tion to any obstacles. Each of its thousands of copies which are spreading both here and abroad due to their powerful truths and benefits, speak in my place and far better than I do. They do not fall silent when I do, and they cannot be silenced.

Moreover, since it has been proved in court that for twenty years I have severed all connections with politics and there has been not the slightest sign to the contrary, it is surely completely meaningless to be suspicious of people who meet with me. [^9]

[^9]:A strange and extraordinary incident: one day this month I went down to the yard and saw that on the fallen snow were droplets and points scattered on it like red and yellow ink or paint. These indicated the coincidences (tevâfukât) in various parts of the Risale-i Nur. I took a look at other places, and they were found nowhere except in my yard. I was worried and said to myself: the Risale-i Nur is so closely connected with this country and even, on account of the Qur'an, with the whole earth that the clouds are weeping tears of blood at the calamity that has befallen it. I called one or two people and they were astonished as well. Mehmed Efendi, the landlord's nephew, supposed when he saw my anxiety that I was worried that the road would be closed because of the snow. When I went back upstairs he shovelled the snow to left and right and covered up that meaningful red and yellow meteorological incident. I told him that it would have been better if he hadn't covered it up. The same day three things happened that were detrimental to the Risale-i Nur: The First was Afyon Court and the police here. In response to my application for the return of my books, they dashed my hopes by telling me not to interfere since confirmation had not yet arrived from the Court of Appeal. The Second: The same day we learnt that a special policeman had been sent to Afyon to spy on me. The Third: The same day, a dissembler in Istanbul denounced us to the judiciary on the pretext of the Treatise for the Elderly. Eager people have started to stay away because of incidents like these, so I say: "In the face of every disaster, we belong to God and to Him is our return" (Q 2: 156), and I seek refuge in: "God suffices us and He is the best disposer of affair" (Q 3:173). [Author]

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► (007) ◄ A Conversation with the Minister of Justice and the Judges Concerned with the Risale-i Nur

A Conversation with the Minister of Justice and the Judges

Concerned with the Risale-i Nur

An Addendum to the Conversation with Myself

Sirs! Why are you concerning yourselves with me and with the Risale-i Nur? I tell you certainly that it is outside my duty and that of the Risale-i Nur even to think of you, let alone struggle against you. For the Risale-i Nur and its genuine students are striving to perform a service of the great-