person according to his position would become the rightful owner of a part of the property; no one person could be the owner of all of it. But if they are made over to the heirs before death, each may be considered owner of all of it, of that light-scattering lamp, according to his degree. Each would become a young Said and there would be thousands of guards instead of just one. Receiving one share of Said's legacy out a thousand, each would not be just a Nurju, but fully a young Said. For example, if that property the Risale-i Nur — were a treasury, on its distribution, thousands of Nurjus would each receive twenty or a hundred gold pieces or whatever. But if they were to receive it before my death, owing to a great mystery, each would do so according to his capacity and the elect might receive a million pieces at once. This mystery bears a profound meaning which I cannot now divulge.

That student then asked: "Would all those select students sacrifice their lives and ease as you have done, that they might receive that vast property all at once?" I replied: Mutual support and co-operation hold a vast mystery so that, just as three alifs put side by side become a hundred and one and acquire commensurate strength, so the strength yielded by the genuine mutual support of the select students should not be less than the self-sacrifice, supposed by you to be superhuman, of a wretched person like myself, God willing. ∗∗∗

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Mehmed Çavuş, one of the Sava Nur School heroes, saw the police chief with the copy of Zülfikar he had written for me. He told the chief that it was his and that he should return it to him. But the police chief replied that he had enjoyed reading it and that he wanted to hold on to it for another week or two, to which Mehmed Çavuş agreed. Now, if you think it appropriate, tell the police chief, and the superintendent who confiscated it: "Said sends you his greetings and says that that other person wrote it because his own handwriting is not good."

I look on Isparta as blessed together with its earth and stones and all its people, and therefore regard its administrators and especially its police as earnest friends. As has been admitted by the police of three provinces, and established by numerous experiences and the acquittals granted unanimously by three courts and the praise and appreciation of three committees of scholars and experts, the Risale-i Nur with all its treatises and its students are highly effective moral keepers of the peace and public order. They ensure public peace, security, and discipline, which is the duty of the