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In His Name, be He glorified!
Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, for ever and ever!
My Dear, Loyal Brothers !
Firstly: We congratulate you on the Three Months and the holy nights, which may win an everlasting life of eighty years, and on the Nights of Regâib, the Ascension (Mirac), Acquittal, and Power (Kader); [^28] and we request of divine mercy that the spiritual gains and supplications of each of the Nurju brothers will be accepted for all of them; and we congratulate you on your achievements in the service of the Risale-i Nur.
[^28]:The Three Months (Ar. al-shuhūr al-thalātha) of Rajab, Sha'bān, and Ramaḍān. The Night of Regâib (Ar. Raghā'ib) is the eve of the first Friday in the month of Rajab. The Night of the Ascension [of the Prophet Muhammad UWBP] (Ar. Mi'rāj) is the eve of the 27th of Rajab. The Night of Berât or Acquittal (Ar. Barā'a): a holy night, falling on the night between the 14th and 15th of the month of Sha'ban. The Night of Power (T. Leyle-i Kader; Ar. Laylat al-Qadr), mostly thought to fall on the 27th of Ramadan; known as the holiest night of Ramadan and of the whole year, as it was the night the first verses of the Qur'an were revealed. [Tr.]
Secondly: So that you will not pity me too much, I am telling you that the calamity of the total loss of memory I am suffering due to having been poisoned is in fact a bounty and instance of divine mercy for me and a key to disclosing a number of truths. But I still request your prayers with my whole life and spirit.
Yes, I have just read the invocations at the beginning of The Shining Lamp (Siracü 'n-Nur) and I saw that many wondrous truths are concealed beneath the veils of familiarity, habit, and monotony. Especially irreligious naturalists, philosophers, and the neglectful, they ascribe truths as huge as mountains to common causes as tiny as atoms, and fail to see the numerous miracles of divine power beneath the veils of the laws of divine practice. They thus block up the paths in everything to knowledge of the Absolutely Powerful One. They are blind to bounties in everything and close up the doors of thanks and praise.
For example, just as the manifestation of divine power may inscribe a single word on the page of the air as a million, or millions, of words; so, as intimated by the verse, "Unto Him ascend all good words" (Q 35:10), nonmaterial, acceptable truths are inscribed by the pen of power, all together and instantaneously, in the globe of the atmosphere, yet this extraordinary miracle of power is hidden from the view of the neglectful, although it has continued since the time of Adam. And now, it is established through the