upheaval the Ottomans met with was destruction that damaged everlasting life and eternal happiness and was an upheaval of Islam, its significance was more terrible than the Second World War, and corrects that error of the Old Said, interprets his true dream, and demonstrates the premonition almost visibly. Apparently, the saint there was right, but in truth, it proves that those perceptions of the Old Said were more correct, and rebuffs the saint's objections.
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In His Name, be He glorified!
And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise (Q 17:44).
Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, for ever and ever!
My Dear, Loyal, Blessed Brothers!
Firstly: We considered it appropriate to tell you a summary of a lesson [^25] that was given at the request of the leading students of the Medresetü'z-Zehrâ. The lesson's subject was the Prophet's (Upon whom be blessings and peace) — the Pride of the Universe and Result of the World's Creation — saying the following in place of the greetings on the Night of the Ascension in the divine presence, on account of all the beings in existence and in the name of humankind, indeed, of all living beings and all creatures: "Salutations, blessings, benedictions, and supplications, and good words — all are God's!" [^26] Since each of these words expresses a universal meaning and all the Islamic community recites them in the prescribed prayers (ṣalāt) many times every day, each of all the believers of all levels has a share in them. In connection with this and with the fact that by means of the radio the element air displays wondrous miracles of power, as was explained previously in the Addendum to the Point About the Air, the following was imparted to my heart:
[^25]:This subject has been elucidated from various angles in the Sixth Ray; see, The Rays Collection. Revised edn. (Istanbul: Sözler Publications, 2013), 118-22. Also, a section in the Fifteenth Ray; see, Rays, 610-14. [Tr.]
[^26]:"al-Taḥiyyāt al-mubārakāt al-ṣalawāt al-ṭayyibāt lillāh." Bukhāri, Adhān, 148, 150; al-'Amal fi'l-ṣalāt, 4; Isti'dhān, 3, 28; Da'wāt, 16; Tawḥīd, 5; Muslim, Ṣalāt, 56, 60, 62. Etc. [Tr.]
"It is understood from allusions in the Qur'an that for a believer, the worship he performs in this brief worldly life produces an everlasting