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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Endless thanks be to Almighty God that the serious assistance I have long awaited has begun to appear from the religious scholars (ulema) of Konya.

The Risale-i Nur emerged from the medrese (religious school) and opened up a way to reality within knowledge (T. ilim; Ar. 'ilm). Its true owners and supporters should therefore be the hojas and teachers who are produced by the medreses. I understood from Sabri's letter that the students of the blessed medrese of Konya, since ancient times one of the most brilliant, active medreses in all of Anatolia, had begun to embrace the Risale-i Nur, which is their own property. I am therefore delighted with all my life and spirit that I have come here, near to Konya, and endure all the difficulties I suffer happily. I share all my prayers and spiritual gains with the religious scholars of Konya and the region who appreciate the Risale-i Nur and show an interest in it, foremost Hoja Vehbi Efendi, the esteemed and valued author of a Qur'anic commentary. In my prayers I recall within the circle of my special students, with their names, those whose names I know. Tell them that by virtue of the spiritual partnership of the Risale-i Nur students, they receive a share of my very defective gains, and that the way has been opened for them to receive a share of all the gains of all the students, and convey my respects and greetings to them. Since just like the heroes of Isparta, the blessed scholars of Konya are now supporting the Risale-i Nur, while still in this world I no longer feel anxious about its duties; I can entrust them to those strong and trustworthy hands and enter the grave with an easy heart.

Secondly: Mustafa Osman, who in truth has in a brief time been most useful for the Risale-i Nur, as though he had worked for it for the last ten years, and is a member of the special students' circle, has evidently written a fine letter to his brothers in Emirdağ; offering his regrets for the fire, he speaks of the conflagration threatening humanity. We are including part of it in both The Additional Letters and The Ratifying Stamp, and will send you a copy later. I send my greetings both to him, and to those with him, and to our brothers in Kastamonu and İnebolu who are the means of communication, It will be most appropriate if all those with good handwriting who have the time, write out The Staff of Moses Collection, as in Isparta and the region. God willing, this task for the Risale-i Nur will be even more productive than the printing press.

Thirdly: Hâfız Emin has performed great services for the Risale-i Nur. Thanks to the endeavours of people like Nuri, Hakkı, İhsan, and the late