accursed Yazid's tyranny to the justice of the Caliph 'Umar. It resembles preferring a cruelly savage law of the Inquisition to the above-mentioned law of the Qur'an, which is the means to humanity's highest progress and justice. The politicians working with the Islamic government for the welfare of this country should hold these facts in view. The government will otherwise be weakened with the clashing of three or four obdurate opposing forces. Then since its weakened power, with which it has to secure the country's interests, will be insufficient to preserve its authority — even as a despotism — and public order and security, it will pave the way to sowing the seeds in this blessed Islamic country, of the French Revolution. One feels consternation at such a possibility.

Since, by reason of the weakness and powerlessness arising from disunity, extraordinary non-material bribes are being given in the face of the foreigners' policies and their insignificant, temporary aid, it gives the idea that no importance is being given to the brotherhood of four hundred million brothers and the way of millions of forefathers. Supposing themselves to be compelled to maintain power through so much wastefulness and fat salaries, bribes are given so that no harm comes to public order and politics, and the nation's poverty is disregarded, Most definitely it is absolutely essential that the politicians in this country should give gratis and as a harmless bribe to the four hundred million Muslim brothers who in the future will form the united states of the world of Islam, ten times the political and non-material bribes they now give to the West and the foreigners; to do so would be in the interests of this country and nation and Islamic state.

One such acceptable, necessary, most advantageous, permissible, and obligatory bribe is to take as guiding principles the sacred, fundamental laws taught by the following verses: "Indeed, the believers are brothers" (Q 49:10), "Hold firm to God's rope, all together, and be not divided among yourselves" (Q 3:103), and "No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another" (Q 6:164 etc.), "And fall into no disputes, lest you lose heart and your power depart" (Q 8:46).

The third point has been postponed for now.

S a i d   N u r s i

Postscript: My brothers! Three things have led to the severe warning you received previously being changed:

The First: The Nur hero Husrev saying that twenty-five courts have ruled that the Risale-i Nur contains nothing incriminating.

The Second: One of the Risale-i Nur's heroic lawyers saying that it