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"The ink of the scholars (ulema) will weigh equally to the blood of the martyrs." [^72]

[^72]:al-Ghāzalī, Iḥyā' 'Ulūm al-Dīn, i, 6; al-Munāwī, Fayḍ al-Qadīr, vi, 466; al-'Ajlūnī, Kashf al-Khafā', ii, 561; al-Suyūṭī, Jāmi' al-Ṣaghīr no. 10026. [Tr.]

"Whoever adheres to my Sunna when my community falls into disorder will receive the recompense of a hundred martyrs." [^73]

[^73]:Ibn 'Adīy, al-Kāmil fi al-Ḍu'āfa, ii, 739; al-Mundhirī, al-Targhīb wa'l-Tarhīb, i, 41; Ṭabarānī, al-Majma' al-Kabīr, 1394; al-Haythamī, Majma' al-Zawā'id, vii, 282. [Tr.]

Inspired by the above Hadiths, I am declaring only a few of the numerous benefits in this world and the next of writing out the Risale-i Nur, which are mentioned in it and have been affirmed by the experiences of its students,

Five Sorts of Worship

1. Striving with ideas and the word against the people of misguidance, which is a struggle of paramount importance.

2. Serving their Master by assisting him in the dissemination of the truth.

3. Serving the Muslims with regard to belief (îmân),

4. Acquiring knowledge through the pen,

5. Performing worship in the form of reflective thought, one hour of which may sometimes be the equivalent of a year's worship.

Five Sorts of Worldly Benefits

1. Plentiful sustenance.

2. Ease of heart and happiness.

3. Lack of trouble in securing a livelihood.

4. Success in one's work.

5. By acquiring the virtues of studentship, to receive a share in the particular prayers of all the Nur students.

Serving the Risale-i Nur with the pen and being a loyal Nur student yields two significant results

1. According to the indications of certain verses of the Qur'an, to enter the grave in a state of belief.

2. By virtue of the spiritual partnership within the fold of the Risale-i Nur to receive a share of the spiritual gains of all the students and of their good works.

Furthermore, on condition one has the good fortune to accomplish one's duty to perfection, to belong to the class of students of the religious sci-