If anyone has a household of four or five people, he should make his house into a small Nur School. If he does not have such a household and is alone, he should foregather with three or four of his neighbours who show interest, and they should make the house they gather in a small Nur School. If, at least when they are not working, they spend even five or ten minutes reading or writing out the Risale-i Nur, or listening to it, they will receive the rewards and honour of true students of the religious sciences, and they will also be performing the five sorts of worship described in the Treatise on Sincerity. It was imparted to my heart that like true students of the religious sciences, even their commonplace dealings when working for their livelihoods may become a sort of worship. So I am telling my brothers of this.
The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!
Your ill brother,
S a i d N u r s i ∗∗∗
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In His Name, be He glorified!
Eskişehir
29.11.1951
Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, for ever and ever!
My Dear, Loyal Brothers !
Firstly: I congratulate you with all my life and spirit on the services you perform for the Qur'an and belief. We are sending you this letter in order to consult you and learn your opinion concerning a subtle matter. Is it appropriate? If it is not, you may correct it.
Secondly: It is proved in the Risale-i Nur that divine determining acts justly within the unjust acts of men. That is, sometimes people act wrong- fully for some reason and they throw a person into prison, but in that very imprisonment divine determining acts justly due to some other reason, and condemns him to prison for a crime he has committed. Something strange that happened to us elucidates this truth: the imaginary crime of which they could find not the slightest sign yet for twenty-eight years presented in numerous courts and provinces as the reason for accusing and convicting me and unjustly sentencing me to imprisonment, was this:
They said: "Said wants to exploit religion for political ends and he is