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My Dear, Loyal Brother, Osman Nuri!

Since, owing to your sacred intention and sincerity, Almighty God has gathered the leading young Saids around you in Ankara, and since you consider it necessary for me to be in Ankara, I am now sending in my place to that small Nur School the copies of the Risale-i Nur I have collected, having paid for them out of my own income. They will be neighbours to you to the number of Saids. And by reason of their loyal services upto now, which far surpass those of devoted sons, such hardworking young Saids as Sungur, Ceylân, Sâlih, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Ziya, each of whom is the equivalent of ten to fifteen Abdurrahmans, are my deputies with you and your students, and I leave it to you to supervise that small Nur School in my place, as a place of learning.

The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!

Your brother,

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

► (040) ◄

My Dear, Loyal, and Blessed Brothers!

Firstly: The possibility occurred to me that with the telegraph signed by Husrev and given to the President, the young Husrevs in Ankara might have the Qur'an written by Husrev printed photographically. You try to learn from the Isparta post office what sort of telegraph it was, and let me know. I am curious.

Secondly: The slight criticisms of us made by a number of Sufis and described in our brother Rıfat's letter, who is in Konya, hold no importance. You should not be upset and should not respond in any way. I look on the criticisms of the believers, and especially of the followers of the Sufi way, and particularly of my person, as advice of a sort and a favour, I forgive them. In the face of the awesome harms caused us by the mis- guided, I consider the insignificant criticisms of my person by believers to be warnings of a sort, urging us in a friendly manner to be cautious.

Thirdly: Incited by covert dissemblers, the weekly papers in Afyon recently presented us as being connected with something we have nothing to do with. The Nurjus here denied it. It is nothing to worry about. We congratulate with our whole life and spirit, the wondrous, effective services with the Risale-i Nur of the Medresetü'z-Zehrâ's leading students which