly in all of these talents. He examines both the particular and the universal, the widest circle of the universe and the most intimate circle, for example, the smallest particle and the Milky Way, carefully, and sees, shows, and proves the signs of unity in them. On one hand, he is engaged in comprehensive spiritual service to the Islamic world and humanity, and on the other hand, while living a life of seclusion, he observes and contemplates the ancient works of nature, the miracles of divine art, and reads the book of the universe with attention and reflection, thus advancing daily in the infinite branches and signs of divine knowledge and serenity.
Indeed, this spiritual state and sacred condition, which can be observed in every stage of the Master's life, also filled the life he lived in Emirdağ with the same meaning. Although some aspects have been mentioned to a certain extent in the letters in the Lahikas, they are incomplete. In this history, only a small drop has been taken from the ocean.
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Tarihçe-i Hayat
·Emirdag Hayati
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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...
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 167
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In the Name of Him, the Sublime, 1
Beloved, sincere brothers; the Night of Ascension is like a second Night of Power. On this night, the reward of your efforts increases from one to a thousand. By the mystery of the spiritual company, God willing, each of you will worship and pray in this precious night and in this place of great reward, like some angels who recite the tasbih in forty thousand tongues, in forty thousand languages. And in contrast to not suffering even one out of a thousand in the storm that came upon us, you will be grateful for the worship done on this night. We congratulate you for your full precaution, and we praise the fact that the Divine care became very evident in a clear manner.
Said Nursî
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Beloved, sincere brothers;
Firstly: I congratulate you with all my soul and heart for your Night of Ascension.
Secondly: For twenty years, we have had a cause, and the Nur disciples are not involved in worldly affairs as much as possible. And this incident of imprisonment, which was likely to be a sign and a cause for those attacking us, especially for disturbing the security and the worldly affairs, and for providing an excuse to oppose our cause, by the Divine care, in a miraculous way, as a miracle of your faith and sincerity, it was reduced by one percent, from a dome to a grain. Otherwise, those who could reduce our cause from a dome to a grain would have used this to make their lies against us believed by many.
Thirdly: Do not worry about me. Being with you in one place reduces all my troubles and sorrows to nothing. Indeed, our gathering here has great importance in many ways, and it has many benefits for the service of faith. Indeed, this time, some important truths in the resolution of the objection going to those six levels, attracting their full attention, and executing its ruling to some extent among them, reduced all our troubles to nothing.
Şualar
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And the Fruit and Defense Treatises we sent to seven authorities and the Nur's general treatises sent to the Justice Office, while expecting very threatening and strong orders in response to the secret and violent beatings of the informants, it was absolutely proven in a very mild and even comforting manner, like the letter sent to us by the Chief Prosecutor, that the relations were not hostile, which proved that the truths of the Risale-i Nur, through the grace of Divine Providence, had overcome them and taught them in a guiding manner, turning those wide circles into a kind of school, saving the faith of many who were greatly doubtful and confused, and giving us spiritual relief and benefit a hundred times more than our troubles.
Then the secret enemies poisoned me. And the martyr-hero of Nur, the late Hafız Ali, went to the hospital in my place and traveled to the world of the bereaved in my stead, making us weep bitterly.
Before this tragedy, I shouted repeatedly from the mountain of Kastamonu: "My brothers, do not throw meat to the horse, do not throw grass to the lion."
That is, "Do not give every treatise to everyone, so that they do not attack us."
Even if one walks on foot, seven days away, Hafız Ali (may Allah have mercy on him) was writing to me at the same time as if he heard me through a spiritual telephone: "Yes, my master, it is a miracle of the Risale-i Nur that you do not throw meat to the horse or grass to the lion. Perhaps you throw grass to the horse and meat to the lion, for that lion gave the Ikhlas Treatise to the teacher."
We received his letter seven days later. We calculated the time; at the same moment I was shouting in the mountains, he was writing those strange words in his letter.
Indeed, the death of such a spiritual hero of Nur and the secret hypocrites' attempts to punish us with their plots and my being forced to the hospital due to my poisoned illness all distressed us, when suddenly Divine Providence came to our aid.
Lem'alar
·Yirmi Altinci Lema
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Beloved, sincere brothers; Although now I see my brothers in different cities separately, and although I did not accept the car that my five brothers took for me without gratitude in the service of Nur, which could have been of benefit and necessity for one matter, and thus it was thought that I had suffered an apparent loss, in the end, the disciples of Nur had an undeniable proof. This incident became a strong evidence that the harmful, self-serving teachers and politicians, who claim that knowledge and religion are necessary for the world, could be firmly held accountable to the high truth of the Risale-i Nur, which does not compromise or become a tool for any worldly interest. Indeed, some who had greatly doubted and fled from Nur, and did not believe that Nur does not compromise with anything in the world, are now compelled to fully submit to the truth of Nur and acknowledge that it is above everything. Thus, even that loss was transformed by the compassion of God into a significant mercy for us. FOOTNOTE
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 176
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In Kastamonu, there was Mr. Sadık, who for eight years worked with great devotion to the Risale-i Nur together with his blessed companion and late friend, who contributed much to the Risale-i Nur with his pen, who brought many people into the Nur circles, and who was a hero like himself in the prison. Mr. Hilmi, known as Küçük Şeyh, who also rendered important service to my rest and to the unity of the Nur disciples, and who served the Nurlis in Kastamonu together with my dear brothers Feyzi, Emin, İhsan, and Ahmed, informed me in a letter of the death of his Nur companion. It is a matter of gratitude that for a couple of months now, whenever I prayed and mentioned the "Zehras," I also mentioned the "Hâcers," including that late person. I did not know of her death. May Allah shower her with infinite mercy and grant her family great patience. Amin.
