going to die and dictated my will to my assistant. That is to say, Hasan Feyzi was as though my second spirit and died in my place and is dying. In fact, in a way that was totally opposed to my normal custom, I could not open the letter giving news of his death for one and a half hours, although I was holding it in my hand. Anyway, when faced with all these grievous sorrows, divine providence came to our assistance, and I congratulated happily with all my life and spirit both myself, and him, and the Nurjus. "Endless blessings and mercy be upon him!" I exclaimed, and I applauded his release.

Thirdly: Just as I was thinking sorrowfully about the late Hasan Feyzi departing for the Intermediate Realm and his position remaining vacant, and as an esteemed teacher his being a shining example for pupils in the secular schools and those teaching the modern sciences when I unexpectedly received a letter from Hâfız Hasan of Daday. He is a teacher and, with his two children, is a Nurju and is also called Hasan. I had not heard from him for three years and did not know how he was or that he continued to serve the Risale-i Nur. Through Hâfız Hasan, Ahmed Fuad, an exceptional and self-sacrificing teacher like these two Hasans, had entered the fold of the Risale-i Nur. I said: One teacher called Hasan has departed but in his place another teacher called Hasan and one called Ahmed have arrived!

At the same time, someone called Hasan from Bolvadin, who had recently returned from the Hajj, entered the fold of the Risale-i Nur; he obtained some of its treatises and began to spread its lights.

Three or four hours later, the doctor Hayri, who is a Husrev and Feyzi of Emirdağ, came to see me. He said: "A respected schoolteacher here wants to become a Nur student. If you agree, we'll give him The Staff of Moses." I told him to give it to him. (This teacher performed as many services for the Risale-i Nur as Feyzi did.)

Also, I saw the letter that had arrived that day from Mustafa Osman, our brother who like the late Hasan Feyzi has performed many services in a short period of time. He had written describing how Mustafa, who had attended the secular schools and spread lights in the Kastamonu Lycée to an extent and was now trying to do the same in the university, had drawn attention to the Press Laws lest harm should come to the Risale-i Nur due to the duplicating machine and had mentioned the need for caution when communicating. [^69]

[^69]:The Press Laws are not applied to newspapers that spread the ideas of communism, irreligion, and anarchy, so why should they be applied to the machines that print the collections, Zülfikar and The Staff of Moses, which most effectively preserve the foundation stones of this country and nation? I am truly amazed. [Author]