Important Good News for the Nurjus

Important Good News for the Nurjus

Firstly: The President of the new government has understood the necessity of building the Medresetü'z-Zehrâ in the province of Van, a large Islamic university similar to al-Azhar University, which I have been pursuing for forty years. Sultan Reşad gave twenty thousand gold liras for its construction and the former despotic government's Parliament allotted one hundred and fifty thousand liras, signed by one hundred and sixty-three deputies. It is a matter of paramount importance for the world of Islam, for the east, and for this nation. The President has evidently understood this for among all the pressing affairs of state, he made this announcement, which I am sending you. Even if it does not come to fruition, it is truly auspicious that the very fact of its necessity has been understood. The President, Celâl Bayar, said among other things in his key speech in the Parliament, that the Ministry of Education is conducting investigations preliminary to founding the Eastern University in Van. He said:

"All obstacles must be overcome to found such a learned establishment in Van, which is one of our eastern provinces. Initial steps must be taken in the next fiscal year."

That is to say, the young university students who presented the President with a copy of our biography gave him to understand the Risale-i Nur's value.

Secondly: These most significant words of the President are a sign that the invaluable services that the Risale-i Nur has performed and will perform for this country have been understood. The Nurjus should offer thanks for all the difficulties they have suffered and the confiscations of the Risale-i Nur, and not complain, since they have yielded this significant result.

Your brother,

S a i d   N u r s i,

who is ill yet pleased. ∗∗∗