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Endless thanks be to Almighty God, for owing to the wondrous effects (kerâmet) of true solidarity and unshakeable unity, the pillars of the Medresetü'z-Zehrâ are overcoming all difficulties and obstacles and are being successful in getting the Risale-i Nur's diamond Zülfikar and its miracuIous proofs to those in need. Even if the troubles we suffer in securing this result were a thousand times greater, they would count for little and be insignificant.

We congratulate the three children Münevvere, Nazmiye, and Sâim, who our brother Re'fet says in his letter, have in three months succeeded in reading the whole Qur'an having started from scratch (lit. elif), and in addition to their Qur'an lessons, listen innocently and eagerly to the truths of belief of the Risale-i Nur. We congratulate them and their teachers and parents. God willing, Münevvere and Nazmiye will complete the tasks connected with the Risale-i Nur that Abdülbaki and Mehmed Celâl left unfinished.

May Almighty God restore to health the sick person mentioned in the heroic Burhan's letter, who has filled us and the Risale-i Nur with gratitude, and may God bestow mercy on our brother's Zekâi's mother, who has died. Amen.

Sabri, who is the Nur power station and one of the pillars of the Risale-i Nur and a fine representative of those who are hojas, tells me in his letter that Ahmed Fuad wants to sacrifice his life for his elderly Master, whose duties are almost fulfilled, and to go soon to the Intermediate Realm in his stead, and that he wants to be the successor in service of the late Hâfız Ali and Hasan Feyzi. Sabri says too that if possible he wants to give his life as well, as the fourth of them, and is persuading his soul and his heart. I declare "Bârekâllah!" a thousand times over to this staunch, most useful brother of long-standing who has dedicated his life to the Risale-i Nur, and I accept the life he has dedicated to me like Ahmed Fuad and entrust what remains of my life to those two brothers, those two new Saids, so that they may persist in the service of belief and the Risale-i Nur in my place.

He also says in his letter that Sıddık Süleyman's son Yûsuf is learning under Şamlı Hâfız Tevfik, the chief scribe of Barla's Nur School, the script and lessons of the Qur'an and the Risale-i Nur, like the sons of the late Mustafa Çavuş and Ahmed; and that Hulûsi and Hâfız Hakkı are enthusiastically writing out the Risale-i Nur; all of which strengthened my hopes for Barla and caused me deep joy and happiness. May Almighty God grant them success. Amen! And to Tevfik. Amen!

I was also greatly pleased with the letter included in Sabri's letter from Hüseyin, the nephew of Sıddık Süleyman, who assisted me so much while