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seized, and I myself and the Nurjus would be incriminated, and the innocent student would be defamed with unwarranted slanders — despite all this, in accordance with the meaning of, "You are protected by divine providence," divine providence again came to our assistance. The man did not die, although he had been hit right in the face at close range by four bullets. Also, there were no witnesses. And no evidence at all was found. The man told neither the court, nor his father, nor his brothers who had shot him, although they insisted. That is, he was not permitted to say. If he had said, dissemblers who make mountains out of molehills would have cooked up outrageous slanders. Through His grace and munificence, Almighty God protected the Risale-i Nur and the Nurjus, and the explosion of the incident caused us no harm. I felt absolutely certain that it was a wonder of the Risale-i Nur. Furthermore, on the one hand the man had read a part of the Risale-i Nur and his life was spared as a wonder of it; and on the other, due to the sense he had obtained through the small lessons in reality he had received from it, he was silenced so that no harm should come to the Risale-i Nur, and he was prevented from telling it to either the court or his relations. One time he came and visited me and gave his word that he was going to behave properly, but he did something wrong and received a blow. Indeed, we understood that even Nur students who may be subject to false accusations although they act with perfect sincerity and loyalty, may suffer compassionate slaps due to negligent persons. ∗∗∗

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A Fine Point Concerning 'He'

I saw that the World of Similitudes is all the time taking innumerable photographs without confusing them, and that each photograph contains innumerable events occurring in this world. I understood that it was a gigantic camera, and a vast cinema of the hereafter thousands of times larger than the world for showing in eternal theatres the fruits of the transient, impermanent states and lives of ephemeral beings, for showing to those enjoying everlasting bliss in Paradise scenes from their old memories and adventures in this world.

While the faculties of memory and imagination, which are two proofs, two small examples, and two points of both the Preserved Tablet and the World of Similitudes situated in man's head, are as tiny as lentils, within

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