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 159
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Beloved, sincere brothers; First: May the blessed festivals of the general Nur followers and the Nur disciples present in Hajj al-Akbar and the celebrations of the Nur supporters in Hajj be greeted with congratulations. Also, the great countries of the Islamic world, such as India and Arabia, which have been under subjugation for a long time and lost their independence, are now becoming Islamic states. In India, an Islamic state of one hundred million, in Java, an Islamic state of more than fifty million, and in Arabia, four or five governments, like a great alliance of nations, are uniting the Arab and Islamic unity. This great festival of the Islamic world is a prelude to this, and this festival brings us good news.
Second: In Istanbul, according to what Refet Bey and Mustafa Oruç wrote, the War Ministry and the Office of the Chief of Staff, which for a long time managed the Islamic army and later brought revolution to the Darülfünun, had the verse of the Quran, "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory, and Allah will support you with a mighty support," written on the forehead of that magnificent building. Later, they covered it with marble stones and concealed those lights. Now, once again, an example of Quranic calligraphy is given, which serves as an opportunity for the purpose pursued by the Risale-i Nur, and the university is a sign that it will become a Nur madrasa in the future. Also, from the Denizli Nur followers, the famous scholar Ahmed, who is the greatest of the nineteenth century in intellect and the most advanced among the social philosophers, in a famous idea taken from the works of the high Bismarck, says in his work:
"I examined the Quran from every aspect and saw great wisdom in every word. There is no and will be no other work that can manage humanity and is comparable to it."
And addressing the Prophet, he says:
"O Muhammad! I am very sorry that I could not live in your time. Humanity has seen a superior power like you once, and after that, it will not see it again. Therefore, I bow to you with the utmost respect."
Bismarck
signed it. And because in that paragraph he strongly rejected the altered and forged books, those sentences should not have been written; I also pointed it out.
That person is the smartest of the nineteenth century and
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 206
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And O Honored Messenger of God, may peace and blessings be upon him, the Master of all the one hundred twenty-four thousand prophets and the true prophet, the Master of all the one hundred twenty-four thousand prophets, the one who has beautifully proven with the Risale-i Nur, titled "Mu'jizat-ı Ahmediye (a.s.m.)," the miracles regarding the fact that he is the true prophet and the chief and master of all the prophets. And the Glorious Qur'an, may peace and blessings be upon him, has declared him as a mercy to the worlds in the universe, and the Light has proven from beginning to end that he is a mercy to the worlds with clear evidence, and the deeds and manners of that prophet have shown even to the blind that he is the most solid and beautiful guide, a model of virtue in the universe. And during the spread of the Light in Anatolia and especially in certain countries, the removal and silencing of calamities and the occurrence of misfortunes as evidence, and the Light's disciples, while in very difficult circumstances, have served and maintained contact with the utmost sincerity, showing how profitable it is to follow the Sunnah of that noble one (a.s.m.) in this time, and how following a Sunnah in this time earns the reward of one hundred martyrs. And the Risale-i Nur has clearly and certainly proven that the Light has been preventing and removing the calamities and misfortunes that would come to Anatolia for twenty years, just as charity and good deeds remove calamities. O our Most Honored Master, O our Esteemed Master, O Honored One!
Now, since this Risale-i Nur has brought joy, starting with our beloved Master, then us, his incapable and flawed students, and then the Islamic world, leading them to happiness and thus creating a second great festival, we congratulate you on this great and blessed festival, O our blessed Master. And we also congratulate you on your third festival, the Noble Ramadan and the Night of Decree, and we humbly request your blessings and forgiveness for our shortcomings and sins. With general greetings, we kiss your blessed hands and pray for your prayers, O our honored Master.
Nur Students in Isparta and its surroundings
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Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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This is the secret of compassion: I have absolutely no relation to administration and public order, and I have recommended it to all my friends to such an extent that some of the honest officials of three provinces have admitted, "These disciples of Nur are a spiritual group who preserve administration and public order." Despite this truth being confirmed by thousands as witnesses and by twenty years of life, and also confirmed by the fact that thousands of disciples have not recorded any incidents as officials, yet that poor man is treated as if he were a rebellious and unjust committee member. Unjust men betray him and, although they find nothing in his domain, they collect his documents, including his very valuable and ancient and miraculous Quran and the plates on his head, as if they were incriminating evidence. Which law allows such a thing? To force thousands of pious people, who serve administration and public order with good character, to act against them due to mere suspicions, what interest or benefit could possibly justify this?
