ascension and the resurrection of the dead that were supposed to be remote from pure reason, and has induced some of them to accept belief; it surely will attract the attention of the earth and atmosphere to itself and is a Qur'anic truth that will preoccupy the present and future, and is a diamond sword in the hands of the believers. ∗∗∗

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My Dear Brother!

Convey our heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Ziya, the Risale-i Nur's lawyer! For a long time now it has been imparted to my spirit that someone called Ziya would perform a great service for the Risale-i Nur, and the present matter has shown that it was him. He has won our everlasting gratitude. We thank also fair-minded people like the court's secretary and member Hesna Hanım and the examining magistrate, I shall never forget them. And especially convey our greetings and thanks to our leading brothers, foremost the Mufti Osman and Hasan Feyzi. And tell the just judge that I have decided to have most of the parts of the Risale-i Nur written out as a gift for him. Also, I intend to have a large part of it written to give to its honorary lawyer, Ziya.

Will the five hundred printed copies of The Supreme Sign be given to the people who had it printed? I'm curious.

Also, however many copies of the Risale-i Nur were confiscated in Istanbul, they all belong to me. The collection consisting of twenty treatises is especially important for me.

Also, when leaving Denizli I left The Miracles of Muhammad (UWBP) (Mu'cizat-i Ahmediye Risalesi) with some of the people there as a trust. I need it now. Perhaps Hoja Mûsa Efendi knows about this.

Also, I say the following to save some wavering or new Risale-i Nur students from succumbing to doubts: Due to the intrigues of a secret society, certain ingenuous hojas and opponents who support the innovations publicize my personal faults and errors, for I admit that I am indeed faulty, in order to oppose some of the Risale-i Nur's incontestable truths, and they want to refute them by attacking me. They try to harm the Risale-i Nur in some way. These last twenty years there have been twenty such significant incidents. In fact, it led to our imprisonment on two occasions. So I say this to my friends and to the Risale-i Nur students:

I offer thanks to Almighty God that He has not allowed me to like myself and has informed me of my faults. I have not sought to sell myself