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My Brothers !

Don't be upset, and don't worry! Just help me with your prayers. For several days now my left arm aches severely and disturbs me at night. I have allowed no one to be with me, I can only attend to the necessary jobs in my room with the greatest difficulty. I reckon it is an offshoot of the chronic lumbago I have suffered for years; I am badly affected by the physical climate here and the winter, as well as by the groundless suspicions and persecution of those cruel people, and the non-physical winter. I experience severe suffering as though half affected by apoplexy. But all thanks be to God, your acceptable prayers have lessened the danger considerably. God willing, it will pass altogether in that way, and only its many rewards will remain in its place.

My brothers! According to what Salâhaddin writes, The Staff of Moses Collection sees much action in that region and wins many victories. This means that it is performing that most important duty of the Risale-i Nur there. All praise be to God a hundred thousand times, and for those who write it out, a hundred Ma'shallahs and Bârekâllahs! ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers !

Firstly: Endless thanks be to Almighty God that as proved by the unwavering activities of the heroic students in these harsh conditions, Isparta will be a full Medresetü'z-Zehrâ and al-Azhar University, and has begun to be so. Their working enthusiastically at the Qur'an and Risale-i Nur, and in Ali Köyü even many children becoming students through the efforts of the Ali's and all the young people in another village working at the Qur'an at night and the mosques being filled with congregations, reduces to nothing the difficulties suffered by the Nur students.

Secondly: For sure, the fourth long poem of the extraordinarily loyal and devoted Halil İbrahim and the descriptions far exceeding my due of my servanthood of the Risale-i Nur, are really very fine, but since the poem looks more to my person than to the Risale-i Nur I have not sent it to you for now; it shall be sent after it has been modified. I particularly send greetings to him and to his companions.

Thirdly: Don't be anxious about their conspiracies against me; perhaps, indeed, you should be pleased that they are attacking my insignificant person whose work is finished in place of the Risale-i Nur and its students,