Yes, followers of the Sufi path travelled two paths in gaining knowledge of God (marifet-i Ilâhiye), in the inner and outer worlds, the shortest, easiest, surest, and most powerful of which they found to be the journey through man's inner self (enfüsî); that is, the silent remembrance of God in the heart. Similarly, the lofty people of reality (ehl-i hakikat) proceeded down two highways, not in experiential and ideational knowledge of God (marifet ve tasavvur), but in the much higher and more valuable belief and affirmation (iman ve tasdik).

One of these highways, like The Supreme Sign and Hizbü'n-Nûriye and Hulâsatü'l-Hulâsa, is by pondering over the book of the universe to behold the outside world (âfâk).

The Other is by reflecting on the map of the human reality, index of human egoism, and the nature of man's self with the conscience and senses (vicdanî ve hissî) and to an extent, vision (şuhûdî), to rise to a degree of belief that is free of doubt and scruples and is the most powerful degree, that of absolute certainty, which looks to the mystery of divine immediacy and the legacy of prophethood. Reflective thought on the inner self in attaining belief has been explained in part in the Thirtieth Word on the 'I' and 'I'ness (ene ve enâniyet), and in the Windows on Life and Man in the Thirty-Third Letter, and in part in other pieces of the Risale-i Nur.

This may added to both The Additional Letters, and The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, and the Hulâsa. ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Don't be offended that, because of my indisposition, I am answering your numerous letters with one, single, wretched letter.

Firstly: Our secret enemies have employed every stratagem to gain a hold over several high-ranking government officials and by needling my most sensitive points and harassing me to incite an incident resembling the Menemen or Shaykh Said incidents. But they realised that the Old Said is no more, and that the New Said endures everything, so they switched plans to other plans; in short, to poisoning me. But divine preservation foiled that one too. Now those dissemblers are officially utilizing black propaganda to scare the people away from me and induce them to give me up. However, don't you worry about this at all. Divine providence continues; the Risale-i Nur's victories are gradually spreading.

Secondly: Hasan Feyzi's new eulogy and Halil İbrahim's of a week ago,