tion for me and race up to me from quite a distance and eagerly catch hold of my hands as they would their parents' if they had not seen them for a long time. I was astonished at this and wondered about the reason. Then suddenly it occurred to me that with a sort of premonition, these innocent children perceived that in the future they would find happiness through the Risale-i Nur and be saved from moral and spiritual dangers; indeed, perhaps many of them would become Nur students. I felt that my not leaving here although the physical and spiritual climate does not agree with me and the other exiles have been given their freedom, inferred that they were saying: "We're within the fold of the Risale-i Nur; don't leave us and go!" ∗∗∗

► (195) ◄ A Fine Point Concerning 'He'

A Fine Point Concerning 'He'

In His Name, be He glorified!

And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.

Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, for ever and ever!

My Very Dear and Loyal Brothers !

My brothers, I observed in a subtle point concerning God's unity, which suddenly became clear while studying the page of the air on a journey of the imagination and mind, that is, in the word 'He' (Hū) in the phrases "Say, He is God" (Q 112: 1), and "There is no God but He" (Q 2: 163, 3:2, 59:22), — and that was only in its material aspect — that the way of belief is infinitely easy, easy to the point of being necessary, and that the way of misguidance and associating partners with God is infinitely difficult, so difficult as to be impossible. I shall explain that long and extensive point with an extremely brief indication.

Yes, if soil, one handful of which can act as a flowerpot for hundreds of plants in turn, is attributed to nature or causes, it becomes necessary either for there to be present in such a handful hundreds of immaterial machines, indeed, machines and factories to the number of the plants, or for each particle of that small amount of soil to know how to make all those different plants together with their different characteristics and living organs; quite simply, each would have to possess infinite knowledge and limitless power like a god.

The same is true for the air, which is a place of maximum manifestation of the divine will and command: either there would have to be present on a