pass all service to Islam and religious questions; that it affirms and encourages religious service of every sort; and that it is a highway of the Qur'an, and embraces Islam and all believers.

In the same letter, he continues: "I offer friendship to not only Muslims, but also Christians, and invite them to forgo enmity." He points out the dangers posed by the Second World War and the anarchy underlying communism, which intimate the transience and ephemerality of this world and its separations, thus implying that people should give up their hostility to one another, and heeding the Qur'an, unite, or else be ruined. He points out the need and necessity for the Risale-i Nur and its method of service, which is conformable with the conditions of the times, and with the wise guidance of the Qur'an and divine practice.

Thus, the volumes of additional letters are concerned with matters such as these. They teach the principles of a way of Qur'anic service that is fitting for the contemporary world and its conditions.

Students of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

who are in attendance on him,

Tahiri, Zübeyir, Hüsnü Bayramoğlu,

Mustafa Sungur, Bayram ∗ ∗ ∗