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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Firstly: Part of the conversation with the Interior Minister was sent to you a couple of days ago so that you might take it as a model and when necessary refer to it when presenting a petition to the minister or to the court. Our brothers too should defend themselves against the dissemblers accordingly. It seems that it was him who up to now has spitefully caused this torturous distress to be visited on me. However ... you consult among yourselves and do whatever is necessary. But you must act with caution and without fussing and causing a commotion.

Secondly: I have received by way of the timid mufti of this place, whom I have not met, Hulûsi's letter from Kars and a letter from my nephew Nihad. In truth, that brother of ours preserves his staunch, extraordinary loyalty and his close concern with the Risale-i Nur. It is a meaningful coincidence that although he did not know it, I had said in the piece for Sabri due to the possibility of Nihad being there, that if he was in Kars he would meet with Hulûsi. Just at the time I had said this here and then written it to you, they both wrote letters to me although both had hitherto been silent.

Thirdly: Another subtle and happy coincidence was the letter from our brother Re'fet which demonstrated his complete loyalty and concern and that he is a Nur commander like Hulûsi, arriving at the same time I received Hulûsi's letter. Both should be added to The Additional Letters. Re'fet's teaching the Qur'an to the innocent children and his being preoccupied with writing out and reading Lem'alar (The Flashes), and those innocents praying that my illness should be cured, soothed it like a salve and cheered me up.

And Fourthly: Many times I had sorrowfully and regretfully wondered whether or not Yâkub Cemâl, whose writing resembles that of Âsım, was alive and if he was alive, he was working at the Risale-i Nur with his fine pen. Then endless thanks be to God, I received a letter from him showing both that he was alive, and that he was serving the Risale-i Nur, and that he persisted in loyalty. I exclaimed: All praise be to God! ∗∗∗

► (091) ◄

My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

More than a hundred times, a truly valuable truth related to belief has appeared to me, But because the period of composition has finished, I have been unable to capture it, however much I tried. I have waited so that I might express it and communicate it clearly, but I have not been success-