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In His Name, be He glorified!

My Dear Brothers !

I am giving you some good news: while travelling by motor boat from Eğirdir to Barla, an awesome, unprecedented sea-storm removed all the difficulties and led to the appearance of a great instance of mercy, as with the serious illness on the Night of Power, We were on the point of being drowned together with the six friends who were with us, which would have made us martyrs, and the sea, a wide grave for us. Then as a sign that the behind the storm, the rain had a connection with the Risale-i Nur, as repeated experiences have shown, and that at this time of extreme need for rain the Risale-i Nur will be delivered from the dangers of its covert enemies and their extensive schemes, and as a sign that that perilous situation was made into acceptable almsgiving for us, the lake, which is a source of the rain that eagerly complies with the dominical commands coming from divine mercy, caressed our faces of us, the Nur students, with rain and dealt us also a compassionate slap with its enthusiastic compliance with the commands of divine mercy. We understood that while the situation was apparently one of ire, in reality it was an instance of compassionate caressing. I felt before the storm broke and the rain fell that a calamity would occur and that it would be a key to the treasury of mercy, so I continuously read the Jaushan and the invocations of Shah Naqshband. In the middle of that awesome storm, I happily accepted that the lake would be our grave. People who die in such circumstances are martyrs, so I did not pity my six companions since they would be both martyrs and saints. I only felt some pity for the child who was with them. The boat's motor broke down and its sail was useless as the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. The waves were enormous, and though initially it appeared that they would overwhelm us and the boat, they did not, and we beheld them in patience and offered thanks, till finally we reached the shore safely. We exclaimed: "All praise be to God for all circumstances!'

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

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Our Master says:

"In order to serve belief in the face absolute unbelief these last fifty to sixty years and to save the nation from anarchy, which results from unbelief, and, by preserving with all my strength public order — a consequence