days to clean everywhere and rid it of the stench, In this way, Bediuzzaman's prediction was fulfilled.

Bediuzzaman then wrote the Second Station of Elhüccetü'z-Zehra, and this same prisoner, Kemal Bayraklı, describes how he would convey the parts of it as they were written to Husrev. He and the other Risale-i Nur Students would then immediately write out copies. When complete, these would be returned to Kemal Bayraklı, who being allowed his professional tools in the prison, would bind them into book form. [^319] This was all carried out in the greatest secrecy. Thus, the work of the Risale-i Nur was continued even in the conditions of Afyon Prison.

[^319]:Kemal Bayraklı, in Son Şahitler, iv, 288-9.

A final point that may be mentioned in connection with this is a strange event also described by the same prisoner, and associated with the torments suffered by Bediuzzaman, It was also recalled by Necati Müftüoğlu, who acted as chief clerk in Afyon Court in 1948. [^320] Kemal Bayraklı said: "One strange day that strange winter, it was as though there was a growl in the sky. Everybody heard it. When it came to morning, there were waves of stains [on the snow] in the yard. They were blood-coloured. On watching the snow, we saw that it snowed like that all morning, covering up the stains and then the stains appearing again." [^321]

[^320]:Necati Müftüoğlu, in Son Şahitler, v, 82.

[^321]:Kemal Bayraklı, in Son Şahitler, iv, 289.

#### Bediuzzaman is Seen Outside the Prison

Bediuzzaman is Seen Outside the Prison

As in Eskişehir [^322] and Denizli Prisons, on several occasions while in Afyon Bediuzzaman was seen outside the prison in a number of mosques. As was usual with his extraordinary powers and miracles, for want of a better word, [^323] he always virtually discounted them in regard to himself, concealing his own powers and attributing them to the Qur'an or Risale-i Nur. There are two accounts of his being seen in mosques in the town, one by a prison warder, Hasan Değirmenci, and one by a local inhabitant. The warder said:

[^322]:Tarihçe, 193.

[^323]:Miracles (mu'jizat) are particular to prophets, while in saints and others such 'wonder-working' is known as kerâmet.

Although Bediuzzaman was inside the prison, rumours started up that he was being seen in the mosques and in the market-place. I did an ignorant thing at that time: I thoroughly cleaned and polished his shoes to see if they would get dirty or dusty. If they had got dusty, I would have proved that he