Sixth: Thirty years ago, thanks to God's attention, a man who had understood through the grace of the Quran how futile and meaningless the temporary glory and vanity of the world, and the pursuit of fame, is—praise be to God—has since then, with all his strength, struggled against his own ego, fought to eliminate his self, abandoned his own identity, and worked as much as possible to avoid hypocrisy and pretense. Those who have served him or been his friends have certainly known and testified to this, and for twenty years everyone has avoided associating with him, not out of personal liking but out of good intentions and respect, and refrained from praising him or considering him as someone with a spiritual status, opposing everyone with all his strength. He rejected the good opinions and excessive admiration of his own brothers, hurt the feelings of these pure brothers, and in his reply letters refused to accept the praises and excessive admiration for him, portraying himself as deprived of virtue and attributing all virtue to the Quran's interpretation, the Risale-i Nur, and thus to the spiritual character of the Nur disciples, while considering himself ordinary.
Şualar
·On Dorduncu Sua
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(Confidential. It is exclusively for the members of Medresetü'z-Zehra for now.)
An important news for elderly women and a warning for young women who wish to remain single.
The noble hadith says, "Adopt the religion of the elderly women," indicating that in the last times, strong faith is found in elderly women, and the noble hadith commands to follow the religion of pious elderly women. Also, one of the four principles of Risale-i Nur is compassion. Women, because of their compassionate nature, even the most timid among them, will sacrifice their lives for their children. In this era, these precious mothers and nurses are facing a great event. It is necessary to inform the girls who wish to or are forced to remain celibate among the disciples of Nur about a natural truth that is confidential and not suitable to be disclosed. I feel compelled to mention this to them. So I say:
My daughters, my nurses; This time is not like the past. Instead of Islamic upbringing, civil upbringing has settled into our social life for nearly half a century. Therefore, a man needs a woman as a lifelong companion and partner for worldly happiness and to protect himself from other sins. However, he only loves her during her temporary, worldly youth and keeps her under his control. The comfort he gives her often leads to her suffering. If they are not equal, as the term "kufuf" implies, and if religious law is not considered, their life will always be full of pain. Jealousy, if it intervenes, makes it even worse.
Indeed, there are three reasons leading to this marriage:
One of them is that for the continuation of procreation, the divine wisdom has given a natural inclination and desire as a reward for the natural service. However, if that pleasure gives a moment of delight every ten minutes, and if it is legitimate, a man can endure an hour of hardship. But a woman, for that ten minutes of pleasure, endures the hardship of carrying the child in her body for nine months and helping the child's life for ten years. Therefore, that ten-minute natural inclination is insignificant compared to these long periods of hardship. Feelings and desires should not drive her into marriage for this reason.
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - II
·Mektup 45
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That trouble turned into mercy for me. The heart came to say: "Although Nur disciples are working with full Nur lessons, both for their own benefit and at your expense, in every cell. But this fifth cell, because it is a kind of isolation room, is renewing and changing; it needs more Nur lessons. Also, the young and old people who read the articles of newspapers that write about the Russian's terrible denial and rejection of Allah, certainly have a very strong need for very firm and definite lessons about the existence of belief in Allah and the unity of the Divine." So the heart remained in praise. I repeated the sacred sentence, which I had recited ten times after the morning prayer since long ago, and which is the whole of the Twentieth Letter Treatise, eleven words in which both eleven proofs of the necessity of existence and the unity of the Divine, and eleven very bright and sun-like announcements are explained in detail, and in one narration carries the Great Name:
"There is none worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner to Him. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death. And He is the Ever-Living, never dying. In His hand is all good, and He is Almighty over everything, and to Him is the return."
I repeated it thoughtfully and was thinking together a short summary of the summaries of the Twentieth Letter. Suddenly the heart came to say: "Give this short summary as a lesson to Nadir Hoca and the young people here." So I said Bismillah and began. I said:
"In this declaration of unity, there are eleven announcements and eleven proofs of faith. Now, I will only briefly mention the proofs and refer the explanation and announcements to the Twentieth Letter and the Nur remedies. However, I thought it appropriate to also write some words and points that I did not mention to them when I gave that lesson."
Şualar
·On Besinci Sua
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For example, the phrase "min sharri ma khalaqa" (excluding the shadda) amounts to thirteen hundred sixty-one (1361), which coincides with the merciless and tyrannical destruction of this unparalleled war, as marked by the Rumi and Hijri calendars. At the same time, it also refers metaphorically to the Nur disciples who, with all their strength, were serving the Qur'an, and who were saved from a vast plan of annihilation and from a terrible and fearful calamity, as well as from the Denizli imprisonment. It also conveys the hidden meaning of "protect yourselves from the evil of the people."
