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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, Unshakeable, Steadfast, Devoted Brothers !

Firstly: I congratulate you with my whole life and spirit on the nights praised in the verses, "By the break of day; ∗ By the nights twice five" (Q 89:1-2), and on the festival. And I request your prayers for my severe illness.

With the idea of hindering the shining conquests of the Risale-i Nur, covert enemies of religion are troubling us with arbitrary laws and by utilizing certain officials, and are trying to deter a few of the select Nurjus. In short, during these blessed days, they sent the experts' report [^34] about A Guide for Youth to me from Istanbul, which was motivated by irreligion. I am referring it to you to reply to them since I am severely ill from poison.

[^34]:It will be sent to you later for your information. [Author]

I am referring it to the Medresetü'z-Zehrâ and its branches to silence the experts' committee concerning the work, which was written twelve years ago, has been the subject of acquittals and amnesties, has been found to contain nothing reprehensible by the five courts of law that have scrutinized it, has been beneficial for ten thousand people, particularly the youth, and caused them no harm, and together with its addenda has been proved in my main defence speech to yield enormous benefits for this country. I refer to those Nurju brothers the duty of demonstrating with evidences that the committee has acted completely illegally in the name of the law, and in the courts has been woefully unjust in the name of justice, and in response to their saying about the Guide that it exploits religion for politics, to show that they have wanted to exploit politics and their judicial duties for irreligion.

The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!

Your ill brother,

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