of the sincerity present in serving belief — to save ten innocents from suffering injustice due to one criminal, I have sacrificed my comfort, honour, and dignity, and if necessary my life, and have endured patiently all the harassment and oppression, and meaningless, unnecessary things. Solely to serve belief these last thirty to forty years, I have patiently withstood their making mountains out of molehills and storms in teacups and their assaults on me, and to preserve public order, a consequence of that service. An example:

"My dress was not interfered with in any of five courts of law, and although in Istanbul for two month I made trips around the city and there were even one hundred and twenty police at the court there, they did not interfere with my dress, which was the same. No one raised objections and anyway, they had no right to do so. For I am both a recluse, and go neither to the mosque, nor to the crowded market and other places. I only go out in the car. I speak to no one if there is no need. I wander the hills and lonely places to take the air. So the worldly have no right to interfere with me and bother me."

Now, having made the journey to Istanbul by car in connection with some important matters concerning belief, a number of officials there were sent to our Master, who has millions of devoted students, completely illegally and making mountains out of molehills concerning a matter that held the importance of not even a fly's wing. But our Master responded, saying: "Since in serving belief, complete sincerity, and patience and forbearance are essential so as to halt anarchy and preserve civil order, I have sacrificed my comfort and honour for that service, and I forgive them."

When our Master visited Istanbul this time, he told the two officials who were sent to him by the public prosecutor to take his statement: "I have already made my statement in court concerning this matter, and the court conducted its investigations and acquitted us. I have nothing else to say." He repeated the statements he delivered in the Istanbul court and which were sent to Samsun Court. He also has a number of reports he obtained previously, saying that he is obliged to wear scarves on his head because of his ailments, and that he has to rest due the severe colds and other illnesses he suffers, and that he is need of a change of air. His remaining permanently in the same place is detrimental to his health. He does not condescend to show them these reports because it was not necessary before, and now he does not deem it necessary.

The Nur students who are in attendance on him,

Tahirî, Zübeyir, Sungur, Hüsnü, Bayram ∗∗∗