For example, the phrase "an-naffathat fi al-'uqad" (excluding the shaddas) amounts to thirteen hundred twenty-eight (1328), and if the letter "l" in the shadda is counted, it becomes thirteen hundred fifty-eight (1358). This coincides with the emergence of general wars caused by foreign aggressors, who, driven by greed and envy, aimed to undermine the results of the Freedom Revolution in favor of the Qur'an. This is reflected in the changes of regimes, the Balkan and Italian wars, and the outbreak of the First World War, which brought material and spiritual evils. These evils were spread by political diplomats, using the language of radio to implant their magical and poisonous suggestions into people's minds, and by influencing the knots and ties of human destiny. This phrase "an-naffathat fi al-'uqad" thus fully corresponds to the historical preparation of these evils, which barbarically destroyed centuries of civilization.
For example, the phrase "wa min sharri hasidin idha hasada" (excluding the shadda and tenvin) again amounts to thirteen hundred forty-seven (1347). At the same time, this period saw significant shocks to the nation caused by foreign treaties and important transformations in this religious people due to the dominance of philosophy. Also at this time, the history of terrible jealousies and rivalries among states, which announced the Second World War, coincides exactly with the symbolic meaning of this phrase. Therefore, this sacred verse is certainly a miraculous proof of divine permission.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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A concise summary of the Noble Fatiha
The second part of the only lesson given in the Third Yusufi Madrasa for a very short time, during a brief contact period from the prison.
It is a short sample lesson given to the Nur disciples while in prison. It is as follows: To express the drop of the Fatiha-i Sharif (Noble Fatiha) sea and the precious stone of the sun's seven colors in its brightness, the Fatiha in prayer commands the heart. Although in part of the 29th Letter, especially the imaginary journey in the "na'budu" word, and in the "Rumuz-u Semaniye" and the "Isharatul Icaz" tafsir and other Nur works, I have written about the many sweet and beautiful points of this holy treasure. However, I was compelled, in one way, to write my own reflections in prayer, a very short summary of the belief's pillars and proofs, in the same style as the first part's expression. I refer the "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" to two or three of Nur's essays and begin with "Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds..."
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds... etc.
Şualar
·On Besinci Sua
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Beloved, sincere brothers; First of all: Nur was a devoted and very pious disciple, and many have asked me in his name: "The pure and devoted disciples of Nur, with their great sincerity, believe that you are the great guide of the House of the Prophets in the last times, and although you are so cautious, they insist. You also do not accept their ideas because of your caution. Surely they have some truth and a decisive proof, and you do not agree with them for the sake of wisdom and truth. This is a contradiction, and we certainly want to resolve it."
I say in response to the many issues represented by this individual:
Those devoted to Nur have some truth. But an interpretation and explanation are necessary in two aspects.
First: As I have often mentioned in my letters, the spiritual person of the community represented by the Mahdi of the Prophetic House has three duties. If the Day of Judgment does not come quickly and humanity does not completely deviate from the path, we hope for divine mercy that his community and the community of the Sayyids will carry out these duties. And he will have three great duties:
First: To save faith by completely silencing philosophy and materialist ideas, which have spread into humanity through the dominance of science and philosophy and the prevalence of materialism and naturalism.
To protect the people of faith from error and because this duty requires much time and effort, both in this world and in the pursuit of abandoning everything, the Mahdi will not have the time or opportunity to personally carry out this duty. Because the sovereignty of the Prophetic Caliphate (a.s.m.) will not leave time for engagement with him. Therefore, this duty will be carried out by a group before him in a certain way. That individual will prepare a ready program based on the long research and writings of that group, and through it, he will fully accomplish this first duty.
The strength and spiritual army behind this duty will be a group of disciples who are fully devoted, sincere, and loyal. No matter how few they may be, they will be considered as strong and valuable as an army in spirit.
His second duty:
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 205
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In the Name of Allah, the Most High 1
To our blessed Muslim brothers in the centers of the Islamic world; we congratulate you with all our soul and spirit. We had presented a congratulatory message written by a precious and blessed mujahid scholar, which is the highest among the works of the great scholars and interpreters, to the esteemed Hazrat Bediuzzaman.
In the reply letters that Hazrat Bediuzzaman wrote to us, the precious and incomparable master Hazrat Bediuzzaman, has congratulated you thousands of times. He has announced that the followers of the Quran and faith heroes in Anatolia, the Nur movement, and the Muslims who are devoted to the Quranic truth in Arabia, form two allied and two opposing lines within the circle of the Party of the Quran, as two brothers.
And that our believing brothers are very pleased with your intention to translate and publish some of the Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light) into Arabic, and that they have ordered us to write that the blessed Islamic communities should have a protective relationship with the Nur students and the Nur centers in Urfa.
Tarihçe-i Hayat
·Isparta Hayati
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They are a pair of officials with Hüseyin Avni and Tahsin Tola.
We, the disciples of Nur, have no connection with politics, as we are engaged in the service and profession of our Master. However, since the Democrats allowed the dissemination of Nur's teachings and have not committed the oppression against Nur's prohibition from the past, we have some connection with the elections for the sake of the Democrats. Again, as in the previous election, the benefit of the Nur movement greatly favored the Democrats. The former attorney Hüseyin Avni and Tahsin Tola, the mayor of Senirkent, who should have won more than anyone else for the benefit of our Master and the Nur movement, did not win, which greatly distressed us. We told our Master about this.
