Thirdly: Since Ahmed Kureyşî, a member of the Kureyş tribe from Nis, together with his respected father and cousin, is one of the select publishers and students of the Risale-i Nur, his fine versified pieces about the Risale-i Nur have been added to The Additional Letters in the name of the students of that area.

Fourthly: There are some outstanding brothers in the town of Eğirdir, but I cannot write their names. I received a letter from our hardworking and serious brother Çilingir Ali, which referred to them and to Mehmed Sabri, the main Power House, which was well-phrased and carefully written in a script that resembled Sabrî's. As he wished, we added it as it is to The Additional Letters. And we congratulate himself and the person who is getting him to write, and wish them both success. ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal, Magnanimous, Old and New Brother, Yeşil Salih!

The matters you asked about my biography will here be indicated very briefly and succinctly. God willing, at a later date others will reply in more explanatory fashion. But I neither want nor do I deserve to pass into history and to show my unimportant self to coming generations among the religious scholars of this century. I offer unending thanks to Almighty God that He did not make me fond of myself and showed me my awesome faults. Moreover, it is fame-seeking to make oneself known to people, and may lead to egotism, self-advertisement, and hypocrisy. This is excessively harmful for the likes of us.

Also, since I have been compelled this age to live on my own both physically and mentally, and to withdraw from social life, certainly I do not have the right to mount history among those who pass their lives in society, or to appear to the people of the future. There is only this, that the superlative benefits for this country and nation of the Risale-i Nur have been proved true by the unanimous decisions of courts of law and committees of experts. Considering this, I can point out a few matters in reply to your questions, but in the name of the Risale-i Nur, which belongs to the Qur'an alone and bears its meaning; not in the name of my unimportant, wretched, unfortunate, and very faulty self. Later the Risale-i Nur and its students may elucidate these matters.

Firstly: The late Abdurrahman wrote my biography thirty years ago, and had it printed.

Secondly: Your questions would be answered in detail by such parts of