themselves entirely to writing out copies of the treatises of the Risale-i Nur and passing them on to others. The following are two examples of letters to Bediuzzaman from his students. The first is from Hüsrev of the "graceful pen", who for years wrote innumerable copies of the Risale-i Nur.

My Dear and Respected Master!

Each of your Words, that is, your treatises, is a mighty cure. I receive great blessings from your Words. So much so that the more I read them the more I want to read them. And I can't describe the sublime delight I feel each time I read them. I am certain that one who takes, not all, but even one of your Words and reads it fairly will be obliged to submit to the truth; and if he is a denier, he will be obliged to give up the way he has taken; and if  he is a sinner, he will be obliged to repent. [^75]

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The second is from Kuleönlü Mustafa, who as mentioned above visited Bediuzzaman after he had received news of Abdurrahman's death, and was a forerunner of the many hardworking students who were to devote themselves to the Risale-i Nur in place of Abdurrahman. Included here are only several extracts of his long letter, which is interesting in that it describes both how he himself found his "guide" in the Risale-i Nur, and how others like him responded to it in the same way and found how it "cured their wounds", and also how the hojas, not known for their readiness to accept anything new, recognized its unique value. This letter also makes the important point that at that time when the medreses had been closed and the people were deprived of any opportunity of learning Arabic, the language in which all teaching of religion had been carried out, the Risale-i Nur now took the place of the medreses, teaching the truths of belief and the Qur'an both in Turkish and in a way suitable for their needs.

My Revered Master!

My spirit was searching for a perfect guide, and while searching it was imparted to me, "You are seeking the guide far away, while close by there is Bediuzzaman. His Risale-i Nur is like a regenerator. It is both the spiritual pole, and the Dhu'l-Qarnayn, and the deputy of Jesus (upon whom be peace), who is to come at the end of time; that is to say, it brings the good news of him." So I approached the respected Master. He gave me the order to write out the treatises. So I wrote out fifteen or so of The Words and I am reading them... I began to benefit from them immensely... Eventually young people gathered around me...

My Esteemed Master! The treatises cure the material and spiritual wounds of these hundred friends of mine... Sometimes even those from far off are submerged in doubts and they come here; if this impotent student of yours reads a treatise to them, their doubts are dispelled and disappear...