He said to us:
"Do not be distressed. I should also congratulate them along with you. Because, in the span of two years, the fact that the Supreme Leader, without our Master's request, issued an order to return the two hundred confiscated Guides to us at the very moment he wished to be released, allowing two hundred thousand people to benefit from the Guide and pray for him; and the important work of Tahsin Tola, which led to the official publication of the Collection of Sayings in Ankara—this brought as much benefit to the community, the Democrats, and this country and nation as a hundred years of service as a mayor. Now, this spiritual, real, and especially lasting and eternal profit is sufficient for them. It is not appropriate to use their lasting service, like a precious diamond, as a tool for a few years of office and mayoralty, which are like fragile glass. Therefore, I congratulate them. You also should congratulate them and pray for them. In fact, I even wished for Tahsin Tola to be re-elected mayor so that he could continue to serve the Nurlar; but his previous service is considered sufficient. The door has already been opened, and there is no further need."
From the Nur students: Mehmet Kaya, Hüseyn, Tahir, Sungur, Zubeyir, Celal, Bayram
Note: Our Master said: "Since he is not a mayor in terms of worldly matters, he lost a certain amount of banknotes each month. Now, with his service and the publication of the Collection of Sayings, if I needed something for myself among millions of people, I would not need even fifty thousand liras."
Emirdağ Lâhikası - II
·Mektup 135
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To the President, the Council of Ministers, the Prime Ministry, the upper ranks of the Ministry of Justice, the Presidency of Religious Affairs, Ankara!
To those who work for true justice and freedom, I have a few points to state: First point: Both the Denizli Court and the Ankara High Criminal Court investigated all the Risale-i Nur books and, with the participation of experts, decided that there was no obstacle to their release and return to their owners. They acquitted Said and his companions and returned the entire collection of Nur Risale books, which had been held for two years in courts, to Said and his friends. The Court of Cassation confirmed this decision as a final ruling. However, now in Afyon, two corrupt officials have again seized the same books from Said, claiming that they contain a very ancient miraculous Quranic text, and have declared the entire collection illegal and confiscated it from Said and his companions. The same Court of Cassation has overturned this baseless ruling. Now, some brave and patriotic leaders of the Democratic Party, who have saved the country and the nation from the tyranny of the old party's corrupt officials, have accepted and taken possession of these books with great approval. Yet for three years without any reason, they have caused thousands of liras in damage to poor people like us, extended a court case that had already been acquitted three times for three years—there is a personal and corrupt motive behind this strange injustice—and for twenty months of strict isolation, they did not even allow Said to communicate with his servant. After his release, they left him at two police stations. Moreover, they deliberately and without cause, prosecuted these very pious Nur disciples at prayer time, causing them to miss their prayers, as a betrayal of their piety, and committed a shocking injustice. In addition, they once again completely confiscated and examined all the Risale-i Nur works in Isparta and then returned them exactly as they were.
During the time of the Democrats, if they had indeed started to repair the damage done to the Quran by the godless, Freemasons, and communists, and had begun to serve the Quran through Islamic symbols such as the call to prayer and religious education. And if they had indeed allowed the works of the godless, Freemasons, and communists to spread. Naturally, in the great cities of Islam such as Mecca, Medina, and Damascus, the approval and commendation of great scholars
Emirdağ Lâhikası - II
·Mektup 18
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Although I was kept in absolute isolation for twenty months, I was allowed to see my friends for only three or four hours. My defense document contained a small part of their help. Then they were also banned. They punished me in a very cruel manner. They forced us to listen to the accusations against us, in which I proved the defendant's attempts to collect water from a thousand sources, his misinterpretations, his lies and false accusations, and his fifteen pages containing eighty-one errors. They did not let me speak. If they had allowed me to speak, I would have said:
While you do not associate yourselves with the Jews, Christians, and Magians who deny your religion, belittle your ancestors with falsehood, reject and refuse to accept your Prophet (peace be upon him) and the laws of your Quran; especially with the anarchists, apostates, and hypocrites under the veil of Bolshevism, without associating yourselves with them under the pretext of freedom of conscience and freedom of thought; and while the Christian, oppressive, and tyrannical government of England, within its territory and under its rule, does not associate itself with the millions of Muslims who at all times reject the false beliefs and blasphemous doctrines of the English Bible through Quranic teachings; and while in every government, the opponents openly publish their ideas without the government's courts being involved; my forty-year life, my one hundred and thirty books, and my most secret essays and letters have been thoroughly examined by the Isparta government, the Denizli Court, the Ankara Criminal Court, the Directorate of Religious Affairs, and twice, perhaps three times, the Court of Cassation. For two or three years, all the secret and non-secret copies of the Risale-i Nur were in their hands, yet they could not point out even a single article that would justify a minor punishment. Given this level of my weakness, my oppression, my defeat, and the heavy charges, and despite the fact that the Risale-i Nur, which has shown itself as the strongest, most solid, and most truthful guide for two hundred thousand true and selfless students in the interests of homeland, nation, and public welfare, has proven my innocence through the collections you have in your hands and our four-hundred-page defense, by which law, by which conscience, by which
