ences, which at this time when such students are absent, means being honoured by the angels, [^74] and in the Intermediate Realm to manifest the life of the martyrs, as does Hâfız Ali and the famous student mentioned in The Fruits of Belief.

[^74]:This has been established through the certain witnessing of the some diviners of the Unseen. [Author]

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This is the piece to be put at the beginning of the collections duplicated on the machines:

Over two years the courts in Ankara and Denizli and the experts' committee studied all the parts of the Risale-i Nur and took the unanimous decision both for our acquittal and the return all of the Risale-i Nur to me; there is therefore nothing to prevent their publication. The pieces in the present collection were among the treatises returned to me.

All the developments favouring religion in the schools and the mosques in Isparta may be looked on as conquests of Zülfikar. Just as Isparta became the Nur School and the teacher of the other provinces, so, God willing, it will offer a fine example to be followed with regard to the marks of Islam (şeâir-i İslâmiye). [^75]

[^75]:I have not concerned myself at all with the politicians, but today I heard that a number of irreligious Deputies had met in a council with the intention of abolishing a number of mosques. It does not appear to be a coincidence that this occurred at the same time as my being poisoned and Hasan Feyzi's fatal illness. These three conspiracies appear to be connected. Two of them were unsuccessful for now, and the other carried off a hero. [Author]

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Firstly: Just when I was suffering both the distressing physical and spiritual illness of this severe winter, in addition to the pains of possible separation from my very close Nurju brothers due to departing from this world, Sıddık Süleyman and Nur Santral Sabrî arrived here in the name of all my brothers in that region and my relatives, as though they were Abdülmecid and Abdurrahman. I offer thanks to Almighty God, for their arrival was a medicine and cure for me. Contrary to my custom here, I invited them to visit me come what may, and they came. For two or three hours, I listened and learnt all that I was curious about, particularly how my friends in Barla