this. Haji Kılınç Ali has embraced the Risale-i Nur this last year and a half and has read part of it, so in my view is a Nur student of twenty years' standing. I mention him by name among the select students and make him a partner in my spiritual gains, so his share may be written in his book of good works. For his part, he is obliged to devote his life to the Risale-i Nur. A significant instance of wisdom in his having been unable until now to -go to al-Azhar University may be that the Risale-i Nur should suffice him. I nourish powerful hopes that he will be able to found a Nur School in Urfa, which is close to Aleppo and Damascus. Molla Abdülmecid in Damascus, who was an invaluable student of the Old Said, and Seyyid Salih, who is one of the Nur students in Urfa, and the devoted Nur student who is with him, should get in touch with him. I send many greetings to both Molla Abdülmecid, and Haji Ali, and to everyone in Damascus who is attached to the Risale-i Nur, and I request that they pray for me in that blessed place.

Our heroic brother, Haji Ali! Our Master often speaks of your devotion. We too applaud and congratulate you.

The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!

Our Master's faulty students in attendance on him,

Sungur, Zübeyir, Ziya ∗∗∗

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My Dear Brother!

Firstly: Mâsha'llah a thousand times over! There are almost no errors in the Words Collection (Sözler Mecmuası), just a few words, which I am sending attached.

Secondly: If you consider it appropriate, take this fifty liras I am sending you and take it on my account in lieu of the collections in the court. If you don't agree to this, take it as the price of my part of the collections which you sent.

Thirdly: For now, it is appropriate that the biography should not be given to the deputies gratis; those who ask for it, should pay for it. But ten to twenty copies should be kept in Ankara.

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