Şualar
·On Dorduncu Sua
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And indeed, with the absolute promise and threat of the Qur'an al-Azimushshan, and with the absolute revelations of the Risale-i Nur, and with the observations of the deceased disciples, and with the seeing of the masters of the revelation of the graves, the death which is most feared, the Qur'an of miraculous speech, which for the people of faith turns the eternal death into a discharge notice and proves that it is a beautiful journey to the world of light, and for the disbelievers and hypocrites it is the eternal death. Under the absolute reports of this Qur'an, which has a thousand Ahmedi miracles and forty kinds of proofs, and with the proofs of the Risale-i Nur, which defeat the most determined enemies of the Nur, and with the submission of the Nur disciples, who have many signs, experiences, and convictions, proving that the terrible, dark, cold, and narrow grave is for the people of faith a pit of Paradise and the gate of a Paradise garden, and for the disbelievers and hypocritical heretics it is a pit of Hell, full of snakes and scorpions, and the angels Munkir and Nakir, who will come there, become for those who are on the path of truth and reality, companions and friends, and with the martyrdom of the brave martyr Hafiz Ali, the disciples of the Risale-i Nur are admitted to the class of students of knowledge and with the Risale-i Nur they answer the questions of Munkir and Nakir, and those who are still alive pray and ask for divine mercy that we too answer with the Risale-i Nur. And with the fact that the Qur'an, the Book of God, shows a kind of spiritual miracle for each of its forty layers, and with its eternal speech that looks upon the entire creation, and with the Risale-i Nur's treatises on the miracles of the Qur'an and the celestial mysteries, and with the extraordinary efforts of the brave brothers and disciples of the Risale-i Nur, like the managers of the garden of the Risale-i Nur, since the time of the Age of Bliss, no one could write such a miraculous book in such a miraculous way, yet the brave scribe of the Risale-i Nur, Husrev, was commanded to "Write!" and the Risale-i Nur was written like the Qur'an written on the Preserved Tablet, and it is the true speech of God of the Qur'an al-Azimushshan.
Şualar
·On Birinci Sua
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2 And indeed, nothing is there but praises Him, 1 by His Name, the Most High.
Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings forevermore, 3 perpetually.
Beloved Siddik brothers, Tahiri, Sabri, Salahaddin, Mehmed, Mustafa; First of all: In honor of this coming month of Selam and in honor of the sincerity and devotion of the disciples of Nur, we will strive to correct a very important matter, an incident of reprimand and a slap. And do not be upset. For example, this night, without having seen it before, a reprimand, a slap in the form of a severe spiritual warning was said to me:
"You are entrusted to preserve the sincerity and asceticism of the Lights, not to descend to the world, to pleasure, and to enjoyment. And in this century, 4 they prefer the life of this world in secret, choosing the world over religion and knowingly changing the apple into a glass. You are responsible for working through the means of Nur against this disease. With a hundred experiences, you have also understood that the gifts, kindnesses, and help of people affect you, even make you sick. Every day you see your work, your experience. You have trusted most, and you have caused the faces of the selfless heroes of the Risale-i Nur to turn more to their own rest than to the service of the Risale-i Nur, onwards..." and many more such things were said to me in spirit, so I was completely reprimanded. Indeed, now I even fear a spiritual slap. The only solution to this incident is that you will announce that you have taken this car, saying, "Our brother Said could not accept this, and he felt a spiritual and terrible harm."
Second: Now this car should be sent to Sabri from Konya, let it go there. If he is not willing, let it go to the Medresetü'z-Zehra authorities. Let Sabri not worry, every month the service he provides to Nur is worth more than the price of a car. Therefore, he should not be upset.
Second: Know for certain that the reason I saw this terrible reprimand was because, while I was going out for a drive in a car, in a desire and a wish, the car driver said: "Small cars have come out, they are being sold for about a thousand lira."
And I, in the form of a wish, said: "If only such a small, trustworthy car had come into our hands, then..."
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 173
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But the Nurlar made their hearts favor me. Nur's school expanded with their admiration instead of criticism; it gave us a hundred times more benefit than the material loss, reducing our anxious efforts to nothing.
Then, secret enemies, the hypocrites, turned the government's attention to me. They reminded them of my past political life. They spread suspicions to the judiciary, the education office, the registry office, and the Ministry of the Interior.
With the currents of political parties and the curtain of communists, and the incitements of anarchists, those suspicions expanded. They began to pressure and arrest us and confiscate the writings they could get their hands on. They started to suppress the activities of the Nur students.
With the idea of ruining my character, some official employees fabricated accusations that no one would believe, and tried to spread very strange lies. But they could not convince anyone.
Then, under very trivial excuses, on the coldest days of winter, they arrested me and locked me up in a large, very cold, and two-day-stove-less cell, in complete isolation.
In my small room, I used to light the stove several times a day and always had a fire going on my stove; I could barely endure it due to my weakness and illness. Now, in this condition, writhing in both cold-induced fever and terrible anxiety and anger, a divine truth developed in my heart.
