"Those who neglect the prayers are traitors, and traitors may not hold positions of authority!" I smashed an awesome idol. My friends among the deputies who were present were alarmed, and just when they reckoned he would crush me, he uttered what was in effect an apology. He suppressed his anger in the Assembly as though he perceived an awesome power and truth, and he withdrew. Two days later in his private office, from The Six Attacks (Hücumat-ı Sitte) I read from the sentence "For example, at a time Aya Sophia is filled with eminent and blessed people, virtuous and excellent ..." in the section entitled "First Stratagem," to the "Second Stratagem, [^94] which took a whole hour. I wounded all his feelings and slighted his principles, yet he could do nothing against me and even made serious efforts to placate me.

[^94]:See, Letters (2010), 475-6. [Tr.]

Thus, the remarkable responses of these three imperious commanders and their quite simply being intimidated by the Old Said was definitely a shining wonder of the Risale-i Nur and showed the extraordinary future power of the collective personality of its heroic students.

Fourthly: In response to the congratulations for Ramadan and the Night of Power sent by our brother Yâkub Cemal in the name of Denizli students, we say: "May God bless you!" and to his struggling with his own soul: "May God grant you success! And we say "All praise be to God!" to his describing how he had heard that his friends had read in the latest newspapers that in the British capital orators had declared from their platforms that the English should now embrace Islam and that they are reading and expounding the verses of the All-Wise Qur'an since they teach all the true needs of humanity. Indeed, with the Qur'an that country could save both its worldly possessions, and its hegemony, and its prosperity.

We say too: "May God bless you!" on the success with Lemeât of Küçük Ali, who is small in name but great in spirit and the hero and senior Abdurrahman of the Nur students; and: "What wonders God has willed!" and "May God grant you success!" a thousand times over on his innocent young son Nur Mehmed's memorizing the Qur'an. But we leave it to your discretion to decide whether or not the pieces included in The Shining Lamp (Siracü 'n-Nur) and The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen and Mysteries Collection are also added to The Flashes Collection (Lem 'alar Mecmuası).

Endless greetings to all of you. ∗∗∗