elevated highway of knowledge, and replies in the name of the Qur'an and belief to the general destructive currents which for a thousand years have acted against the Qur'an on account of the worlds of non-existence to the detriment of Islam and humanity. It defends against them. It therefore certainly needs to muster innumerable forces so that, through the light of the Qur'an, it may be the means of withstanding those innumerable enemies, and of preserving the faith of believers.

It is written in a Hadith: "Should one person come to believe through you, it is better for you than a plain-full of red sheep," [^45] and that, "Sometimes a hour's reflective thought may be better than a year's worship." [^46] In fact, the great importance the Naqshbandis attach to inward remembrance of God is in order to attain to reflective thought of this kind.

[^45]:Bukhārī, Jihād, 102, 143; Muslim, Faḍā'il al-Ṣaḥāba, 34; Dārimī, 'Ilm, 10; al-Munāwī, Fayḍ al-Qadīr, vi, 359 no. 9606.

[^46]:al-'Ajlūnī, Kashf al-Khafā', i, 310; al-Ghazālī, Iḥyā' 'Ulūm al-Dīn, iv, 409 (Kitāb al-Tafakkur); al-Haythamī, Majma' al-Zawā'id, i, 78. [Tr.]

We send thousands of greetings to all our brothers and offer prayers for them. Overlook any errors; this was written in haste. You may correct it.

The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!

Your brother,

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers !

Don't be upset at the secret agents seizing The Treatise on Sincerity and the copies of the letters. To have them read them together with The Predictions of 'Ali (İhbar-ı Aleviye) was necessary for the Risale-i Nur and its conquests. Furthermore, the demonstrations against communism in Istanbul at the time of this incident will also powerfully aid its conquests in that the two forces that attack the Risale-i Nur covertly have begun to take up positions opposed to each other. Even if temporarily we suffer some minor attacks, it is of no importance. Because as I see it, it is only the extraordinarily powerful truths of the Risale-i Nur that can combat the anarchy that communism instils in Muslims through absolute disbelief and naturalistic thought, those truths thus opening a way for patriotic politicians and religiously minded people and lovers of their country to support the Risale-i Nur and make peace with it and make it a shield against those harms.

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