What is the reason for this self-sacrificing devotee's endurance and his not retaliating negatively and with material force to the tyrannical injustices of the covert enemies of this country and religion, although he has considerable non-material forces? I proclaim the following to you and to all people of conscience: The All-Wise Qur'an has taught him the lessons of the Risale-i Nur, which instil a prohibitor in everyone's heart so that with all their strength they preserve internal order and security, lest harm should come to ninety innocents on account of ten irreligious atheists. I could otherwise take my revenge in one day on my cruel enemies of twenty-eight years. Thus, on the way of preserving public order and for the sake of innocent people, he does not defend his honour and dignity against those who insult him, and he says: I shall sacrifice not my worldly life, but if necessary my life in the hereafter for the Islamic nation.

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► (100) ◄ An article by journalist 'Isa 'Abd al-Qadir, which appeared in the newspaper ad-Difā', published in Baghdad, in 1954

An article by journalist 'Isa 'Abd al-Qadir,

which appeared in the newspaper ad-Difā',

published in Baghdad, in 1954

The Baghdad newspaper ad-Difā' asked the following about the Risale-i Nur students:

Is there any connection between the Risale-i Nur students in Turkey and the Muslim Brothers? Do they have any relations? And what are the differences between them? Are the Risale-i Nur students in Turkey an independent group or society like the groups called the Muslim Brothers working for Islamic unity in Egypt and other Arab countries? Are they attached to those groups or to any one of them? My reply is this:

The aim of both the Nur students and the Muslim Brothers is to serve the truths of Qur'an and belief and to work with the overall aim of securing Islamic unity and the happiness of Muslims in this world and the next. However, the Nur students differ from the Muslim Brothers in five or six respects:

First Difference: The Nur students are not involved in politics; they avoid theme If they are obliged to concern themselves with politics, they make them a tool of religion, so that they may demonstrate the sacredness of religion in the face of those who exploit politics for irreligion. They are