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Has Re'fet had his operation? How is he? I am concerned. Many prayers have been offered for him. The heroic Tahirî has given The Staff of Moses Collection in trust to someone in Istanbul. It was written by Hatice, the daughter of the heroic Ahmed from Sava. It encourages the women to embrace the Risale-i Nur, so don't let it get lost. It can be sent to me if it is no longer needed, then it won't remain unused.

I congratulate you on Ramadan, the Night of Power, and the festival. While I was in Kastamonu, the select Nur students Âsiye, Ulviye, and the Lütfiyes, Zehras, Şerifes, Hacers, Nimets, and Aliyes were everyday with me in my prayers and spiritual gains, and it is still just the same.

I don't forget you, Recently, even, I was wondering about Ulviye and Lütfiye then two days later I received their letters and gifts; it was an indication of their loyalty. Although it has long been my custom not to accept presents, this evening, the Night of Power, I wore your robe (cübbe) and waistcoat and accepted them in the name of Âsiye and all the Nur students in Kastamonu. But so as not to break my rule, in return Lütfiye and Ulviye should take those parts of the Risale-i Nur that they want which Emin has. Or else Mehmed Feyzi and his companions can write out any on my account that they want.

The innocent children of the sisters who have visited me on many occasions are within the fold of the Nur students' children, whom I often think of. ∗∗∗

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I offer endless thanks and praise, for this letter of yours has dispelled all my crushing worries about Husrev and his friends and their duplicating machines, and Nazif and his assistants and his machine, and whether they would be able to continue with this new work, All praise be to God a thousand times over!

In fact, the day before I received your letters, I had gone for a drive round in a car. Suddenly, as though it wanted to convey some good news, a bird resembling Solomon's hoopoe followed us for around fifteen minutes, flying to right and left and then perching, then flying off and returning. I had never before seen such a strange thing and I felt sure that the next day I would receive some good news. I said this to Nureddin, who was driving me; he too was amazed at the bird's strange antics, Then it suddenly disappeared because I had divulged its secret. The next day I received both Nazif's comforting letter and the new products of his machine; and Abdurrahman Salâhaddin's curiosity-arousing letter and the news that Nevzat,