and seek their prayers in these blessed Three Months. From your brother who requests with all his spirit the innocent prayers of the many sinless children within the fold of the Risale-i Nur and of the blessed elderly, whose supplications are not rebuffed.

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

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My Dear Brothers !

I wrote you two notes six hours before the Night of Regâib. [^19] For two months no rain had fallen and there had been continuous drought and everywhere the prayers for rain offered after all the prescribed prayers had remained unanswered, and everyone was weeping in their hearts in despair at their straitened circumstances. Then suddenly when the copy of Hizb-i Nuriye was handed over together with the paper, I am completely certain as a sort of miracle of the Prophet Muhammad (UWBP), on the Night of Regâib the angel of thunder uttered resounding, crashing glorifications the like of which I had never in my life heard before, nor had others heard it, and such mercy poured down that it proved the holiness of the night to the most obstinate person even, and the importance in the view of the whole universe and all the centuries of the Prophet's (UWBP) coming to this visible world (âlem-i şehadet) and that he was sent as a Mercy to All the Worlds. It showed that the cosmos applauded him that night.

[^19]:The Night of Regâib (Ar. Raghā'ib) is held to be the anniversary of the conception of the Prophet Muhammad (UWBP), and is the eve of the first Friday in the month of Rajab. [Tr.]

I am curious to know whether Isparta, which was included in our prayers together with the country, had a share of these rains. Many signs indicate that the Risale-i Nur is a means to divine mercy, and this suggests that beneath the veil victories are being won and perhaps indicates its free publication. The increase here in the numbers of people writing out copies with eagerness aroused by The Flashes (Lem'alar) is also, God willing, a sort of acceptable prayer. ∗∗∗