of the Nur School, pleased and gratified me in three or four ways. Bearing the name of the school's leading student, this Ahmed is both performing the duties of the late Hâfız Ali, and together with a valuable brother like Süleyman and his young daughter, has written out three copies of The Staff of Moses. This, together with his being the grandson of the blessed (uncle) Hasan Dayı, alleviated my anxiety and greatly pleased me. May Almighty God restore him to good health and grant them success and happiness. Amen. Amen.

The two brothers of the late Hâfız Mehmed are carrying out his duties, and Mustafa's handwriting conforms with Husrev's pleasant script, which pleased me as greatly as two newly discovered Hâfız Mehmeds.

Through the efforts of the heroic carpenter (marangoz), the preacher from Gökdere and his three sons have become students of the Risale-i Nur and have started writing it out. I congratulate both them, and the carpenter, and their village. And I have added the verses he recited to them to The Additional Letters.

I was truly cheered up by the long letter written by lame Ali Osman from Atabey and his seriously and effectively working at spreading The Staff of Moses and the Risale-i Nur, and by Çilingir Ali, who works so hard at serving the Risale-i Nur, and his uncle Hasan helping him, and their blessed dreams and coincidences. It made me love Eğirdir even more. May the Most Merciful of the Merciful be pleased with them ∗∗∗

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This is Somewhat Confidential

Evidence that their plans and conspiracy against me last winter, which were thwarted as a result of the patience and endurance I showed through divine providence and your prayers, were very extensive was the President announcing recently in Afyon that he surmised that a disturbance connected with religion would break out in the province. That is to say, a secret society wanted to provoke an incident by harassing me. But their completely illegal and arbitrary ill-treatment and treacherous persecution, which rile me excessively and intended to provoke foreign intervention to the harm of Muslims and this country, gain for them only harm in this world and Hell in the next, and for us reward and victory in this world, and Paradise in the next, God willing. Evidently, the Cabinet and President