prevent the Risale-i Nur's free publication. For once again they have meaninglessly and without reason postponed our court hearing for thirty-five days. They even had a noisy argument with our lawyer so as not to return our Qur'an, but divine providence thwarts all their schemes. The Risale-i Nur is spreading itself magnificently and enthusiastically among the enlightened youth of Istanbul and Ankara, and is giving instruction to its students. One result of this moral victory is that the enlightened young people are sending thanks and congratulations with hundreds of signatures to the Prime Minister, who is endeavouring to have the call to prayer restored to its original Arabic. [^3]

[^3]:The law prohibiting the call to prayer to be recited in Arabic was repealed by the Democrat government on 16 June 1950 as one of its first pieces of legislation. [Tr.]

Thirdly: The students here send you congratulations for Ramadan, and have chosen some examples of the many instances of the former communists' torments, having copied them out and are sending them attached. Perhaps at some time they may publish them in a newspaper article.

I send my greetings to all my brothers and sisters, and offer prayers for them

From your brother who due to illness cannot perform his worship in all respects and is in need of the Nurjus' spiritual help, and for their praying in his stead and of their spiritual gains,

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

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In His Name, be He glorified!

[The first example of the hundreds of illegal torments wrongfully inflicted on our Master while the Republican People's Party was in power.]

One example of the injustices perpetrated on our Master over the last twenty-five years by an absolute despotism and due to the stratagems of an atheistic current the likes of which have not been seen this age on the face of the earth, is this:

One day when leaving his house to go out into the countryside in a closed car for a breath of fresh air, a high-ranking official wanted to accost him in connection with his dress. We say the following in the face of this