president's office that awesome leader suppressing his anger and virtually apologizing; and now three courts of law justly and conciliatorily acquitting us unanimously, although they had previously invoked innumerable pretexts in the face of our fiery, impassioned defences — I felt quite certainly that these were a wonder of the Risale-i Nur, which is a sort of miracle of the Qur'an, and so I have written and described it. But it has been sent to you without being corrected, so is in a state of disorder. ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Firstly: We have received two pieces: one, The Shining Lamp in its entirety; the other, some leftover parts of it. They contain only a few errors; I am sending a short list of them attached to this letter.

Secondly: Since Isparta is a sort of Medresetü'z-Zehrâ and since upto the present the authorities of that blessed place of learning have behaved leniently, and foremost the police chief, have been appreciative of the Risale-i Nur, we look on them as friends; so whatever they do, do not feel affronted or take offence. Moreover, upto now important advantages have been secured as a result of their not pressurizing us unduly. So now, it may be opposed to the inner meaning of "… illuminates discreetly" [^97] to disseminate the Risale-i Nur everywhere completely freely, and there may be some advantages in their warnings of caution.

[^97]:"sirran tanawwarat" ("...illuminates discreetly"): quoted from Imam 'Ali b. Talib's qaṣīda, al-Jaljalūtiyya. Bediuzzaman makes reference to it in the First Point of the Twenty-Eighth Flash. [Tr.]

Thirdly: In response to the festival congratulations of Hâfız Hasan, who is a prominent teacher in Daday and a valuable publisher of the Risale-i Nur, and the congratulations of his two blessed Nurju children, and of our worthy brothers Doctor Hakkı Hüsnü, Tahir from Araç, and Fuad from Daday, we congratulate with all our life and spirit both the past festival and their unwavering successes in the service of the Risale-i Nur. I am forwarding his letter to you to be included in The Additional Letters.

Fourthly: Our brother Re'fet, one of the Nur heroes, has found a brother in Istanbul who is devoted to the Risale-i Nur, a high-ranking hoja of the greatest importance called Abdülehad, who resembles himself in method. May Almighty God grant them both constant success. Amen!

Fifthly: To an extent I have never before seen, when I go out in the phaeton, innocent children aged two to ten display an extraordinary affec-