mercy, just like due to the dampness in the atmosphere my nerves and sensitivity perceive the coming of the divine mercy of rain twenty-four hours before it falls.

I send greetings to all my brothers and sisters and offer prayers for them, and request that they pray for me. ∗∗∗

► (029) ◄ An Appendix to the Piece About Premonitions

An Appendix to the Piece About Premonitions

My Dear, Loyal Brothers !

I am writing this appendix to describe how the lives of some of the Risale-i Nur's select (hâs) students show that they were destined to per- form a service like the Risale-i Nur, as they themselves have confessed; just as premonitions about it's appearance were experienced universally.

For sure, everyone, even animals, may have premonitions, which may be particular or universal. A significant number of true dreams are premonitions of this sort, while in some people — by virtue of their sensitivity they may be so extra-ordinary as to be wonders (kerâmet). Due to a sensitivity in my nerves caused by dampness in the air, I perceive that rain will fall twenty-four hours before it does, which may or may not be said to be a sort of premonition.

I have studied the lives of my brothers who perform important services for the Risale-i Nur and how they have lived, and I have seen that just like the course of my own life, theirs have been equipped and driven to produce a result like the Risale-i Nur.

Yes, many of my brothers like Husrev, Feyzi, Hâfız Ali, and Nazif have themselves noticed that the lifestyle they have (lit. they have been given) is conducive to serving the Risale-i Nur. I too have noticed in my very closest students that their lives, like mine, have been regulated so as to produce such a luminous fruit. If any of them who have not perceived this, study theirs carefully, they will do so. I used to consider all the wondrous parts of my life to be firstly a sequence of wonders of Gawth al-A'zam, but now it has become clear that it was a chain of wonders of the Risale-i Nur.

In Short: While I was travelling to Istanbul before the proclamation of the constitution, some books on theology (ilm-i kelâm) came into my possession, one or two of which turned out to be extremely useful. I studied them carefully, Then after I had arrived, I invited both ulema and teachers