Mentally, "You have named this prison the Yusufiye School. In Denizli, the great comfort and spiritual profit you experienced from your suffering, the benefit the prisoners there derived from the Nurlar, and the great achievements of the Nurlar in the higher circles, caused thousands of thanks to be offered in your place.
Every hour of your imprisonment and suffering was counted as ten hours of worship, making those fleeting hours eternal. God willing, the benefit and comfort the victims of this third Yusufiye School will derive from the Nurlar will warm and transform your cold and heavy suffering into joy.
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And indeed, there is nothing but exalts Him with praise; by His name, the Most High.
Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings forevermore.
Beloved, sincere brothers and the disciples of the Nur of the Spiritual Madrasa of Zehra; when I came to Isparta, I heard that an Imam-Hatip and preacher school would be opened there. Because most of the students registering for that school would be Nur followers, the idea came to my heart to unofficially open a Nur madrasa near that school and to transform it into a kind of Nuri madrasa. After one or two days, it was said that I would give a lecture, and as a result, many groups of men and women came from the surrounding areas to listen to that lecture. It became clear that if such an unofficial and general Nuri madrasa were opened, it would become so crowded and chaotic that it would be impossible. Because of the possibility of many unnecessary expenses, similar to those that occurred when we went to the court in Afyon, this idea was abandoned, and the second truth was revealed to my heart. The truth is as follows:
"Each person, if he has four or five children in his house, should turn his home into a small Nuri madrasa. If not, even if he is alone, three or four neighbors who are very interested should come together and form a group to treat the house they are in as a small Nuri madrasa. At least, when they have no work or duties, even for five or ten minutes, they should be occupied with reading, listening to, or writing the Risale-i Nur. In this way, they will be blessed with the rewards and honors of true seekers of knowledge, and they will also be blessed with the five types of worship mentioned in the Risale of Ikhlas. In addition, the ordinary treatment of providing for their livelihoods can also become a form of worship, just as it is for true seekers of knowledge." I am informing my brothers about this.
The Everlasting is the Everlasting.
Your Sick Brother
Said Nursi
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - II
·Mektup 77
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I was curious about this remarkable new earthquake. In my heart I thought: If it had occurred with such intensity elsewhere, there must certainly be another aggression against the disciples of Nur. Or perhaps it was only related to my letter alone, I asked. They said: Only Ankara was slightly affected, Afyon and Eskişehir and this Emirdağ and especially this town were hit hardest. But it is amazing that despite occurring four times with such intensity, there was no damage at all. This is the wisdom behind it:
A definite order was given: "Bring Said to power by force."
The police and a corporal came. I had locked my door. They said: "We are resigning, we will not break down his door." They turned and left.
Therefore, this special earthquake is related to the Risale-i Nur, just like the earthquakes at my defense, but this time it was special, harmless despite its intensity.
If they had broken down the door of this small Nur medrese here, the blow would certainly have been serious, not just a warning. Although this attack was minor and light, I will not hide the fact that it had never touched my nerve so deeply before. But for the sake of Nur and the Nurites, I endured it heroically. Because that wretch, instead of addressing me directly in the government office, said to my servant: "Go and tell him." He challenged me by using the authority of the government for a vagrant. And the vein of the old Said, which still runs in me, was greatly affected. But the absolute necessity of calmness, caution, moderation, patience and endurance reassured me.
Saliha: The late carpenter Barlalı, who had died with extraordinary loyalty, and the hardworking hero carpenter Ahmed of the Nuriye medrese, who replaced Mustafa Çavuş, made me very happy and moved to tears by thinking and writing for me a place, a tomb, on the mountain of Davraz in Sava, a place of beauty and sublimity.
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 118
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Thanks to the sincere prayers of my blessed brothers, the danger of the poison passed, and the martyr who had died showed signs of being occupied with the Lights in his grave and answering the questioning angels with the Lights. Also, the service of Denizli hero Hasan Feyzi (may God have mercy on him) and his companions, who worked for the Lights in his system and in his place, was effective in a hidden way. Even our enemies, due to the sudden reformation of the prisoners through the Lights, became in favor of our release. And the Nur disciples, like the Companions of the Cave, transformed that difficult place of trials into a cave similar to the Companions of the Cave and the ascetics of old. And through the efforts of resting the heart in the Lights' breeze and writing, the divine compassion came to our aid, proving this.
It also occurred to my heart that, since the Great Imam has suffered imprisonment and the great warrior Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbel endured much suffering in prison for a single issue of the Quran, and without complaining, with great patience, he persisted and did not remain silent on those matters. And many imams and scholars, despite being subjected to much more suffering than you, remained steadfast and grateful with great patience.
Certainly, you deserve thousands of thanks for having gained great rewards and benefits for the repeated truths of the Quran, while enduring very little hardship. Yes, briefly I will mention a miracle of divine compassion within the oppression of humanity:
When I was twenty years old, I repeatedly said: "Just as the great people of the past withdrew into caves, in my later years I too will retreat into a cave or a mountain and leave society."
