I am very much in need of fresh air and in the summer I have to take trips around the mountains, and in the winter I stay in the various houses I have rented. I cannot remain in one place, because to do so aggravates my illness. I had intended to visit Konya again from time to time. I have two houses I rent in Emirdağ, and one in Eskişehir, but I felt that that meaningless situation in Konya was the reason I was prevented from visiting them for a change of air. I can meet with absolutely no one. I am subject to much illegal ill-treatment like this, contrary to my habits. These words of mine describing the situation there may be published as an addendum to the previously written "Complaint to the Supreme Tribunal."

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► (139) ◄ To the President of the Republic and Prime Minister

To the President of the Republic and Prime Minister

As a wretched elderly stranger who is eighty or so years of age and at the door of the grave, is sick with several illnesses and sees himself close to death, I shall explain two facts to you:

Firstly: I congratulate you with my whole spirit and with complete sincerity, happiness, and joy on your most successful alliance with Pakistan and Iraq, which you have concluded for this nation. I feel in my spirit that, God willing, this alliance of yours is the certain introduction to universal peace and general prosperity among the four hundred million Muslims of the Islamic world. I was compelled to write this to you due to a powerful admonition I received while reciting the tesbihat following the prayers. The reason for this warning of the heart and extreme concern, despite my having abandoned the world and given up politics for the last thirty to forty years, is this: the Risale-i Nur, which for fifty years has found a direct way to save belief and is a miracle of the Qur'an in these times, is showing its effect and being accepted in Arabia and Pakistan more than anywhere, and even, according to information we have received, students of the Risale-i Nur are three times as numerous in those places than here, as has been established by courts of law. Having seen these momentous consequences while at the door of the grave, I felt compelled to make them known.

Secondly: Just as racialism gave rise to a perilous situation in the Umayyad period, and great harm was caused by it at the start of the Second Constitutional Period in the form of clubs and societies, and harm was caused to the mujāhid Turks by their blessed brother Arabs during the First