Also, during my imprisonment in the north during the previous world war, I had decided: "From now on, I will spend my life in caves. I will separate from political and social life. It is enough to have been involved." At that moment, divine compassion and the justice of destiny revealed themselves.
In a much better way than my decision and desire, out of mercy, they gave me the choice of those beautiful caves as prisons, seclusion, solitude, and places of absolute isolation.
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·Yirmi Altinci Lema
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Beloved, faithful brothers; First: Praise be to God that Isparta is becoming and has already begun to be a true Medresetü’z-Zehra and a real Câmiü’l-Ezher, as the brave students are proving their activities without faltering under these difficult circumstances. Their religious and Quranic and Risale-i Nur-oriented efforts, even in Ali Village, where many children have entered the path of scholarship thanks to the efforts of the Alis, and in another village where the general youth study the Quran at night and mosques are filled with congregations, all these things reduce the hardships endured by the disciples of Nur to nothing.
Second: The third biography of Halil Ibrahim, who has shown extraordinary loyalty and affection, is indeed very beautiful in terms of its description of my service to Nur, which is far beyond my own estimation; however, since it focuses more on my personal aspect than on the Risale-i Nur, I have not sent it to you yet. It will be sent after revision. We especially greet him and his companions.
Third: Do not worry about attempts against me. On the contrary, be content to know that they are attacking and harassing my personal and completed duty aspect, while the Risale-i Nur and its disciples are firmly established.
Recently, some of the high-ranking officials here, without hesitation, have said things like, "Said's body should disappear." Indeed, my hidden enemies have taken advantage of such ideas, found an opportunity to scatter my loyal servants, and tried to poison me. They draw strength from such officials. However, divine protection and care have also nullified these attempts. God willing, divine care and protection will always continue, nullifying and will continue to nullify all their plans.
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Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 87
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It is a brief but important report to the Council of Deputies and the leadership of the parliament.
Although I have withdrawn from political life for thirty years, on this particular occasion, I must address a matter of national, patriotic, and public interest. Here it is: We have come to a definite conclusion based on numerous signs that an assassination was carried out against me and this town of Emirdağ, and by extension, this country, on account of anarchy. A trivial incident, of no more significance than a grain of sand or the wing of a fly, was exaggerated to the size of a mountain, and using me as an excuse, this peaceful country was targeted under the pretext of anarchy and a foreign plan. The followers of Nur, who are trying to save our poor citizens from eternal damnation and suspicion of heresy, were attacked in a completely illegal and arbitrary manner. With a very obvious provocation and out of suspicion, they have used me as an excuse and committed an assassination against this country and its peace. Here is how:
After three courts thoroughly examined my twenty-year-long letters, books, and circumstances and cleared me and my books of any wrongdoing; and although I have not written anything for three years, and only write one letter a week, and have accepted no one except three or four apprentice tailors who perform necessary services on a daily basis out of necessity; and although I was given freedom and did not travel to my hometown—nevertheless, in a completely unprecedented and official manner, they provoked me to create an incident, with the intent of insulting and betraying me. In an illegal and provocative way, they broke into my house, forced open the door's lock, and took my Quran and Arabic manuscripts as if they were worthless documents. An important official of the judiciary openly told the local officials here: "You should have taken Said out with two gendarmes, forced a hat on his head, and brought him for questioning in that manner. Also, arrest those who approach him." He said this in an important meeting while reading my truthful testimony. There is no doubt now that they are pursuing the intent to insult and betray me, provoke me, and disrupt public order.
Thanks be to Almighty God, thousands of people have shown sympathy.
Emirdağ Lâhikası - I
·Mektup 13
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Know for certain that in this worldly life, true delight is found within the circle of faith and in faith itself. And in every good deed, there is a spiritual delight. And the Risale-i Nur has proven with a hundred certain proofs that in deviation and ignorance, even in this world, there are very bitter and ugly sufferings. Indeed, I have personally seen with firm certainty through many experiences and events that within faith there is a core of Paradise and within deviation and ignorance there is a core of Hell. And this truth is repeated in the Risale-i Nur. Even the most stubborn and skeptical critics have not been able to refute this truth before official witnesses and courts. Now, for your blessed and innocent companions and for you, my dear children, let the lessons I have written, especially the Risale-i Tesettür, the Guide for Youth, and the Small Words, be a lesson for you in my place.
I have heard that you wish for me to give lessons in the mosque. However, my poverty, illness, and many other reasons do not allow me to do so. Therefore, I have decided to include all my companions who read and accept these lessons I have written for you, in my spiritual gains and prayers, just like the disciples of the Risale-i Nur.
If you partially obtain, read, or listen to the Risale-i Nur in my place, then according to our principle, you will also become a partaker in the spiritual gains and prayers of all your brothers, the disciples of the Risale-i Nur.
I was going to write more now. But because I am very ill, very weak, very old, and have many duties such as proofreading, I will stop here for now.
1. The Everlasting is the Everlasting.
Your brother in need of your prayers,
Said Nursî
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·Yirmi Dorduncu Lema
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